How can I center something if I don't know ahead of time what the width is?

Question

I am trying to center a paragraph tag with some text in it within a div, but I can\'t seem to center it using margin: 0 auto without having to specify a fixed width for the

Answer 1

Here's how to do it using a style sheet.

Style sheet:

div.center-content
{
    text-align: center;
}

div.center-content p
{
    text-align: left;
    margin-left: auto;
    margin-right: auto;
}

HTML:

    
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet