On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Troy Harshman <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well, you've got everything wrapped in a fixed width div. So why not > do some math and set widths to your content divs and then position > with margins? > > On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Michael Beaudoin <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Ok. An easy one for some of you on a Monday, but I'm just not seeing it. > > > > I have a div (content) and would like to center two other divs > > (leftContent and rightContent) within the content div. > > > > I've tried all the obvious things but they aren't working for me. > > > > Thanks, > > Michael > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > css-discuss [[email protected]] > > http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d > > List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ > > List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html > > Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > css-discuss [[email protected]] > http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d > List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ > List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html > Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ > I don't think you'll be able to do it while the inner divs floating. if you wrap the two inner divs in a fixed width one that isn't floating you could do it. you'd just have to clear that containing div. so you could try something like this. <div id="content"> <div id="inner-content"> <div id="leftContent" /> <div id="rightContent" /> </div> </div> then use a clear fix for the inner-content and set your width and add your margin: 0 auto. but i agree that it would be easier to set it with margins or padding. - Jeff ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [[email protected]] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
