HTML Element Style How to - Vertical align a table inside a div

Question

We would like to know how to vertical align a table inside a div.

Answer


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style type='text/css'>
#background {
  width: 400px;
  height: 400px;
  border: 1px solid black;
}<!--from  w w w  .  j a v  a2s  . co m-->

table {
  width: 100px;
  height: 100px;
  position: relative;
  left: 50%;
  top: 50%;
  margin-left: -50px;
  margin-top: -50px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
  <div id="background">
    <table border="1">
      <tr>
        <td>Foo</td>
        <td>Foo</td>
      </tr>
    </table>
  </div>
</body>
</html>

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