Centering div inside div

Question

How would I go about centering the "CENTER"(yellow) div in the fiddle.

<div id="container">
<div id="leftdiv">left</div>
<div id="middlediv">middle</div>
<div id="rightdiv">right</div>
</div>

You could use `margin-left: 25%;` in your `middlediv` class. — NightOwlPrgmr, Jul 03 '15 at 14:27
Here are two simple methods to center divs within divs, vertically, horizontally or both (pure CSS): http://stackoverflow.com/a/31977476/3597276 — Michael Benjamin, Aug 20 '15 at 15:23

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 03 '15 at 14:26

add a float:left to your left div, then center by applying text-align:center to your container:

#container {
    height: 100px;
    width: 200px;
    background-color: grey;
    text-align:center; /* ADD THIS */
}
#container div {
    display: inline-block;
}
#rightdiv {
    background-color: blue;
    float: right;
}
#middlediv {   
    background-color: yellow;
}
#leftdiv {
    background-color: red;
    float:left;  /* ADD THIS */
}

http://jsfiddle.net/yr15y98e/1/

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 03 '15 at 14:58

You can also use display: flex and justify-content: space-between;

*{
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0;
}
#container {
    height: 100px;
    width: 100%;
    background-color: grey;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: space-between;
}
#rightdiv {background-color: blue;}
#middlediv {background-color: yellow;}
#leftdiv {background-color: red;}

<div id="container">
    <div id="leftdiv">left</div>
    <div id="middlediv">middle</div>
    <div id="rightdiv">right</div>
</div>

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 03 '15 at 14:28

You need to change the order of html like below:

<div id="container">
<div id="leftdiv">left</div>
<div id="rightdiv">right</div>
<div id="middlediv">middle</div>
</div>

And apply margin auto on middlediv like this:

#container {
    height: 100px;
    width: 200px;
    background-color: grey;
}
#container div {
    display: inline-block;
}
#rightdiv {
    background-color: blue;
    float: right;
}
#middlediv {
    background-color: yellow;
    margin: 0 auto;/*center the div*/
}
#leftdiv {
    background-color: red;
    float: left;
}

Centering div inside div

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