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I have a div that contains an image and a p tag (seen below). I want to align the image in the middle of the div vertically depending on how many lines the paragraph is. Vertical-align doesn't work. I am using JavaScript right now to figure out how much to add to margin-top, but would rather use CSS. Any ideas?

<div>     <img>     <p>Multi-line</p> </div> 
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jakeprzespo Avatar asked Oct 05 '09 15:10

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2 Answers

This is pure CSS, vertically aligns the image, and also resizes the image down if it's taller (or wider) than the containing box. Ergo, the box and image can both be any size without breaking the vertical alignment. Also, you may want to add a left margin to the <p> tags to keep them from being hidden by the image.

CSS

/* Positioning */  .absoluteCenterWrapper {      position: relative; /* Contains the image in the div */  }  .absoluteCenter { /* Aligns image vertically */      margin: auto;      position: absolute;      top: 0;      bottom: 0;  }  .absoluteCenterWrapper p { /* Pushes <p> to edge of image */      margin-left: 101px; /* Width of image */  }  .absoluteCenter { /* Specifies width of image to avoid overlap if image changes */      width: 101px; /* Width of image */  }    /* Sizing - resizes down to avoid cutting off */  .absoluteCenter {      max-height: 100%;      max-width: 100%;  }    /* Making it "pretty" */  .absoluteCenterWrapper { margin: 1em; padding: 0.001em; /* <- Hack to contain margins */ outline: 1px solid red; }  .absoluteCenterWrapper p { margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 1em;}
<div class="absoluteCenterWrapper">   <img class="absoluteCenter" src="data:image/png;base64,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">   <p>Paragraph goes here.</p>   <p>Paragraph goes here.</p>  </div>  <div class="absoluteCenterWrapper">   <img class="absoluteCenter" src="data:image/png;base64,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">   <p>Paragraph goes here.</p>   <p>Paragraph goes here.</p>   <p>Paragraph goes here.</p>  </div>
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0b10011 Avatar answered Sep 19 '22 11:09

0b10011


Try setting the line-height attribute of the p element to the height of the image, eg:

div p {   line-height: 18px; } 

Edit: Just realised I misread the question and missed the fact the p would be multi-line. One option to try is removing the img element altogether and setting it as the background-image of the p instead, with a background-position of left, center. Something like:

div p {   background: transparent url(path/to/img) no-repeat left center;   padding-left:30px; /* Set based on width of image */ } 
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Luke Bennett Avatar answered Sep 20 '22 11:09

Luke Bennett