Vertically align text within input field of fixed-height without display: table or padding?

Question

The line-height property usually takes care of vertical alignment, but not with inputs. Is there a way to automatically center text without playing around with padding?

Answer 1

I've not tried this myself, but try setting:

height : 36px; //for other browsers
line-height: 36px; // for IE

Where 36px is the height of your input.