stupid css question

[sail3005]

how do you center a div in the center of the page using CSS?

[JungleMan]

You can't use CSS to do this. However this JavaScript should help:

function centerDiv(objName){
var trueLen;
var thisObj = document.all(objName);
trueLen = thisObj.style.width.substring(0,thisObj.style.width.length-2);
thisObj.style.left = (document.body.clientWidth / 2) - (trueLen / 2);
}


call it as in centerDiv("objectname").

[CiberTHuG]

Well, as I just found out, there isn't a way to tell an element to center itself, you can just tell it to center it's contents.

Create a div to hold your div. Tell the outer one to have a 100% width.

[sail3005]

and.......?


align:center doesn't work

[JungleMan]

try text-align.

[sail3005]

cool, that worked

[sail3005]

is the <center> tag standard HTML?

[JungleMan]

Yup.

[JoshT]

<center> is depreciated, though -- you're supposed to use css nowadays -- separate presentation from content.

[sail3005]

k, thats what i thought. thanks