Center image in table td in CSS

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I've been trying to align an image to the center of the table td. It worked with setting margin-left to a specific value but it also increased the size of td too and that isn't exactly what I wanted

Is there any efficient ways of doing this? I used percentages for the height and witdh of the table.

related question: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8639383/how-do-i-center-an-svg-in-a-div Apart from giving the parent (here td) a style of text-align: center, you might have to give the child (here, img) a style of display: block or display: inline-block — mathheadinclouds, Jun 24 '20 at 14:54

Scott · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-16T15:52:58.960

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<td align="center">

or via css, which is the preferred method any more...

<td style="text-align: center;">

edited Jul 16 '13 at 15:52

answered Dec 22 '11 at 12:34

Scott

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Note to OP... use Scott's second option as 'align' is [not supported in HTML5](http://dev.w3.org/html5/markup/td.html) going forward – isNaN1247 Dec 22 '11 at 12:44
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So how can we overcome HTML5? – Best Dec 22 '11 at 12:58
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You don't overcome HTML5.. you adapt to it. @beardtwizzle.. thanks for adding that. – Scott Dec 22 '11 at 12:59
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What if I want it centred from top as well – Sohaib Jul 02 '13 at 17:07
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@SilentPro `` – Scott Jul 02 '13 at 17:22
i tried [this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2857765/whats-the-best-way-to-center-your-html-email-content-in-the-browser-window-or) to make image center in HTML email , hope helps someone – Shaiju T Mar 18 '15 at 17:59

score 81 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 26 '16 at 07:24

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Simple way to do it for html5 in css:

td img{
    display: block;
    margin-left: auto;
    margin-right: auto;

}

Worked for me perfectly.

answered Apr 26 '16 at 07:24

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It works perfectly; doesn't work, works, but is not supported in HTML5 – Antonio Rizzo Jul 07 '16 at 08:46
The "text-align: center" approach seems to work if the image is an inline element. If you use "display: block" to get rid of the extra border pixels around the image, then you need to use this. – fadden Jul 26 '21 at 17:09
I once delivered a box to a man whose initials were CSS. I asked him if it was okay to leave the box in the center of the room. He kept reiterating that it should be placed where there would be an equal amount of "margin" from the opposing walls. "So, the *center* then?" I confirmed. He gave a blank stare, then explained the placement as "where an object would *automatically* end up if pushed equally from opposing directions". Once again I tried to verify that he meant the center, and again came a long and awkward pause. Yeah, CSS saw things differently from the rest of us... – Mentalist Jun 29 '22 at 08:26
This is better, as it affects ONLY the images. Other solutions applied to the td tag also affect texts. – Borjovsky Mar 27 '23 at 00:01

score 12 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 30 '21 at 05:56

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Center a div inside td using margin, the trick is to make the div width the same as the image width.

<td>
  <div style="margin: 0 auto; width: 130px">
    <img src="me.jpg" alt="me" style="width: 130px" />
  </div>
</td>

edited Mar 30 '21 at 05:56

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answered Sep 13 '13 at 19:32

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@Saike Not really, `
`s are stripped out of most emails and not considered good practice.
– crmpicco Jul 31 '15 at 13:43

score 8 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 03 '13 at 17:13

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This fixed issues for me:

<style>
.super-centered {
    position:absolute; 
    width:100%;
    height:100%;
    text-align:center; 
    vertical-align:middle;
    z-index: 9999;
}
</style>

<table class="super-centered"><tr><td style="width:100%;height:100%;" align="center"     valign="middle" > 
<img alt="Loading ..." src="/ALHTheme/themes/html/ALHTheme/images/loading.gif">
</td></tr></table>

answered Jul 03 '13 at 17:13

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this also fixed issue for me but in image tag, not in table or td tag – Sumon Bappi May 11 '15 at 06:12

score 6 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 22 '11 at 12:35

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Set a fixed with of your image in your css and add an auto-margin/padding on the image to...

div.image img {
    width: 100px;
    margin: auto;
}

Or set the text-align to center...

td {
    text-align: center;
}

answered Dec 22 '11 at 12:35

Michiel

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score 6 · Answer 6 · edited Jul 08 '17 at 11:53

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<table style="width:100%;">
<tbody ><tr><td align="center">
<img src="axe.JPG" />
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

or

td
{
    text-align:center;
}

in the CSS file

edited Jul 08 '17 at 11:53

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answered Dec 22 '11 at 12:51

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score 4 · Answer 7 · answered Oct 15 '19 at 06:57

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td image 
{
    display: block;
    margin-left: auto;
    margin-right: auto;
}

answered Oct 15 '19 at 06:57

aulianza

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great generic answer – Dan Jun 16 '20 at 17:42

score 0 · Answer 8 · edited Jun 12 '20 at 04:31

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Another option is the use <th> instead of <td>. <th> defaults to center; <td> defaults to left.

edited Jun 12 '20 at 04:31

Jeremy Caney

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answered Jun 12 '20 at 04:08

user13731874

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I’ve fixed that for you, but in the future just use backticks (`) on either side of the HTML elements to ensure they are displayed. – Jeremy Caney Jun 12 '20 at 04:32

score -6 · Answer 9 · edited Feb 20 '18 at 14:01

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As per my analysis and search on the internet also, I could not found a way to centre the image vertically centred using <div> it was possible only using <table> because table provides the following property:

valign="middle"

edited Feb 20 '18 at 14:01

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answered Jul 05 '13 at 13:46

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This suggestion is not advised since it is unsupported in HTML5. Better to use CSS style or class with vertical-align:middle applied to column or container. – mbokil Aug 25 '13 at 22:51

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