Center a 'div' in the middle of the screen, even when the page is scrolled up or down?

Question

I have in my page a button which when clicked displays a div (popup style) in the middle of my screen.

I am using the following CSS to center the

Answer 1

I just found a new trick to center a box in the middle of the screen even if you don't have fixed dimensions. Let's say you would like a box 60% width / 60% height. The way to make it centered is by creating 2 boxes: a "container" box that position left: 50% top :50%, and a "text" box inside with reverse position left: -50%; top :-50%;

It works and it's cross browser compatible.

Check out the code below, you probably get a better explanation:

jQuery('.close a, .bg', '#message').on('click', function() {
  jQuery('#message').fadeOut();
  return false;
});

html, body {
  min-height: 100%;
}

#message {
  height: 100%;
  left: 0;
  position: fixed;
  top: 0;
  width: 100%;
}

#message .container {
  height: 60%;
  left: 50%;
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  z-index: 10;
  width: 60%;
}

#message .container .text {
  background: #fff;
  height: 100%;
  left: -50%;
  position: absolute;
  top: -50%;
  width: 100%;
}

#message .bg {
  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
  height: 100%;
  left: 0;
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  width: 100%;
  z-index: 9;
}

  

    

      
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