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how to center text in the middle of the page


Wondering how a rotated text can be fixed in the center of the page?
Here is a jsfiddle, and I'm hoping I can accomplish this with CSS / html only.

Many thanks :)

HTML

<h1 class="main rotate">TEXT</h1>

CSS

h1 {
    text-transform: uppercase;
    white-space: nowrap;
    text-align: center;
    position: fixed;
    left: 50%;
    height: 100%;
    width: 100%;
}
.rotate {
    -webkit-transform-origin: 0 50%;
    -moz-transform-origin: 0 50%;
    -ms-transform-origin: 0 50%;
    -o-transform-origin: 0 50%;
    transform-origin: 0 50%;
    -webkit-transform: rotate(-90deg) translate(-50%, 50%);
    -moz-transform: rotate(-90deg) translate(-50%, 50%);
    -ms-transform: rotate(-90deg) translate(-50%, 50%);
    -o-transform: rotate(-90deg) translate(-50%, 50%);
    transform: rotate(-90deg) translate(-50%, 50%);
}

Solution

  • My suggestion is to use good ol' top, right, bottom, left trick using margin: auto with the addition of 1em height and line-height. Like so:

    h1 {
        ...
    
        /* new code */
        left:0;
        right:0;
        top:0;
        bottom:0;
        height: 1em;
        line-height: 1em;
        margin: auto;
    }
    
    .rotate {
        /* new code */
        -webkit-transform: rotate(-90deg);
        -moz-transform: rotate(-90deg);
        -ms-transform: rotate(-90deg);
        -o-transform: rotate(-90deg);
        transform: rotate(-90deg);
    }
    

    Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/pqz0v71d/