css h1 - only as wide as the text

Question

I have an H1 style for my site:

.centercol h1 {
    color: #006bb6;
    font-weight: normal;
    font-size: 18px;
    padding:3px 3px 3px 6px;
    border-lef         


        

Answer 1

Somewhat like the other suggestions you could use the following code. However, if you do go the margin: 0 auto; route I'd recommend having the margin for the top and bottom of an H1 be set to something other than 0. So, perhaps margin: 6px auto; or something.

.centercol h1{
    display: inline-block;
    color: #006bb6;
    font-weight: normal;
    font-size: 18px;
    padding:3px 3px 3px 6px;
    border-left:3px solid #c6c1b8;
    background:#f2efe9;
    display:block;
}