How do I center an inline-block/floated header with no extra markup?

Question

I have a variable width header that must have a background color that is as wide as the text (no wider). The only way I can think of doing this (with no ext

Answer 1

you can give text-align:center; to the body as a global arrtibute & give display:inline-block to your header div. So,it's center your dynamic width in center like this :

CSS:

body{margin:0; padding:0;text-align:center}
p{text-align:left;}
.header{background:red;display:inline-block;}

Check this example http://jsfiddle.net/vpcXS/