How to center vertically child elements inside div [duplicate]

Question

Possible Duplicate:
How to make an image center (vertically & horizontally) inside a bigger div

HTML code:

<div class="promo_tumbs col_12">
    <div class="promo_tumb"></div>
    <div class="promo_tumb"></div>
    <div class="promo_tumb"></div>
    <div class="promo_tumb"></div>
    <div class="promo_tumb"></div>
</div>

CSS part:

.promo_tumbs {
    height: 155px;
    background: #058;
}
.promo_tumb {
    height: 75px;
    width: 125px;
    background: #990000;
    float: left;
    margin: 0 10px;
    text-align: center;
}

How can I vertically center .promo_tumb?

Answer 1

Read this article on vertical centering.

http://www.jakpsatweb.cz/css/css-vertical-center-solution.html

If you dont wanna support IE7 or lesser then you can use vertical-align : middle.

Otherwise:

1. Set display to table in .promo_tumbs col_12
2. Set vertical-align to middle & display to table-cell for .promo_tumb

and it should work.