Vertically centering button using css

Question

I am trying to make a simple input button center-align within a table cell.

My markup is:

<table width="500" border="1">
  <tr>
    <td width="390">XXXXXXXXX</td>
    <td width="110" rowspan="2" valign="middle"><input type="button" value="submit"></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>YYYYYYYY</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<br /><br />
<div style="width:500px;">
  <div style="float:left;width:390px;">
    <div>XXXXXXX</div>
    <div>YYYYYYY</div>
  </div>
  <div style="vertical-align:middle;width:110px;float:right;">
    <div><input type="button" value="submit"></div>
  </div>
</div>

I have done a table version showing you the layout that I am trying to achieve. Note that the text represented by "XXXXX" or "YYYYYY" is of variable length.

score 42 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 08 '19 at 15:07

http://jsfiddle.net/8v8gLn4y/

.container {
  background: lightblue;
  display: table;
  width:100%;
}
        
input[type=button] {    
  display: block;
  width: 50%;
  margin: 0 auto;
}
        
.button-wrapper {
  background: darkorange;
  display: table-cell;
  vertical-align: middle;
}

<div class='container'>
    
  <div>some line with text</div>
  <div>another line with text</div>    
    
  <div class='button-wrapper'>
    <input type="button" value="submit"  />
  </div>
    
</div>

update 2016:
flexbox

.container {
  background: bisque;
  display: flex;
  width: 100%;
}

.container>div {
  flex-grow: 1;
}

.button-wrapper {
  background: chocolate;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  justify-content: center;
}

input[type=button] {
  display: block;
  width: 50%;
  margin: 0 auto;
  flex-shrink: 1;
}

<div class='container'>

  <div>
    <p>some line with text</p>
    <p>another line with text</p>
  </div>

  <div class='button-wrapper'>
    <input type="button" value="submit" />
  </div>

</div>

thanks for the help, it's been driving me crazy. Your solution works perfectly. :) — Dino, Jan 09 '12 at 10:43
@Hoang you would have to change this line in the html `` to `` — sqram, Jul 09 '18 at 21:18

score -2 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 08 '19 at 15:01

If you make your button an inline element and add text-align: center to the parent td you should be fine.

.tools {
  text-align: center;
}

.submit {
  display: inline;
}

<table width="500" border="1">
  <tr>
    <td width="390">XXXXXXXXX</td>
    <td class="tools" width="110" rowspan="2" valign="middle"><input class- "submit" type="button" value="submit"></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>YYYYYYYY</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<br /><br />
<div style="width:500px;">
  <div style="float:left;width:390px;">
    <div>XXXXXXX</div>
    <div>YYYYYYY</div>
  </div>
  <div style="vertical-align:middle;width:110px;float:right;">
    <div><input type="button" value="submit"></div>
  </div>
</div>

OP wanted a solution NOT using a table – Velojet May 31 '16 at 21:19 — Velojet, May 31 '16 at 21:19

Vertically centering button using css

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