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center align a <div> element

Hi,

I have the following page:

www.martynbissett.co.uk/index_div.html

It is very basic that all elements will be structured using <div> tags
and CSS styles will define the layout. What I dont know how to do is
align the wrapper <div> (#maindiv) center. How is this done?

Cheers

Burnsy

Jul 21 '05 #1
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body {
margin: 0;
text-align: center; /* IE5 workaround */
}

#maindiv {
background-color: #eee;
width: 750px;
margin: 0 auto;
text-align: left;
}

Jul 21 '05 #2
bi******@yahoo.co.uk wrote:

It is very basic that all elements will be structured using <div> tags
and CSS styles will define the layout. What I dont know how to do is
align the wrapper <div> (#maindiv) center. How is this done?

margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;

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