Align text to the bottom of a div

Flex Solution It is perfectly fine if you want to go with the display: table-cell solution. But instead of hacking it out, we have a better way to accomplish the same using display: flex;. flex is something which has a decent support. Expand snippet In the above example, we first set the parent element to … Read more

Vertical align not working on inline-block

It doesn’t work because vertical-align sets the alignment of inline-level contents with respect to their line box, not their containing block: This property affects the vertical positioning inside a line box of the boxes generated by an inline-level element. A line box is The rectangular area that contains the boxes that form a line When you see some text … Read more

How to align content of a div to the bottom

Relative+absolute positioning is your best bet: But you may run into issues with that. When I tried it I had problems with dropdown menus appearing below the content. It’s just not pretty. Honestly, for vertical centering issues and, well, any vertical alignment issues with the items aren’t fixed height, it’s easier just to use tables. … Read more

How can I vertically align elements in a div?

Wow, this problem is popular. It’s based on a misunderstanding in the vertical-align property. This excellent article explains it: Understanding vertical-align, or “How (Not) To Vertically Center Content” by Gavin Kistner. “How to center in CSS” is a great web tool which helps to find the necessary CSS centering attributes for different situations. In a nutshell (and to prevent link rot): … Read more

How to align content of a div to the bottom

Relative+absolute positioning is your best bet: Expand snippet But you may run into issues with that. When I tried it I had problems with dropdown menus appearing below the content. It’s just not pretty. Honestly, for vertical centering issues and, well, any vertical alignment issues with the items aren’t fixed height, it’s easier just to … Read more

How to vertically align an image inside a div

The only (and the best cross-browser) way as I know is to use an inline-block helper with height: 100% and vertical-align: middle on both elements. So there is a solution: http://jsfiddle.net/kizu/4RPFa/4570/ Show code snippet Or, if you don’t want to have an extra element in modern browsers and don’t mind using Internet Explorer expressions, you can use a pseudo-element and add it … Read more

How can I vertically center a “div” element for all browsers using CSS?

Below is the best all-around solution I could build to vertically and horizontally center a fixed-width, flexible height content box. It was tested and worked for recent versions of Firefox, Opera, Chrome, and Safari.  Run code snippetExpand snippet View A Working Example With Dynamic Content I built in some dynamic content to test the flexibility and would … Read more