I need to place the div (absolute) element in the center of my window. But i am having problems doing so, because the width is unknown
I tried this. But it need to be adjusted because the width is changing.
.center {
left: 50%;
bottom:5px;
}
Please help,
Thanks
As far as I know, this is impossible to achieve for an unknown width.
You could - if that works in your scenario - absolutely position an invisible element with 100% width and height, and have the element centered in there using margin: auto and possibly vertical-align. Otherwise, you'll need Javascript to do that.
Heres a useful jQuery plugin to do this. Found here. I don't think it's possible purely with CSS
/**
* @author: Suissa
* @name: Absolute Center
* @date: 2007-10-09
*/
jQuery.fn.center = function() {
return this.each(function(){
var el = $(this);
var h = el.height();
var w = el.width();
var w_box = $(window).width();
var h_box = $(window).height();
var w_total = (w_box - w)/2; //400
var h_total = (h_box - h)/2;
var css = {"position": 'absolute', "left": w_total+"px", "top":
h_total+"px"};
el.css(css)
});
};
<body>
<div style="position: absolute; left: 50%;">
<div style="position: relative; left: -50%; border: dotted red 1px;">
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</div>
</div>
</body>