CSS Flexbox - Center a div between two divs

Question

I have a logo between a nav and a search button and I want to center the logo in the page. Using a horizontal auto margin makes the center div go to the right as the content on the left is larger.

.flexbox {
  display: flex;
}
.logo {
  margin: 0 auto;
}

<div class="flexbox">
  <div class="left-nav">
    <a href="#">Link1</a>
    <a href="#">Link2</a>
    <a href="#">Link3</a>
    <a href="#">Link4</a>
    <a href="#">Link5</a>
    <a href="#">Link6</a>
    <a href="#">Link7</a>
    <a href="#">Link8</a>

  </div>
  <div class="logo">
    Logo
  </div>
  <div class="right-search">
    search
  </div>
</div>

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 30 '18 at 07:30

Try this for your css.

It makes the divs a certain width on the monitor, and centers the logo text.

    .flexbox {
      display: flex;
    }
    .left-nav{
     width:25%;
    }
    .logo {
      width:50%;
      text-align: center;
    }
    .right-search{
     width:25%;
    }

<div class="flexbox">
  <div class="left-nav">
    <a href="#">Link1</a>
    <a href="#">Link2</a>
    <a href="#">Link3</a>
    <a href="#">Link4</a>
    <a href="#">Link5</a>
    <a href="#">Link6</a>
    <a href="#">Link7</a>
    <a href="#">Link8</a>

  </div>
  <div class="logo">
    Logo
  </div>
  <div class="right-search">
    search
  </div>
</div>

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 30 '18 at 08:18

0

Or

.flexbox {
  display: flex;
}
.left-nav,
.right-search {
    flex: 0 0 25%;
}
.logo {
  flex: 0 0 50%;
  text-align: center;
}

And don't forget to add vendor prefixes.

answered Jun 30 '18 at 08:18

Stev Ngo

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 30 '18 at 08:25

You need to set a flex-basis value & then set the shrink value on these elements, so they can have a respective width based on its basis. You also need to declare align-items: center

.flexbox {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
}

.flexbox>div {
  flex-basis: 33%;
}

.left-nav {
  flex-flow: column wrap;
  flex-shrink: 2;
}

.logo {
  flex-shrink: 1;
  text-align: center;
}

.right-search {
  flex-shrink: 2;
}

<div class="flexbox">
  <div class="left-nav">
    <a href="#">Link1</a>
    <a href="#">Link2</a>
    <a href="#">Link3</a>
    <a href="#">Link4</a>
    <a href="#">Link5</a>
    <a href="#">Link6</a>
    <a href="#">Link7</a>
    <a href="#">Link8</a>

  </div>
  <div class="logo">
    Logo
  </div>
  <div class="right-search">
    search
  </div>
</div>

CSS Flexbox - Center a div between two divs

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