I\'m just messing around with some HTML5, and I was trying to center a video on the page. For some reason I can\'t get it to center. I\'ve tried to add a class to the video tag
I was having the same problem, until I realized that <video>
elements are inline elements, not block elements. You need only set the container element to have text-align: center;
in order to center the video horizontally on the page.
I will not prefer to center just using video tag as @user142019 says. I will prefer doing it like this:
.videoDiv
{
width: 70%; /*or whatever % you prefer*/
margin: 0 auto;
display: block;
}
<div class="videoDiv">
<video width="100%" controls>
<source src="https://www.w3schools.com/html/mov_bbb.mp4" type="video/mp4">
<source src="https://www.w3schools.com/html/mov_bbb.ogg" type="video/ogg">
Your browser does not support the video tag.
</video>
</div>
This will make your video responsive at the same time the panel for controls will have the same size as the video rectangle (I tried what @user142019 says and the video was centered, but it looked ugly in Google Chrome).
Do this:
<video style="display:block; margin: 0 auto;" controls>....</video>
Works perfect! :D
All you have to do is set you video tag to display:block;
FTW the default is inline-block
FTL.
Try this
.center {
margin: 0 auto;
width: (whatever you want);
display: block;
}
If you have a width in percent, you can do this :
video {
width: 50% !important;
height: auto !important;
margin: 0 auto;
display: block;
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<video controls>
<source src="http://www.nasa.gov/downloadable/videos/sciencecasts-_total_eclipse_of_the_moon.mp4" type="video/mp4">
Your browser does not support HTML5 video.
</video>
</body>
</html>
I found this page while trying to center align a pair of videos. So, if I enclose both videos in a center div
(which I've called central), the margin trick works, but the width is important (2 videos at 400 + padding etc)
<div class=central>
<video id="vid1" width="400" controls>
<source src="Carnival01.mp4" type="video/mp4">
</video>
<video id="vid2" width="400" controls>
<source src="Carnival02.mp4" type="video/mp4">
</video>
</div>
<style>
div.central {
margin: 0 auto;
width: 880px; <!--this value must be larger than both videos + padding etc-->
}
</style>
Worked for me!