Button Center CSS

Question

Hi There,

Usual CSS centering issue, just not working for me, the problem is that I don't know the finished width px

I have a div for the entire nav and then each button inside, they dont center anymore when there is more than one button. :(

CSS

.nav{
    margin-top:167px;
    width:1024px;
    height:34px;
}

.nav_button{
    height:34px;
    margin:0 auto;
    margin-right:10px;
    float:left;
}

HTML

<div class="nav">
        <div class="nav_button">
            <div class="b_left"></div>
            <div class="b_middle">Home</div>
            <div class="b_right"></div>

        </div>
        <div class="nav_button">
            <div class="b_left"></div>
            <div class="b_middle">Contact Us</div>
            <div class="b_right"></div>

        </div>
</div>

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

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Result

If the width is unknown, I did find a way a center the buttons, not entirely happy but doesnt matter, it works :D

The best way is to put it in a table

<table class="nav" align="center">
    <tr>
      <td>
        <div class="nav_button">
            <div class="b_left"></div>
            <div class="b_middle">Home</div>
            <div class="b_right"></div>
        </div>

        <div class="nav_button">
            <div class="b_left"></div>
            <div class="b_middle">Contact Us</div>
            <div class="b_right"></div>
        </div>
      </td>
    </tr>
  </table>

Answer 1

The problem is with the following CSS line on .nav_button:

margin: 0 auto;

That would only work if you had one button, that's why they're off-centered when there are more than one nav_button divs.

If you want all your buttons centered nest the nav_buttons in another div:

<div class="nav">
    <div class="centerButtons">
        <div class="nav_button">
            <div class="b_left"></div>
            <div class="b_middle">Home</div>
            <div class="b_right"></div>
        </div>
        <div class="nav_button">
            <div class="b_left"></div>
            <div class="b_middle">Contact Us</div>
            <div class="b_right"></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

And style it this way:

.nav{
    margin-top:167px;
    width:1024px;
    height:34px;
}

/* Centers the div that nests the nav_buttons */
.centerButtons {
    margin: 0 auto;
    float: left;
} 

.nav_button{
    height:34px;
    margin-right:10px;
    float: left;
}