Vertical align middle button in div

Question

I am trying to vertically align this button in the center of the modal-footer div. Here is a link to my JSFiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/kris_redden/34jyLpok/

.modal-footer {
  background-color: #2A3E5D;
  color: white;
  height: 100px;
  padding: 2px 16px;
}

.wrapper-div {
  vertical-align: middle
}

.button {
  background: #e8e8e8;
  display: inline-block;
  font-size: 12px position: relative;
}

<div class="modal-footer">
  <div class="wrapper-div">
    <button type="button" class="button"> Submit Filters </button>
  </div>
</div>

I'm not sure what needs to change in order for this to be vertically aligned in the center of the blue modal-footer div. I know can accomplish this in a hacky way by putting margins on the button but that isn't what I want to do.

You can see this answer [link](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33852909/vertically-centred-div-which-increases-parent-height/33853079#33853079) — Mortie, Jul 26 '17 at 17:54

score 64 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 26 '17 at 17:53

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Easiest would be to add the following to .modal-footer

display: flex;
align-items: center;

answered Jul 26 '17 at 17:53

Maarten van Tjonger

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What about the support for maximum browsers. – Vishal Kumar Sahu Jul 26 '17 at 17:56
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use autoprefixer – Maarten van Tjonger Jul 26 '17 at 18:17
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I think the better solution would be to use less code. – Vishal Kumar Sahu Jul 27 '17 at 06:24

score 14 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 06 '17 at 21:24

this can also be achieved by using

.button-container{
 position:relative;
 height:100%;
}

.button{
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  transform: translateY(-50%);
}

vertical-align:middle; is not necessary here. i would use this method if button container height is unknown and if i could not use flex-box (dispaly:flex;) instead.
https://jsfiddle.net/34jyLpok/7/

another option is to use flex-box (display:flex;)

.button-container{
     height:100%;
     display: flex;
     //flex-direction: column;//only vertical
     align-items: center;//both vertical and horizonal
     justify-content: center
    }

    .button{
      width:100px;
    }

the problem with display: flex is that it is not fully supported in old IE browser versions. https://jsfiddle.net/34jyLpok/9/

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 26 '17 at 17:52

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.modal-footer {
display: table;
width: 100%;
}

.wrapper-div {
display: table-cell;
  vertical-align: middle
}

Go for something like this. Here is the fiddle.

answered Jul 26 '17 at 17:52

Vishal Kumar Sahu

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score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 26 '17 at 17:54

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You can use flexbox as shown below

.modal-footer {
  background-color: #2A3E5D;
  color: white;
  height: 100px;
  padding: 2px 16px;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
}

answered Jul 26 '17 at 17:54

Bibek Shah

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Mortie · Answer 5 · 2017-07-26T17:57:30.923

You can change your style to this

.modal-footer {
  background-color: #2A3E5D;
  color: white;
  height: 100px;
  padding: 2px 16px;
  display:table;
  width: 100%;
}
.wrapper-div {
  display:table-cell; 
  vertical-align: middle;
}
.button {
  background: #e8e8e8;
  display: block;
  margin:auto;
  font-size: 12px
  position: relative;
}

You can remove margin:auto; from .button to only vertically center button

See on fiddle

score 1 · Answer 6 · edited Nov 08 '19 at 12:04

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This is one way of doing it.

.wrapper-div {
  line-height: 60px; // ex: 60px, The button will center to line-height.
}

.wrapper-div button {
  // height of button must be less than its parent.
  height: 30px;
  display: inline-block;
  vertical-align: baseline;
}

<div class="wrapper-div">
  <button type="button" class="button"> Submit Filters </button>
</div>
<div class="wrapper-div">
  <button type="button" class="button"> Submit Filters </button>
</div>

edited Nov 08 '19 at 12:04

Gerrit Bertier

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answered Mar 08 '18 at 05:08

bingo

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I dont want to give heights in px – vivex Oct 22 '19 at 16:24

Vertical align middle button in div

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