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41 lines
714 B
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title: Flexbox centering
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tags: layout,intermediate
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---
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Horizontally and vertically centers a child element within a parent element using `flexbox`.
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#### HTML
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```html
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<div class="flexbox-centering"><div class="child">Centered content.</div></div>
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```
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#### CSS
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```css
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.flexbox-centering {
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display: flex;
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justify-content: center;
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align-items: center;
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height: 100px;
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}
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```
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#### Demo
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#### Explanation
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1. `display: flex` enables flexbox.
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2. `justify-content: center` centers the child horizontally.
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3. `align-items: center` centers the child vertically.
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#### Browser support
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<span class="snippet__support-note">⚠️ Needs prefixes for full support.</span>
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- https://caniuse.com/#feat=flexbox
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