Vertically centering an element inside an image

Question

I know there are many ways to vertically center a div inside another div, but what I'm experiencing problems on is a way to vertically center a div inside an image element.

Here's the minimum code I require:

HTML:

<img class="star" src="star.png"></img>

<div class="vCenter">Text to be vertically centered in the image.</div>

CSS:

.star {
    position: absolute; /* I need this value for another thing in my project */
}

Also, the height of the image is in percentage.

Does this answer your question? [How to vertically align an image inside a div](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7273338/how-to-vertically-align-an-image-inside-a-div) — Yash Chitroda, Sep 14 '21 at 02:25

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 08 '21 at 11:37

Wrap the image in another element
Move the position: absolute to the wrapper element
Center the text in the wrapper element, let the image expand the wrapper element

.wrapper {
  position: absolute;
  top: 30px;
  left: 10px;
  
  display: flex;
  justify-contents: center;
  align-items: center;
}

.wrapper img {
  /* debug */
  background: yellow;
  width: 300px;
  height: 300px;
}

.wrapper .vCenter {
  position: absolute;
  left:50%;
  max-width: 100%;
  transform: translateX(-50%);
}

<div class="wrapper">
  <img class="star" src="star.png" />

  <div class="vCenter">Text to be vertically centered in the image.</div>
</div>

Rishab Vaigankar · Answer 2 · 2021-09-08T11:47:23.670

code solution:https://stackblitz.com/edit/web-platform-5qivc2?file=index.html

referred link:https://www.w3schools.com/howto/tryit.asp?filename=tryhow_css_image_text

  <div class="container">
  <img src="https://via.placeholder.com/250" alt="Snow" style="width:100%;">
  <div class="centered">Centered</div>
</div>

.container {
      position: relative;
      text-align: center;
      color: white;
    }

    .centered {
      position: absolute;
      top: 50%;
      left: 50%;
      transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
      font-size: 20px;
      color: red;
    }

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 08 '21 at 11:43

Try this way:


    <div class="container">
       <img class="star" src="star.png"></img>
       <div class="centered-div">Text to be vertically centered in the image.</div>
    </div>



    .container {
       position: relative;
    }
    
    .star {
       display: block;
       margin: auto;
       width: 100%;
    }
    
    .centered-div {
       position: absolute;
       left: 50%;
       top: 50%;
       transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
    }

Dorian.G · Answer 4 · 2021-09-08T11:53:52.753

You may add your image and text to a container set to position:absolute

This should do the job ;-)

.container {
  position: absolute;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  // just add the desired position to this container
}

.star {
  position: absolute;
}
.vCenter {
  z-index: 1;
}

<div class="container">
      <img class="star" src="star.png" />
      <div class="vCenter">Text to be vertically centered in the image.</div>
</div>

Vertically centering an element inside an image

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