# Centering a Div Horizontally | kirupa.com

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**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [December 2, 2014, 1:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/centering-a-div-horizontally-kirupa-com/399291 "2014-12-02T01:33:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 1:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/centering-a-div-horizontally-kirupa-com/399291/1 "2014-12-02T01:33:23Z")

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by [kirupa](http://www.kirupa.com/me/index.htm) | 29 January 2013

As much as we may like to think that all HTML elements are important and that they each play a unique role in making your documents work, you and I know that is not true. There are certain elements that are just funnier, smarter, nicer, and better looking than the rest. One such element is the very versatile div.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [http://www.kirupa.com/html5/centering\_a\_div\_horizontally.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/html5/centering_a_div_horizontally.htm)