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Horizontally & Vertically centering 2 divs within two side by side 50% width columns


Having some trouble getting 2 divs to center horizontally & vertically within their respective parents which are side by side with 50% width and 100% height.

Here's what I've got (Codepen for ease).

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*** HTML ***
<div class="parent">
  <div class="left">
    <div class="info">
      <h1>This div should be centered <br>within the left 50%</h1>
      <h2>Get in touch:</h2>
      <h1>
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        [email protected]<br>
      </h1>
    </div>
  </div>

  <div class="right">
    <div class="img-wrapper">
      <img src="http://placehold.it/210x210/FE5000/FFF"/>
    </div>
  </div>
</div

*** CSS ***
.parent {
  height: 100%;
  width: 100%;
}

.parent:before, .parent:after {
  display: table;
  content: " ";
 }

.parent:after {
  clear: both;
}

.left, .right {
  float: left;
  height: 100%;
  width: 50%;
}

.info {
  width: 400px;
  height: 280px;
  top: 0;
  right: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  margin: auto;
}

.right .img-wrapper {
  width: 210px;
  height: 210px;
  top: 0;
  right: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

Solution

  • I tried this. I'm not sure if this is what you are looking for. I added display: flex; to the .left and .right classes.

    .parent {
        height: 100%;
        width: 100%;
    }
    
    .left, .right {
        float: left;
        height: 500px;
        width: 50%;
        display: flex;
    }
    
    .info {
        width: 400px;
        height: 280px;
        top: 0;
        right: 0;
        bottom: 0;
        left: 0;
        margin: auto;
    }