Template:Center

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Description

It is to center elements on a page. See also Template:Align for more options and flexibility.

Usage

See also: Span and div

{{Center|Hello world!}}

To do this without a template, simply use the following code:

<div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">...</div>

To center a table, see Help:TABLECENTER.

Notes:

• If the markup to be centered includes an equals sign, the markup must be preceded by 1=. Example: {{Center|1=the <span style="color:red">red</span> one}}.
• If the markup to be centered includes a displaying pipe, the pipe must be escaped as {{!}} or |.

Tables

Using {{left}} / {{center}} / {{right}}

Header text
Left	Center	Right

Using {{align|left}} / {{align|center}} / {{align|right}}

Header text
Left	Center	Right

Tracking category

Pages, which use {{Center}} without an argument, are added to the Category:Pages using center with no arguments (0).

TemplateData

This is the  TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard,  VisualEditor and other tools. Click here to see a monthly parameter usage report for this template based on this TemplateData.

TemplateData for Center

{
	"params": {
		"1": {
			"label": "Content",
			"type": "content",
			"required": true,
			"description": "Content to be centered"
		},
		"style": {
			"label": "Custom CSS"
		}
	},
	"description": "A simple template to center-align content in tables and other places. Be aware that the center class is applied to this template, which means every element within the template has its left and right margins set to auto. This may harm some templates."
}

See also

• {{Center block}}
• {{align}}
• {{right}}, {{left}} and {{justify}}
• {{Image frame}}