how to center sprite image and text?

Question

I am using css sprites. I have a simple image and a text. I want to display the image in center of the page and the text to vertically center to that image. I am new to css, I couldn't find a way to do it.

The code I have is

<div class="sprite"></div>hi


.sprite {
    width: 50px;
    height: 72px;
    background-image: url("http://s.cdpn.io/79/sprite-steps.png");

}

Answer 1

Define background position and one div as like this

Css

   .centerText{
    float:left;
    text-align:center;
}
.sprite {
    width: 50px;
    height: 72px;
    background: url("http://s.cdpn.io/79/sprite-steps.png") 3px -6px;
}

HTML

<div class="centerText">
<div class="sprite"></div>hi
</div>

Demo