- From: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
- Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:36:41 -0500
- To: Brad Kemper <brkemper@comcast.net>
- CC: CSS Style <www-style@w3.org>
Brad Kemper wrote: > I don't know if this subject has been broached before... > > Using absolute positioning to center an element is not as simple as it > should be. I can position the element by setting its top, bottom, right, > and left. But if I set "left:50%; top:50%;", but to center the whole > element (instead of just the top left corner) I have to know its height > and width, divide them in half, and use them as negative margin. It > would be much simpler if I could set "*center-x:*50%; *center-y:*50%" > instead of top, left, and negative margin. > > I know there are a couple of other ways to get the items to center, but > they are no simpler, or have other limitations. Being able to position > items by center would be so much simpler. There was a proposal for pretty much exactly this functionality quite awhile ago, with slightly different syntax http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2004Jan/0218.html ~fantasai
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