# Div alternative to table centering

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/div-alternative-to-table-centering/136913>\
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**Created:** [February 9, 2005, 12:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/div-alternative-to-table-centering/136913 "2005-02-09T12:10:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![mikken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@mikken](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mikken)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 12:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/div-alternative-to-table-centering/136913/1 "2005-02-09T12:10:04Z")

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Tables are often used to center content on page, (table with 100% width all content inside and centered table content).

The W3C doesn’t like that, so how would I do that with divs?

Also, how can I make a simple 1px border around a div?

Thanks