How to keep a floating div centered on window resize (jQuery/CSS)

Question

Is there a way (without binding to the window.resize event) to force a floating DIV to re-center itself when the browser window is resized?

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Answer 1

This is easy to do with CSS if you have a fixed-size div:

.keepcentered {
    position:    absolute;
    left:        50%;        /* Start with top left in the center */
    top:         50%;
    width:       200px;      /* The fixed width... */
    height:      100px;      /* ...and height */
    margin-left: -100px;     /* Shift over half the width */
    margin-top:  -50px;      /* Shift up half the height */
    border: 1px solid black; /* Just for demo */
}

The problem, of course, is that fixed-size elements aren't ideal.

Answer 2

Try this little article about Horizontal and Vertical centering. It is a little old and has a few hacks but you should be able to work out some test code from it.

Answer 3

The simplest way would be with the following CSS code:

#floating-div {
    width: 50%;
    border: 1px solid gray;
    margin: 0 auto;
}

The key line of CSS code above is the "margin: 0 auto;" which tells the browser to automatically set the left/right margins to keep the div centered on the page, even when you resize the browser window.