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How to align an input tag to the center without specifying the width?


I have these HTML and CSS:

#siteInfo input[type="button"] {
  background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #66A3D2;
  border-color: #FFFFFF #327CB5 #327CB5 #FFFFFF;
  border-radius: 10px 10px 10px 10px;
  border-style: solid;
  border-width: 1px;
  box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px #333333;
  color: #FFFFFF;
  cursor: pointer;
  font-weight: bold;
  padding: 5px;
  text-align: center;
  text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000000;
}
<div id="siteInfo">
  <p>Some paragraph.</p>
  <input type="button" value="Some Button">
</div>

I'd like the button to be aligned to the center; however, even with text-align: center in the CSS, is still on the left. I also don't want to specify the width since I'd like it to change with the length of the text. How do I do that?

I know the solution to this is simple but I can't find a proper way to do it. I would sometimes wrap it around a <p> tag that is center aligned but that's extra mark-up which I'd like to avoid.


Solution

  • You need to put the text-align:center on the containing div, not on the input itself.