Best practice for vertically centering logo and menu items in header [closed]

Question

I constantly find myself having to vertically center both the logo and main menu in a full-width header. Is there a widely accepted method to handle this?

Answer 1

#header {
  box-sizing: border-box;
  background: #ffc301;
  padding: 10px 15px;
  display: table;
  width: 100%;
  height: 70px;
}

.logo {
    background: #000;
    text-align: center;
    width: 70px;
    color: #fff;
}

.logo,
.menu {
  vertical-align: middle;
  display: table-cell;
}

.menu ul {
  text-align: right;
}

.menu ul li {
  display: inline-block;
  vertical-align: top;
}

<header id="header">
  <div class="logo">Logo</div>
  <nav class="menu">
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#">Item 1</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Item 2</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Item 3</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Item 4</a></li>
    </ul>
  </nav>
</header>

Answer 2

You can use flexbox to get it with justify-content: center; and align-items: center; properties.

#header {
  box-sizing: border-box;
  background: grey;
  padding: 10px 15px;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  width: 100%;
  height: 70px;
}

.logo {
    background: black;
    text-align: center;
    width: 70px;
    padding: 15px;
    color: #fff;
}

.menu{
  flex: 1;
  text-align: right;
}

.menu ul li{
  display: inline-block;
  text-decoration: none;
}

a{
  text-decoration: none;
}

<div id="header">
  <div class="logo">logo</div>
  <nav class="menu">
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#">item#1</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">item#2</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">item#3</a></li>
    </ul>
  </nav>
</div>