How to center 1 to n floating div boxes on a page?

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bay - 30 Jun 2008 13:25 GMT

I’m trying to create a page, so that if one has a widescreen monitor,
they will be able to see as many centered divs on a row as possible.
So I’m floating these div boxes left so they are not stacking
vertically, but horizontally. The problem is, they don’t center. Do
you know a way do to it with CSS.

Thanks

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dorayme - 30 Jun 2008 14:04 GMT

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<3a9bb275-e071-4e17-afaf-99159c2cebae@y38g2000hsy.googlegroups.com>,

> I¹m trying to create a page, so that if one has a widescreen monitor,
> they will be able to see as many centered divs on a row as possible.
> So I¹m floating these div boxes left so they are not stacking
> vertically, but horizontally. The problem is, they don¹t center. Do
> you know a way do to it with CSS.

No, you can't perfect centre with css as I understand you want. You can
get awfully close but.

But there is a way with some extra:

<http://tinyurl.com/2jcs5r>

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bay - 01 Jul 2008 14:56 GMT

Cool, it worked, but I had to fix the Javascript for it to work in IE
for some reason. Worked in FF fine.

> No, you can't perfect centre with css as I understand you want. You can
> get awfully close but.
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> --
> dorayme

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dorayme - 02 Jul 2008 00:07 GMT

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<db4c1dd2-ef59-4900-ba33-208c373712ac@m73g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,

> Cool, it worked, but I had to fix the Javascript for it to work in IE
> for some reason. Worked in FF fine.
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> >
> > <http://tinyurl.com/2jcs5r>

Feel free to give a URL so that your js could be traced by us all, it
might prove useful. I have clean forgot now if the mass of floats as a
whole centred properly in Internet Explorer, I think I would have
checked in IE6 at the time, but likely not in IE7? The javascript on
those pages at my URL is named in honour of its maker. And it was
fashioned probably with the details of my page in mind. So anything you
come up with that makes it more general would likely be helpful.

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BootNic - 02 Jul 2008 06:21 GMT

<doraymeRidThis-948361.09074302072008@news-vip.optusnet.com.au>

> In article
> <db4c1dd2-ef59-4900-ba33-208c373712ac@m73g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,
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> fashioned probably with the details of my page in mind. So anything
> you come up with that makes it more general would likely be helpful.

CSS version. I did not even try to make this work with older mozilla
type browsers. Not really the same but close, and no js.

[url] http://tinyurl.com/637o7j [/url]

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dorayme - 02 Jul 2008 06:58 GMT

> <doraymeRidThis-948361.09074302072008@news-vip.optusnet.com.au>
>
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> [url] http://tinyurl.com/637o7j [/url]

This is interesting. Nice in my Safari 2 but there is no wrapping at all
in FF 2.

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BootNic - 02 Jul 2008 17:00 GMT

<doraymeRidThis-F64B4F.15580202072008@news-vip.optusnet.com.au>

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>> CSS version. I did not even try to make this work with older mozilla
>> type browsers. Not really the same but close, and no js.
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> This is interesting. Nice in my Safari 2 but there is no wrapping at
> all in FF 2.

FF2 does not support inline-block, though FF3 does. It would also fail
in most other mozilla browsers.

What I have confirmed it works in:

IE 6
IE 7
Safari 3
FF 3
Opera 9.5
Galeon 2.0.5

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dorayme - 03 Jul 2008 02:22 GMT

> <doraymeRidThis-F64B4F.15580202072008@news-vip.optusnet.com.au>
>
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> Opera 9.5
> Galeon 2.0.5

Right, well that covers a lot of users.

(But, aside from this exercise, for a feature that is not essential,
namely centering a mass of floated thumbs, I am still happier with the
the original, employing some js and not inconveniencing anyone at all).

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