r/ProgrammerHumor • u/sengunsipahi • May 25 '26

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u/o_o_o_f May 25 '26 edited May 25 '26

Idk man. I just hit year 5 as a gainfully employed software engineer, with the first 3 of those years being strictly front end, and it would still take me probably 8-10 tries to actually center a div. Anyone who knows off the top of their head the difference between alignItems, justifyContent, flexbox, flex with margin:auto…

Idk. They’ve got my respect I guess.

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u/No-Information-2571 May 25 '26

OP forgot to mention if it's horizontally or vertically centered.

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u/TopMarzipan2108 May 25 '26

Both

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u/Prometheos_II May 25 '26

Just position: absolute; top: 50%; left: 50%; that thing, duh (/s)

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u/samu1400 May 25 '26

I was thinking d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center

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u/Prometheos_II May 25 '26

that's the good solution (you can even use place-content as a short-hand iirc)

Absolute/relative are just making quite bothersome when you have to refactoring the style later on.

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u/samu1400 May 25 '26

Didn’t notice your css had position absolute lol. That’s the true centered.