Page Widget How to - Center Text in a centered div

Question

We would like to know how to center Text in a centered div.

Answer


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style type='text/css'>
div {<!-- w  w  w .j a v  a 2 s  .c  o  m-->
  background: red;
  bottom: 0;
  height: 100px;
  left: 0;
  margin: auto;
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  right: 0;
  width: 100px;
  display: table;
}

span {
  display: table-cell;
  text-align: center;
  vertical-align: middle;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
  <div>
    <span>Absolute center</span>
  </div>
</body>
</html>

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