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As it currently stands, this question is not a good fit for our Q&A format. We expect answers to be supported by facts, references, or expertise, but this question will likely solicit debate, arguments, polling, or extended discussion. If you feel that this question can be improved and possibly reopened, visit the help center for guidance. My favorite equation for centering an xhtml element using only CSS is as follows: display: block; position: absolute; width: _insert width here_; left: 50%; margin-left: _insert width divided by two & multiplied by negative one here_ There's also the simpler

I have a background image about 100 x 100 that I want to center in an Android app. Is there a way to do this? I'm thinking it would greatly help with orientation changes for simple apps. You can use BitmapDrawable for the case. Create centered.xml in res/drawable folder: <bitmap xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:src="@drawable/your_image" android:gravity="center"/> Then you can use centered drawable as background. Question is old and answer has one big weakness - we have no possibility to change image size, it means it fully depends from drawable we have. While

I want to center an object using CSS and no hacks, is this possible and how? I have tried this, but than my p tag is gone. .centered { position: fixed; top: 50%; left: 50%; } CharlieM There's several ways to center an element. But it depends on what your element is and how we choose to display it: If you have {display:inline; } This is simple. You can just use "text-align: center;" to center text, images and divs. If you have {display:block;} This is a bit more difficult. It depends on how your object is positioned. Your object could be relative, absolute, or fixed. If it is relative; then you

How can I position my loading indicator in the center of the screen. Currently I'm using a little placeholder and it seems to work fine. However, when I scroll down, the loading indicator stays right in that predefined position. How can I make it follow the scrolling so that it always sits on top?? #busy { position: absolute; left: 50%; top: 35%; display: none; background: transparent url("../images/loading-big.gif"); z-index: 1000; height: 31px; width: 31px; } #busy-holder { background: transparent; width: 100%; height: 100%; } use position:fixed instead of position:absolute The first one is

I want to end up with: Hello there! <image> This is an image Hi! Where the image and the text This is an image are centered on the page. How do I accomplish this with Markdown? Edit: Note that I'm looking to horizontally center the image and text on the page. You need a block container with a defined height, same value for line-height and image with vertical-align:middle; It should work. Hello there ! <div id="container"> <img /> This is an image </div> Hi ! #container { height:100px; line-height:100px; } #container img { vertical-align:middle; max-height:100%; } I figured that I'd just have

I have a div which I need to center vertically its content: <div draggable="false" id="coffee">Free coffee for all the people who visit my restaurant</div> #coffee { line-height: 235px; width: 300px; } div { position: absolute; overflow: auto; text-align: left; font-size: 23px; color: rgb(26, 66, 108); font-family: roboto, Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; -webkit-transition: none; transition: none; left: 0px; top: 67.125px; height: 234.93749999999997px; opacity: 1; } It works by using line-height, but in the jump line, the phrase is too separated, and I need that it's not