HTML Element Style How to - Center outer and inner div

Question

We would like to know how to center outer and inner div.

Answer


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style type='text/css'>
.outer {<!--  www .  ja  v a 2 s.  c o  m-->
  position: absolute;
  width: 400px;
  height: 400px;
  background: #999;
}

.inner {
  position: absolute;
  width: 200px;
  height: 400px;
  background: #666;
}

.center {
  left: 0;
  right: 0;
  margin-left: auto;
  margin-right: auto;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
  <div class="outer center">
    <div class="inner center"></div>
  </div>
</body>
</html>

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