# Centering button text

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/centering-button-text/257333>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [April 12, 2008, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/centering-button-text/257333 "2008-04-12T21:32:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pherank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@Pherank](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Pherank)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/centering-button-text/257333/1 "2008-04-12T21:32:57Z")

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I can get this to work in IE only:

[http://www.tornedgedesign.com/\_test/kirupa/nextbttn\_pagenumber.html](http://www.tornedgedesign.com/_test/kirupa/nextbttn_pagenumber.html)

I would like the text to center horizontally and vertically on the buttons. I probably started with some overly complex code and got myself confused. Isn’t that always the way.