[headbirth]

Forgive my stupid question, but can any one tell this novice how do I get a container to center horizontally on the page? CSS seems to only have vertical alignment settings.

Thanks!

Any BEST of the BEST book recommendations for CSS would be welcome as well.

[Phil Sherry]

Originally posted by headbirth:
Forgive my stupid question, but can any one tell this novice how do I get a container to center horizontally on the page? CSS seems to only have vertical alignment settings.

Thanks!

Any BEST of the BEST book recommendations for CSS would be welcome as well.

read this, and then buy his book.

[Millennium]

There are basically two ways to do this, depending on whether or not you've set a width for the column. They both involve setting the column's left and right margins to the same value; it's just a matter of what value you give it.

If you've set a width for the column (in pixels, points, percentage, or anything else), then set margin-left and margin-right to "auto" (no quotes). This will put enough space on each side to center the column.

If you haven't set a width for the column (so that it will be as wide as it can possibly get), then set margin-left and margin-right to however much space you want on both sides. All that matters is that you set them to the same value; as long as you do that then it can be anything you want (px, em, %, or whatever). You can also play with this to make your column be slightly (or even greatly) off-center, by setting margin-left and margin-right to different values.

[headbirth]

Great! Thanks for the links and recommendation!