CSS: Keep element centered and another one next to it

Question

I would like to always keep the "Left" element next to the "Centered" element, taking into account that the "Centered" must always be centered:

Here is my code and a screenshot of how it looks at the moment:

* {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  -moz-box-sizing: border-box;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

body {
  padding: 10px;
}

.container {
  background-color: #ccc;
  position: relative;
  text-align: center;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.container>div:first-child,
.container>div:nth-child(2) {
  padding: 10px 20px;
  background-color: #fA5858;
  color: #fff;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font: 15px/1 Sans-Serif;
}

.container>div:first-child {
  position: absolute;
  display: block;
  width: 100px;
}

.container>div:nth-child(2) {
  display: inline-block;
  background-color: #5882FA;
  margin: 0 100px;
  white-space: nowrap;
}

<div class="container">
  <div>left</div>
  <div>Centered</div>
</div>

Code: https://jsfiddle.net/9shor0cb/26/

ATP · Accepted Answer · 2022-07-30T22:49:29.003

-1

You could do something like this with flexbox:

body {
  padding: 10px;
}

.container {
  background-color: #ccc;
  display: flex;
  position: relative;
  text-align: center;
  overflow: hidden;
  justify-content: center;
}


.container .inner div:first-child,
.container .inner div:nth-child(2) {
  padding: 10px 20px;
  background-color: #fA5858;
  color: #fff;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font: 15px/1 Sans-Serif;
}

.container .inner div:first-child {
  position:absolute;
  transform:translatex(-100%)
}

.container .inner div:nth-child(2) {
  background-color: #5882FA;
  white-space: nowrap;
}

<div class="container">
  <div class="inner">
  <div>left</div>
  <div>Centered</div>
  </div>
</div>

edited Jul 30 '22 at 22:49

answered Jul 30 '22 at 22:26

ATP

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Your code seems to be very useful, but when I implement it in mine, it doesn't work. This would be the expected result: https://uploaddeimagens.com.br/imagens/J01PBoM Sorry for not posting this information earlier. – iWozzming Jul 30 '22 at 22:47
@iWozzming try the updated code. – ATP Jul 30 '22 at 22:50
HTML: https://collabedit.com/7cbkw CSS: https://collabedit.com/72n4a – iWozzming Jul 30 '22 at 22:58
@iWozzming make a jsfiddle https://jsfiddle.net/ – ATP Jul 30 '22 at 23:00
Here: https://jsfiddle.net/73kzu9yt/ – iWozzming Jul 30 '22 at 23:02
name must be centered and the image to its left – iWozzming Jul 30 '22 at 23:03
@iWozzming I have modified your code. you didn't understand my answer : https://jsfiddle.net/9eabom0s/ (if you want to move the image more to the right use `transform: translateX(calc( -100% - 8px));` – ATP Jul 30 '22 at 23:11

CSS: Keep element centered and another one next to it

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