HTML:
<div id="wrap">
<div id="block1"></div>
<div id="block2"></div>
</div>
CSS:
div#wrap{
margin-top: 3em;
border: solid 1px black;
text-align: center;
}
div#wrap *{
display: inline-block;
width: 12.5em;
margin-top: 1em;
height: 8em;
}
div#wrap *:not(:last-child){
margin-right: 8em;
}
#block1{
background: orange;
}
div#wrap #block2{
background: magenta;
}
These 2 blocks are supposed to be centered in responsive design mode. When the screen is wide enough to have 2 blocks in a row, the code works. But when I narrow the screen down, the top block is shifted to the left because of the margin:
Is it possible to fix this without media queries?
I tried flex-box:
div#wrap{
margin-top: 3em;
border: solid 1px black;
display: flex;
flex-flow: row wrap;
justify-content: center;
}
If you use a container with negative margin, you don't need to vary the margin for the endpoints of the rows at different breakpoints and you can just go with inline-block. I set font-size to zero in the container so I can calculate my widths using percents without worrying about white space.
div#wrap {
margin-top: 3em;
border: solid 1px black;
padding: 20px;
text-align: center;
}
.block {
display: inline-block;
width: 12.5em;
margin: 20px;
height: 8em;
font-size: 16px;
}
.block-container {
margin: -20px;
font-size: 0;
}
#block1 {
background: orange;
}
#block2 {
background: magenta;
}
<div id="wrap">
<div class="block-container">
<div class="block" id="block1"></div>
<div class="block" id="block2"></div>
</div>
</div>