How to center a “position: absolute” element

Question

I\'m having a problem centering an element that has the attribute position set to absolute. Does anyone know why the images are not centered?

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Answer 1

Just use display: flex and justify-content: center on the parent element

body {
    text-align: center;
}

#slideshowWrapper {
    margin-top: 50px;
    text-align: center;
}

ul#slideshow {
    list-style: none;
    position: relative;
    margin: auto;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
}

ul#slideshow li {
    position: absolute;
}

ul#slideshow li img {
    border: 1px solid #ccc;
    padding: 4px;
    height: 100px;
}

You can find this solution in JSFIDDLE