Center a div (horizontally, vertically, both) — Nakshora 3.0 Cookbook

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The #1 CSS question: centering things. The Nakshora 3.0 solution with code, explanation and variants.

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Problem: The #1 CSS question: centering things.

Solution#

html

<div class="grid place-items-center min-h-screen">
  <div class="p-8 rounded-xl shadow-lg">Perfectly centered</div>
</div>

Why this works#

grid + place-items-center centers on both axes in one declaration pair; flex + m-auto is the alternative.

Variants#

Responsive: add screen prefixes to the core classes
Dark: pair each color utility with its dark: twin
Animated: add transition + a state variant for motion

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