Block Elements Behaviour

Any element can be set to behave like a block by setting its display property to the block “display: block”. There are some other elements like headers, and div tags which are by default blocks. So they take the full line or full width of the web page or container holding it. Even if our content is taking 20% of the width of the webpage still the block property will reserve the full 100% width of the web page or container holding it.

How to align block elements to center using CSS ?

The “blocks” are known for taking full line space, forcing other elements to start on a new line. In other words, they have a width of 100% of the webpage or container holding the block.  In this article, we are going to see how to block elements that usually behave and how to center them using CSS.

Table of Content

  • Block Elements Behaviour
  • How to center block elements
  • Examples of aligning block elements to center using CSS

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Block Elements Behaviour

Any element can be set to behave like a block by setting its display property to the block “display: block”. There are some other elements like headers, and div tags which are by default blocks. So they take the full line or full width of the web page or container holding it. Even if our content is taking 20% of the width of the webpage still the block property will reserve the full 100% width of the web page or container holding it....

How to center block elements

To center block elements, we primarily rely on the `margin` property. Since block elements span the full width of their container, we adjust their margins to position them horizontally and vertically. Notably, the `text-align: center` property doesn’t center block elements; it only affects non-block or inline-block elements....

Examples of aligning block elements to center using CSS

1. Center block elements using margin property:...

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