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

html, body, ul, li, img {
  box-sizing: border-box;
  margin: 0px;  
  padding: 0px;  
}

#slideshowWrapper {
  width: 25rem;
  height: auto;
  position: relative;
  
  margin-top: 50px;
  border: 3px solid black;
}

ul {
  list-style: none;
  border: 3px solid blue;  
}

li {
  /* center horizontal */
  position: relative;
  left: 0;
  top: 50%;
  width: 100%;
  text-align: center;
  font-size: 18px;
  /* center horizontal */
  
  border: 3px solid red; 
}

img {
  border: 1px solid #ccc;
  padding: 4px;
  //width: 200px;
  height: 100px;
}