CSS- Center a anchor element horizontally

we are going to learn about how to center a anchor <a> element horizontally in CSS with the help of examples.

Consider, we have the following anchor element in div:

<div >  <a href="https://google.com" >Google</h1></div>

To center a anchor element horizontally, add the display:flex and justify-content: center to the anchor CSS class.

“justify-content: center” centers the anchor element horizontally.

Here is an example:

<div >  <a href="https://google.com" >Google</a></div>

CSS:

.link{    display: flex;    justify-content: center;}

or we can add the inline styles to anchor element using the style attribute in HTML.

<div >  <a href="https://google.com" style="display: flex;justify-content: center;">   Google  </a></div>

Centering the div horizontally using absolute position

We can also use the absolute positioning in css to center the anchor <a> horizontally.

Here is an example:

<div >  <a href="https://google.com" >Google</a></div>

.link{   position:absolute;   left:50%;   transform:translateX(-50%);}

1. Here we added position:absolute to the anchor element css class, so the element breaks out from the normal document flow and positioned to its relative parent (eg: body or parent element).

2. The left:50% moves the element 50% right from its position.

3. The translateX(-50%) moves the element 50% left from it’s position.