How do I center a div of one column size within the container (12 columns) in Twitter Bootstrap 3.
Please see the starter fiddle.
<body class="container">
<div class="col-lg-1 col-offset-6 centered">
<img data-src="holder.js/100x100" alt="" />
</div>
</body>
So, I want a div
, with a class centered
to be centered within the container. I may use a row if there are multiple divs, but for now I just want a div with size of one column centered within the container (12 columns).
I am also not sure the above approach is good enough as the intention is not to offset the div
by half. I do not need free spaces outside the div
and the contents of the div
shrink in proportion. I want to empty space outside the div to be evenly distributed (shrink till the container width == one column).
转载于:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18153234/center-a-column-using-twitter-bootstrap
There are two approaches to centering a column <div>
in Bootstrap 3:
The first approach uses Bootstrap's own offset classes so it requires no change in markup and no extra CSS. The key is to set an offset equal to half of the remaining size of the row. So for example, a column of size 2 would be centered by adding an offset of 5, that's (12-2)/2
.
In markup this would look like:
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-5"></div>
</div>
Now, there's an obvious drawback for this method, it only works for even column sizes, so only .col-X-2
, .col-X-4
, col-X-6
, col-X-8
and col-X-10
are supported.
You can center any column size by using the proven margin: 0 auto;
technique, you just need to take care of the floating that is added by Bootstrap's grid system. I recommend defining a custom CSS class like the following:
.col-centered{
float: none;
margin: 0 auto;
}
Now you can add it to any column size at any screen size and it will work seamlessly with Bootstrap's responsive layout:
<div class="row">
<div class="col-lg-1 col-centered"></div>
</div>
Note: With both techniques you could skip the .row
element and have the column centered inside a .container
but you would notice a minimal difference in the actual column size because of the padding in the container class.
Update:
Since v3.0.1 Bootstrap has a built-in class named center-block
that uses margin: 0 auto
but is missing float:none
. You can add that to your CSS to make it work with the grid system.
Bootstrap 3 now has a built-in class for this .center-block
.center-block {
display: block;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
}
If you are still using 2.X then just add this to your CSS.
This works. A hackish way probably, but it works nicely. It was tested for responsive (Y).
.centered {
background-color: teal;
text-align: center;
}
The preferred method of centering columns is to use "offsets" (ie: col-md-offset-3
)
Bootstrap 3.x centering examples
For centering elements, there is a center-block
helper class.
You can also use text-center
to center text (and inline elements).
Demo: http://bootply.com/91632
EDIT - As mentioned in the comments, center-block
works on column contents and display:block
elements, but won't work on the column itself (col-*
divs) because Bootstrap uses float
.
Now with Bootstrap 4, the centering methods have changed..
text-center
is still used for display:inline
elementsmx-auto
replaces center-block
to center display:block
elementsoffset-*
or mx-auto
can be used to center grid columnsmx-auto
(auto x-axis margins) will center display:block
or display:flex
elements that have a defined width, (%
, vw
, px
, etc..). Flexbox is used by default on grid columns, so there are also various flexbox centering methods.
Demo Bootstrap 4 Horizontal Centering
For vertical centering in BS4 see https://stackoverflow.com/a/41464397/171456
Simply add this to your custom CSS file, editing Bootstrap CSS files directly is not recommended and cancells your ability to use a cdn.
.center-block {
float: none !important
}
Why?
Bootstrap CSS (Ver 3.7 and lower) uses: margin: 0 auto;, but it gets overridden by the float property of the size container.
PS: After you add this class don't forget to set classes by the right order.
<div class="col-md-6 center-block">Example</div>
Now Bootstrap 3.1.1 is working with .center-block
, and this helper class works with the column system.
Bootstrap 3 Helper Class Center.
Please check this jsfiddle DEMO:
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="center-block">row center-block</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-6 brd">
<div class="center-block">1 center-block</div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-6 brd">
<div class="center-block">2 center-block</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-2 col-center-block">row col-xs-2 col-center-block</div>
</div>
Row column center using col-center-block
helper class.
.col-center-block {
float: none;
display: block;
margin: 0 auto;
/* margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; */
}
To center the col- we need to use the below code. cols are floater elements besides margin auto. We will also set it to float none,
<body class="container">
<div class="col-lg-1 col-md-4 centered">
<img data-src="holder.js/100x100" alt="" />
</div>
</body>
To center the above col-lg-1 with class of centered, we will write:
.centered {
float: none;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
}
To center the content inside the div, use text-align:center
,
.centered {
text-align: center;
}
If you want to center it only on the desktop and larger screen, not on mobile, then use the following media query.
@media (min-width: 768px) {
.centered {
float: none;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
}
}
And to center the div only on mobile version, use the below code.
@media (max-width: 768px) {
.centered {
float: none;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
}
}
You can use text-center
for the row, and make sure the internal divs have display:inline-block
( with not float
)
as:
<div class="container">
<div class="row text-center" style="background-color : black;">
<div class="redBlock">A red block</div>
<div class="whiteBlock">A white block</div>
<div class="yellowBlock">A yellow block</div>
</div>
</div>
and css:
.redBlock {
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
background-color: aqua;
display: inline-block
}
.whiteBlock {
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
background-color: white;
display: inline-block
}
.yellowBlock {
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
background-color: yellow;
display: inline-block
}
The fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/DTcHh/3177/
My approach to center columns is to use display: inline-block
for columns and text-align: center
for the container parent.
You just have to add the CSS class 'centered' to the row
.
<div class="container-fluid">
<div class="row centered">
<div class="col-sm-4 col-md-4">
Col 1
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 col-md-4">
Col 2
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 col-md-4">
Col 3
</div>
</div>
</div>
.centered {
text-align: center;
font-size: 0;
}
.centered > div {
float: none;
display: inline-block;
text-align: left;
font-size: 13px;
}
JSfiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/steyffi/ug4fzcjd/
Because I never have the need to center only a single .col-
within a .row
, I set the following class on the wrapping .row
of my target columns.
.col-center > [class*="col-"] {
float: none;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
}
Example
<div class="full-container">
<div class="row col-center">
<div class="col-xs-11">
Foo
</div>
<div class="col-xs-11">
Bar
</div>
</div>
</div>
Just set your one column that displays content to col-xs-12 (mobile-first ;-) and configure the container only to control how wide you want your centred content to be, so:
.container {
background-color: blue;
}
.centered {
background-color: red;
}
<body class="container col-xs-offset-3 col-xs-6">
<div class="col-xs-12 centered">
<img data-src="holder.js/100x100" alt="" />
</div>
</body>
<body class="container col-xs-offset-1 col-xs-10">
<div class="col-xs-12 centered">
<img data-src="holder.js/100x100" alt="" />
</div>
</body>
For a demo, see http://codepen.io/Kebten/pen/gpRNMe :-)
</div>
Another approach of offsetting is to have two empty rows, for example:
<div class="col-md-4"></div>
<div class="col-md-4">Centered Content</div>
<div class="col-md-4"></div>
Bootstrap version 3 has a .text-center class.
Just add this class:
text-center
It will simply load this style:
.text-center {
text-align: center;
}
Example:
<div class="container-fluid">
<div class="row text-center">
<div class="col-md-12">
Bootstrap 4 is coming....
</div>
</div>
</div>
For those looking to center the column elements on the screen when you don't have the exact number to fill your grid, I have written a little piece of JavaScript to return the class names:
function colCalculator(totalNumberOfElements, elementsPerRow, screenSize) {
var arrayFill = function (size, content) {
return Array.apply(null, Array(size)).map(String.prototype.valueOf, content);
};
var elementSize = parseInt(12 / elementsPerRow, 10);
var normalClassName = 'col-' + screenSize + '-' + elementSize;
var numberOfFittingElements = parseInt(totalNumberOfElements / elementsPerRow, 10) * elementsPerRow;
var numberOfRemainingElements = totalNumberOfElements - numberOfFittingElements;
var ret = arrayFill(numberOfFittingElements, normalClassName);
var remainingSize = 12 - numberOfRemainingElements * elementSize;
var remainingLeftSize = parseInt(remainingSize / 2, 10);
return ret.concat(arrayFill(numberOfRemainingElements, normalClassName + ' col-' + screenSize + '-push-' + remainingLeftSize));
}
If you have 5 elements and you want to have 3 per row on a md
screen, you do this:
colCalculator(5, 3, 'md')
>> ["col-md-4", "col-md-4", "col-md-4", "col-md-4 col-md-push-2", "col-md-4 col-md-push-2"]
Keep in mind, the second argument must be dividable by 12.
As koala_dev used in his approach 1, I would prefer the offset method instead of center-block or margins which has limited usage, but as he mentioned:
Now, there's an obvious drawback for this method, it only works for even column sizes, so only .col-X-2, .col-X-4, col-X-6, col-X-8 and col-X-10 are supported.
This can be solved using the following approach for odd columns.
<div class="col-xs-offset-5 col-xs-2">
<div class="col-xs-offset-3">
// Your content here
</div>
</div>
This is probably not the best answer, but there is one more creative solution to this. As pointed out by koala_dev the column offsetting works only for even column sizes. However, by nesting rows you can achieve centering uneven columns as well.
To stick with the original question where you want to center a column of 1 inside a grid of 12.
For example:
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-offset-5 col-md-2">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-offset-3 col-md-6">
centered column with that has an "original width" of 1 col
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
See this fiddle, please note that you have to increase the size of the output window in order too see the result, otherwise the columns will wrap.
Don't forget to add !important
. Then you can be sure that element really will be in the center:
.col-centered{
float: none !important;
margin: 0 auto !important;
}
If you put this on your row, all of the columns inside will be centered:
.row-centered {
display: flex;
justify-content: space-between;
}
<div class="container-fluid">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-lg-4 col-lg-offset-4">
<img src="some.jpg">
</div>
</div>
</div>
Try this
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-2 col-xs-offset-5"></div>
</div>
You can use other col
as well like col-md-2
, etc.
To center more than one column in a Bootstrap row - and the number of cols are odd, simply add this css
class to all the columns in that row:
.many-cols-centered { // To horizontally center bootstrap odd cols, eg col-lg-9, col-md-3, works well in lg
display:inline-block;
float:none;
}
So in your HTML you have something like:
<div class="row text-center"> <!-- text-center centers all text in that row -->
<div class="col-lg-3 col-md-3 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 many-cols-centered">
<img src='assets/image1.jpg'>
<h3>You See</h3>
<p>I love coding.</p>
</div>
<div class="col-lg-3 col-md-3 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 many-cols-centered">
<img src='assets/image2.jpg'>
<h3>You See</h3>
<p>I love coding.</p>
</div>
<div class="col-lg-3 col-md-3 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 many-cols-centered">
<img src='assets/image3.jpg'>
<h3>You See</h3>
<p>I love coding.</p>
</div>
</div>
The mechanism is:
Try this code.
<body class="container">
<div class="col-lg-1 col-lg-offset-10">
<img data-src="holder.js/100x100" alt="" />
</div>
Here i have used col-lg-1, and the offset should be 10 for properly centered the div on large devices, if you need it to center on mediam to large device then just change the lg to md and so on, let me know if any issue.
You can use the very flexible solution flexbox to your Bootstrap.
justify-content: center;
can center your column.
Check out flex.
Method 1:
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-5">
YOUR CONTENT
</div>
</div>
</div>
Method 2:
CSS
.float-center{float: none;}
<div class="container">
<div id="mydev" class="center-block float-center" style="width:75%;">
YOUR CONTENT
</div>
</div>
Bootstrap Tips, examples and tools: OnAirCode
To be more precise Bootstrap's grid system contains 12 columns and to center any content let’s say, for instance, the content takes up one column. One will need to occupy two columns of Bootstrap's grid and place the content on half of the two occupied columns.
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-2 col-xs-offset-5 centered">
... your content / data will come here ...
</div>
</div>
'col-xs-offset-5' is telling the grid system where to start placing the content.
'col-xs-2' is telling the grid system how many of the left over columns should the content occupy.
'centered' will be a defined class that will center the content.
Here is how this example looks like in Bootstrap's grid system.
Columns:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12
.......offset....... .data. .......not used........
I suggest simply to use the class text-center
:
<body class="container">
<div class="col-md-12 text-center">
<img data-src="holder.js/100x100" alt="" />
</div>
</body>
This is not my code, but it works perfectly (tested on Bootstrap 3) and I don't have to mess around with col-offset.
Demo:
/* centered columns styles */
.row-centered {
text-align: center;
}
.col-centered {
display: inline-block;
float: none;
/* reset the text-align */
text-align: left;
/* inline-block space fix */
margin-right: -4px;
text-align: center;
background-color: #ccc;
border: 1px solid #ddd;
}
<div class="container">
<div class="row row-centered">
<div class="col-xs-6 col-centered">Column 6</div>
<div class="col-xs-6 col-centered">Column 6</div>
<div class="col-xs-3 col-centered">Column 3</div>
<div class="col-xs-3 col-centered">Column 3</div>
<div class="col-xs-3 col-centered">Column 3</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
With Bootstrap v4, this can be accomplished just by adding .justify-content-center
to the .row
<div>
<div class="row justify-content-center">
<div class="col-1">centered 1 column</div>
</div>
https://getbootstrap.com/docs/4.0/utilities/flex/#justify-content