How to center a textarea using CSS?

Question

Forgive me for asking such a simple question, I\'m new to both HTML and CSS. Is there an easy way to center a textarea? I figured I\'d just try using

textarea{
          


        

Answer 1

The margins won't affect the textarea because it is not a block level element, but you can make it display block if you like:

textarea {
    display: block;
    margin-left: auto;
    margin-right: auto;
}

By default, textareas are display: inline, which is why you can put them side-by-side easily, and why the text-align: center answers work too.

The textarea can also be centered by putting it inside a flexbox container like this:

    Textarea