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How to horizontally center absolute positioned container with CSS
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Horizontally centering a static element in CSS is normally handled by setting the left and right margins to auto, for example:
Copy// SASS $container_width: 100px .container width: $container_width margin: 0 auto
However, this won’t work on an absolutely positioned element. But there is a solution:
Copy// SASS $container_width: 100px .container width: $container_width position: absolute left: 50% margin-left: floor($container_width / 2) * -1
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