How do I vertically align text in a div?

Question

I am trying to find the most effective way to align text with a div. I have tried a few things and none seem to work.

.testimonialText {
  position: absolute;
  left: 15px;
  top: 15px;
  width: 150px;
  height: 309px;
  vertical-align: middle;
  text-align: center;
  font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
  font-style: italic;
  padding: 1em 0 1em 0;
}

<div class="testimonialText">
  Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor
  in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
</div>

Answer 1

Using css grid did it for me.

.outer {
  background-color: grey;
  width: 10rem;
  height: 10rem;
  display: grid;
  justify-items: center;
}

.inner {
  background-color: red;
  align-self: center;
}

<div class='outer'>
  <div class='inner'>
    Content
  </div>
</div>

Answer 2

Try to embed a table element.

<div>
    <table style='width:200px; height:100px;'>
        <td style='vertical-align:middle;'>
            copenhagen
        </td>
    </table>
</div>

Answer 3

This is another variation of the div in a div pattern using calc() in CSS.

<div style="height:300px; border:1px solid green;">
  Text in outer div.
  <div style="position:absolute; height:20px; top:calc(50% - 10px); border:1px solid red;)">
    Text in inner div.
  </div>
</div>

This works, because:

• position:absolute for precise placement of the div within a div
• we know the height of the inner div because we set it to 20px.
• calc(50% - 10px) for 50% - half the height for centering the inner div

Answer 4

Not a single answer helped me, try this, add on parent div:

display:flex;
align-items:center;

Answer 5

As simple as this, from the docs:

The vertical-align CSS property specifies the vertical alignment of an inline or table-cell box.

#HTML
<div>
  <span>Text</span>
</div>

#CSS
span {
  vertical-align: middle;
}

Answer 6

Vertical Centering in CSS
http://www.jakpsatweb.cz/css/css-vertical-center-solution.html

Article summary:

For CSS2 browser one can use display:table/display:table-cell to center content.

Sample also available at JSFiddle:

div { border:1px solid green;}

<div style="display: table; height: 400px; overflow: hidden;">
  <div style="display: table-cell; vertical-align: middle;">
    <div>
      everything is vertically centered in modern IE8+ and others.
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

It is possible to merge hacks for old browser (IE6/7) into styles with using # to hide styles from newer browsers:

div { border:1px solid green;}

<div style="display: table; height: 400px; #position: relative; overflow: hidden;">
  <div style=
    "#position: absolute; #top: 50%;display: table-cell; vertical-align: middle;">
    <div style=" #position: relative; #top: -50%">
      everything is vertically centered
    </div>
  </div>
</div>