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Calvyno
Calvyno

Reputation: 37

How to Center a Group of Relative Positioned Divs Inside another Relative Positioned Div?

I'm trying to center a group of relative positioned divs dynamically inside of a parent div that is also relative positioned.

The parent div is 620px wide, and the child divs are each 200px wide. There can be 1 to 3 child divs per line, thus what I meant by trying to center the group of child divs within the parent div dynamically. For example, if there is only 1 child div, that child div should be centered in the parent div, or if there are only 2 child divs, those child divs should be centered in the parent div.

I would use inline block for the child divs, however inside the child divs there are also divs that are absolute positioned to the child divs, so inline-block wouldn't work for the absolute positioning.

This is my css, or you can see a working example here: https://jsfiddle.net/y3ghpkvs/

.parentClass {
    position: relative;
    width: 620px;
    height: 500px;
    background-color: gray;
}

.childClass {
    position: relative;
    width: 200px;
    height: 400px;
    float: left;
    margin-left: 5px;
    background-color: white;
}

.insideChildDiv1 {
    position: absolute;
    width: 100%;
    height: 95px;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    background-color: black;
    color: white;
    text-align: center;
    line-height: 100px;
}

.insideChildDiv2 {
    position: absolute;
    width: 100%;
    height: 200px;
    top: 100px;
    left: 0;
    background-color: green;
}

.insideChildDiv3 {
    position: absolute;
    width: 100%;
    height: 95px;
    bottom: 0;
    left: 0;
    color: white;
    text-align: center;
    line-height: 100px;
    background-color: black;
}

I can't seem to figure out how to center the 2 childClass divs inside the parentClass div. Anyone have any tips?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 617

Answers (1)

Bhuwan
Bhuwan

Reputation: 16855

Solution 1: Using Flex

Try to use flex css. Using flex it will be easy for you align the items vertically or horizontally center to the parent.

Use justify-content: center; to align the divs center.

Updated Fiddle

.parentClass {
  width: 620px;
  background-color: gray;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  margin: auto;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
}

.childClass {
  width: 200px;
  height: 400px;
  background-color: white;
  position: relative;
  margin: 3px;
}

.insideChildDiv1 {
  position: absolute;
  width: 100%;
  height: 95px;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  background-color: black;
  color: white;
  text-align: center;
  line-height: 100px;
}

.insideChildDiv2 {
  position: absolute;
  width: 100%;
  height: 200px;
  top: 100px;
  left: 0;
  background-color: green;
}

.insideChildDiv3 {
  position: absolute;
  width: 100%;
  height: 95px;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  color: white;
  text-align: center;
  line-height: 100px;
  background-color: black;
}
<div class="parentClass">
  <div class="childClass">
    <div class="insideChildDiv1">George</div>
    <div class="insideChildDiv2"></div>
    <div class="insideChildDiv3">CEO</div>
  </div>
  <div class="childClass">
    <div class="insideChildDiv1">John</div>
    <div class="insideChildDiv2"></div>
    <div class="insideChildDiv3">Vice President</div>
  </div>
  <div class="childClass">
    <div class="insideChildDiv1">John</div>
    <div class="insideChildDiv2"></div>
    <div class="insideChildDiv3">Vice President</div>
  </div>
  <div class="childClass">
    <div class="insideChildDiv1">John</div>
    <div class="insideChildDiv2"></div>
    <div class="insideChildDiv3">Vice President</div>
  </div>
</div>

Solution 2: Using display inline-block 

.parentClass {
  width: 620px;
  background-color: gray;
  margin: auto;
  text-align: center;
}

.childClass {
  width: 200px;
  height: 400px;
  background-color: white;
  position: relative;
  margin: 4px 0;
  display: inline-block;
  margin-left: 2px;
}

.insideChildDiv1 {
  position: absolute;
  width: 100%;
  height: 95px;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  background-color: black;
  color: white;
  text-align: center;
  line-height: 100px;
}

.insideChildDiv2 {
  position: absolute;
  width: 100%;
  height: 200px;
  top: 100px;
  left: 0;
  background-color: green;
}

.insideChildDiv3 {
  position: absolute;
  width: 100%;
  height: 95px;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  color: white;
  text-align: center;
  line-height: 100px;
  background-color: black;
}
<div class="parentClass">
  <div class="childClass">
    <div class="insideChildDiv1">George</div>
    <div class="insideChildDiv2"></div>
    <div class="insideChildDiv3">CEO</div>
  </div>
  <div class="childClass">
    <div class="insideChildDiv1">John</div>
    <div class="insideChildDiv2"></div>
    <div class="insideChildDiv3">Vice President</div>
  </div>
  <div class="childClass">
    <div class="insideChildDiv1">John</div>
    <div class="insideChildDiv2"></div>
    <div class="insideChildDiv3">Vice President</div>
  </div>
  <div class="childClass">
    <div class="insideChildDiv1">John</div>
    <div class="insideChildDiv2"></div>
    <div class="insideChildDiv3">Vice President</div>
  </div>
  <div class="childClass">
    <div class="insideChildDiv1">John</div>
    <div class="insideChildDiv2"></div>
    <div class="insideChildDiv3">Vice President</div>
  </div>
</div>

I hope this will help you!

Upvotes: 1

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