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--- On Wed, 23/6/10, Jay Tanna <[email protected]> wrote: > No you can't center the three boxes > of size 25% because the total width is only 75% So I > suggest change your css as follows: > > #container { > width: 100%; > margin: 0 auto; > text-align: left; > background-color: cyan; > border-style: solid; > } > #left_main, #centre_main, #right_main { > float: left; > width: 29.33%; > background-color: > red; > margin: 1%; > > padding: 1%; > } > > Notice that overall width of each div is 33.33% so if you > change the margin and padding, make sure you have taken this > into account in the width. > > Remember this formula: > > Margin + Padding+ Contents = Width; > > hth > > --- On Wed, 23/6/10, martin <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi all > > > > I'm trying to center 3 float:left boxes in the middle > of > > the main container. > > So far I've got: > > > > > > <code snipped and incorporated above> > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ 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/
