How can I center something if I don't know ahead of time what the width is?

Question

I am trying to center a paragraph tag with some text in it within a div, but I can't seem to center it using margin: 0 auto without having to specify a fixed width for the paragraph. I don't want to specify a fixed width, because I will have dynamic text coming into the paragraph tag and it will always be a different width based on how much text it is.

Does anyone know how I can center the paragraph tag within the div without having to specify a fixed width for the paragraph or without using tables?

Answer 1

Here's how to do it using a style sheet.

Style sheet:

div.center-content
{
    text-align: center;
}

div.center-content p
{
    text-align: left;
    margin-left: auto;
    margin-right: auto;
}

HTML:

<div class="center-content">
    <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet</p>
</div>

Answer 2

Found this: Centering Block-level Content With Unknown Width.