I have an SVG that I am trying to center in a div. The div has a width or 900px. The SVG has a width of 400px. The SVG has its margin-left and margin-right set to auto. Doesn't work, it just acts as if the left margin is 0 (default).
Anyone know my error?
SVG is inline by default. Add display: block
to it and then margin: auto
will work as expected.
Above answers did not work for me.
Adding the attribute preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMin"
to the <svg>
tag did the trick though. The viewBox
attribute needs to be specified for this to work as well.
Source: Mozilla developer network
Having read above that svg is inline by default, I just added the following to the div:
<div style="text-align:center;">
and it did the trick for me.
Purists may not like it (it’s an image, not text) but in my opinion HTML and CSS screwed up over centring, so I think it’s justified.
None of these answers worked for me. This is how I did it.
position: relative;
left: 50%;
-webkit-transform: translateX(-50%);
-ms-transform: translateX(-50%);
transform: translateX(-50%);
Answers above look incomplete as they are talking from css point of view only.
positioning of svg within viewport is affected by two svg attributes
- viewBox: defines the rectangle area for svg to cover.
- preserveAspectRatio: defined where to place the viewBox wrt viewport and how to strech it if viewport changes.
Follow this link from codepen for detailed description
<svg viewBox="70 160 800 190" preserveAspectRatio="xMaxYMax meet">
make sure your css reads:
margin: 0 auto;
Even though you're saying you have the left and right set to auto, you may be placing an error. Of course we wouldn't know though because you did not show us any code.
You can also do this:
<center>
<div style="width: 40px; height: 40px;">
<svg class="sqs-svg-icon--social" viewBox="0 0 64 64">
<use class="sqs-use--icon" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="#twitter-icon">
<svg id="twitter-icon" viewBox="0 0 64 64" width="100%" height="100%">
<path
d="M48,22.1c-1.2,0.5-2.4,0.9-3.8,1c1.4-0.8,2.4-2.1,2.9-3.6c-1.3,0.8-2.7,1.3-4.2,1.6 C41.7,19.8,40,19,38.2,19c-3.6,0-6.6,2.9-6.6,6.6c0,0.5,0.1,1,0.2,1.5c-5.5-0.3-10.3-2.9-13.5-6.9c-0.6,1-0.9,2.1-0.9,3.3 c0,2.3,1.2,4.3,2.9,5.5c-1.1,0-2.1-0.3-3-0.8c0,0,0,0.1,0,0.1c0,3.2,2.3,5.8,5.3,6.4c-0.6,0.1-1.1,0.2-1.7,0.2c-0.4,0-0.8,0-1.2-0.1 c0.8,2.6,3.3,4.5,6.1,4.6c-2.2,1.8-5.1,2.8-8.2,2.8c-0.5,0-1.1,0-1.6-0.1c2.9,1.9,6.4,2.9,10.1,2.9c12.1,0,18.7-10,18.7-18.7 c0-0.3,0-0.6,0-0.8C46,24.5,47.1,23.4,48,22.1z"
/>
</svg>
</use>
</svg>
</div>
</center>
Put your code in between this div
if you are using bootstrap:
<div class="text-center ">
<i class="fa fa-twitter" style="font-size:36px "></i>
<i class="fa fa-pinterest" style="font-size:36px"></i>
<i class="fa fa-dribbble" style="font-size:36px"></i>
<i class="fa fa-instagram" style="font-size:36px"></i>
</div>