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

I think the best method is to contain the element in a block level element and do:

.innerElement {margin:0 auto}

Given they are both block level elements that don't have the float parameter, it should work great!