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How to Center An Image Horizontally and Vertically in CSS

How many times have you had to Google ‘how to center an image in CSS’? It has been too many times to count for me. As a result, I wanted make a snippet on all the ways you can center an image in CSS.

The purpose of the snippet post is so you can grab the code at the top of the post. This will allow you to quickly cut and paste the code you need to center CSS images.

For this snippet we are going to refer to the HTML below.

div class="img-container"> 
 
img class="lazyload .center" src="path/to/image" /> 
 
div> 

CSS Image Center Horizontally

Currently with CSS images there are three ways to center an image horizontally. I’ll go over the three ways, the pro’s and con’s for each so that you can center an image with CSS in any situation.

Center CSS Image with Text Align

.center  
 
text-align: center; 
 
> 

It is important to note with this method that the text-align property only works on block level elements.

Center CSS Image with Margin

.center  
 
display: block; 
 
margin: auto; 
 
width: 50%; 
 
> 

Centering an image with margin:auto is a great way to get the job done. However, you need to ensure it is used with two other properties.

The first is display:block as the margin:auto property only works on block level elements. As, Img elements are inline elements you will need to convert them to block level elements.

The second property is the width property. In order for the margins to move to the center you need to ensure there is empty space. Therefore, you must set the width to less than 100%.

Center CSS Image Horizontally with Flex

.img-container  
 
display: flex; 
 
justify-content: center; 
 
> 
 
.img  
 
width: 50%; 
 
> 

Setting the parent container of the image to display:flex allows you to center the image horizontally. In order to move the image to the center of the container you must specify the justify-content property to have a value of center .

Like with the margin horizontal centering method, you need to ensure you set the image to less than 100% of the width of the parent container.

Just note with this method that everything else in the parent container will be centered horizontally.

Alright those three methods should allow you to center any image horizontally. Let’s look at how to center an image vertically.

CSS Image Center Vertically

Notably with CSS images there are two key ways to center an image vertically. I’ll go over the two ways, the pro’s and con’s for each so that you can center an image vertically with CSS in an situation.

Center CSS Image with Position Absolute

.img-container  
 
position: relative; 
 
> 
 
.center  
 
position: absolute; 
 
left: 50%; 
 
top: 50%; 
 
transform: translate(-50%, -50%); 
 
> 

To center a CSS image vertically, you can use the position property with a value of absolute on the img element. The first thing you need to do, is to set the parent container to have a position value of relative . This is a must and you can learn why in my ridiculously simple guide to the position property.

Next, you set the left and top properties to 50%. What this means is that you line up the left and top edges of the image with the center of the browser. However, this actually makes the image appear to be off-center.

Therefore, you use the transformation property with the translate method to move the div -50% along the x and y axis. This will have the image aligned nicely to the vertical center of the parent elements position on the page.

Center CSS Image Vertically with Flex

.img-container  
 
display: flex; 
 
align-items: center; 
 
> 
 
.center  
 
width: 50%; 
 
> 

As with the horizontal centering we can center an image using flex-box. This time in order to move the image to the center of the container you must specify the align-items property to have a value of center .

Like with the margin horizontal centering method, you need to ensure you set the image to less than 100% of the width of the parent container.

Again, with this method everything else in the parent container will be centered vertically.

Center CSS Image Vertically and Horizontally

So far we have seen how to center a CSS image either horizontally or vertically. But, we have not seen how to do both at once.

Let’s see how to center an image horizontally and vertically at the same time.

.img-container  
 
display: flex; 
 
justify-content: center; 
 
align-items: center; 
 
> 
 
.center  
 
width: 50%; 
 
> 

We can use flex-box to center an image horizontally and vertically. To do so we must use both the justify-content and align-items property on the parent container of the image. All we then have to do is give them both the value of center and bobs your uncle, that image is centered both horizontally and vertically.

These are the most common methods for centering an image both horizontally and vertically in CSS. In most cases, this will be enough for you to get your image to the position you want on the page. Of course there are other methods and I’d love for you to DM me on twitter to let me know what they are.

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How to Center an Image Vertically and Horizontally with CSS

Cem Eygi

Many developers struggle while working with images. Handling responsiveness and alignment is particularly tough, especially centering an image in the middle of the page.

So in this post, I will be showing some of the most common ways to center an image both vertically and horizontally using different CSS properties.

Here’s an interactive scrim about how to center an image vertically and horizontally:

I’ve gone over the CSS Position and Display properties in my previous post. If you’re not familiar with those properties, I recommend checking out those posts before reading this article.

Here’s a video version if you want to check it out:

Centering an Image Horizontally

Let’s begin with centering an image horizontally by using 3 different CSS properties.

Text-Align

The first way to center an image horizontally is using the text-align property. However, this method only works if the image is inside a block-level container such as a :

Margin: Auto

Another way to center an image is by using the margin: auto property (for left-margin and right-margin).

However, using margin: auto alone will not work for images. If you need to use margin: auto , there are 2 additional properties you must use as well.

The margin-auto property does not have any effects on inline-level elements. Since the tag is an inline element, we need to convert it to a block-level element first:

Secondly, we also need to define a width. So the left and right margins can take the rest of the empty space and auto-align themselves, which does the trick (unless we give it a width of 100%):

Display: Flex

The third way to center an image horizontally is by using display: flex . Just like we used the text-align property for a container, we use display: flex for a container as well.

However, using display: flex alone will not be enough. The container must also have an additional property called justify-content :

The justify-content property works together with display: flex , which we can use to center the image horizontally.

Finally, the width of the image must be smaller than the width of the container, otherwise, it takes 100% of the space and then we can’t center it.

Important: The display: flex property is not supported in older versions of browsers. See here for more details.

Centering an Image Vertically

Display: Flex

For vertical alignment, using display: flex is again really helpful.

Consider a case where our container has a height of 800px, but the height of the image is only 500px:

Now, in this case, adding a single line of code to the container, align-items: center , does the trick:

The align-items property can position elements vertically if used together with display: flex .

Position: Absolute & Transform Properties

Another method for vertical alignment is by using the position and transform properties together. This one is a bit complicated, so let’s do it step by step.

Step 1: Define Position Absolute

Firstly, we change the positioning behavior of the image from static to absolute :

Also, it should be inside a relatively positioned container, so we add position: relative to its container div.

Step 2: Define Top & Left Properties

Secondly, we define the top and left properties for the image, and set them to 50%. This will move the starting point(top-left) of the image to the center of the container:

Step 3: Define the Transform Property

But the second step has moved the image partially outside of its container. So we need to bring it back inside.

Defining a transform property and adding -50% to its X and Y axis does the trick:

There are other ways to center things horizontally and vertically, but I’ve explained the most common ones. I hope this post helped you understand how to align your images in the center of the page.

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HTML Center Image – CSS Align Img Center Example

Kolade Chris

If you’re making websites with HTML and CSS, you will be working with images a lot.

Developers often struggle with image alignment in CSS, especially when trying to figure out how to center an image.

Centering anything in CSS is not really a straightforward thing — especially for beginners. This is why people brag about being able to center a div. 🙂

Since the img element is an inline element, this makes it a little bit harder to center. But don’t worry, you can convert the image to a block element and then center it.

In this article, I’m going to show you 4 different ways you can align an image to the center.

Table of Contents

How to Center an Image With the Text Align Property

You can center an image with the text-align property.

One thing you should know is that the tag for bringing in images – img – is an inline element. Centering with the text-align property works for block-level elements only.

So how do you center an image with the text-align property? You wrap the image in a block-level element like a div and give the div a text-align of center .

How to Center an Image with Flexbox

The introduction of CSS Flexbox made it easier to center anything.

Flexbox works by putting what you want to center in a container and giving the container a display of flex . Then it sets justify-content to center as shown in the code snippet below:

P.S.: A justify-content property set to center centers an image horizontally. To center the image vertically too, you need to set align-items to center .

How to Center an Image with CSS Grid

CSS Grid works like Flexbox, with the added advantage that Grid is multidimensional, as opposed to Flexbox which is 2-dimensional.

To center an image with CSS Grid, wrap the image in a container div element and give it a display of grid . Then set the place-items property to center.

P.S.: place-items with a value of center centers anything horizontally and vertically.

How to Center an Image with the Margin Property

You can also center an image by setting a left and right margin of auto for it. But just like the text-align property, margin works for block-level elements only.

So, what you need to do is convert the image to a block-level element first by giving it a display of block.

Those 2 properties could be enough. But sometimes, you have to set a width for the image, so the left and right margin of auto would have spaces to take.

P.S.: You might not have to go as low as 40% for the width. The image was distorted at a 60+ percentage, that’s why I went as low as 40%.

I hope this article helps you choose which method works best for you in centering an image.

Kolade Chris

Web developer and technical writer focusing on frontend technologies. I also dabble in a lot of other technologies.

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