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How do I vertically align in the middle?
The CSS just sizes the div, vertically center aligns the span by setting the div’s line-height equal to its height, and makes the span an inline-block with vertical-align: middle. Then it sets the line-height back to normal for the span, so its contents will flow naturally inside the block.
Why does Align Center doesn’t work?
Short answer: your text isn’t centered because the elements are floated, and floated elements “shrink” to the content, even if it’s a block level element. Can you explain more what this means? Anywhere you have float:left; in your CSS, add width: 100%; after it. Floating will kill your desired center alignment.
When can I use vertical-align middle?
If you would rather see that text aligned to the top or bottom of the cell when it needs to stretch beyond the height that it needs, apply top or bottom vertical alignment: When using vertical-align on table cells, sticking with top, bottom, and middle is your best bet.
Why does vertical align middle not work in CSS?
The css property vertical-align: middle does not work in this example. The span that is floating on the right is not vertically centered with respect to its containing div. How can I have it vertically centered?
Why is vertical align not working on my span?
Since vertical-align works as expected on a td, you could put a single celled table in the div to align its content. Clunky, but works as far as I can tell. It might not have the drawbacks of the other workarounds. Just put the content inside a table with height 100%, and set the height for the main div
Which is the correct formula for vertical align?
Because vertical-align: middle places elements relative to the baseline according to the formula baseline + x-height/2 . middle means alignment with the middle of the line’s text. And this text sits on the baseline.
What happens when you horizontal align ” center “?
When you horizontal align “center” everything tends to work as expected. Why they didn’t apply a basic intuitive and consistent interpretation to vertical alignment is beyond me!! Thank you for this detailed and awesome explanation.