How to Center an Image with the CSS text-align Property

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In general, you cannot use the CSS text-align property to center an image, as it works only on block elements, and the <img> is an inline one. But there is a trick that will help you to center the image with the text-align property. If you need this property for some reasons, you can add a <div> element and specify the text-align property on it. Use the “center” value of this property.

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Example of centering an image with the text-align property:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Title of the document</title>
    <style>
      div {
        border: 1px solid green;
        text-align: center;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>Example of centering an image </h1>
    <div>
      <img src="/uploads/media/default/0001/01/25acddb3da54207bc6beb5838f65f022feaa81d7.jpeg" alt="Aleq" width="200" height="185" />
    </div>
  </body>
</html>

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Example of centering an image

Let’s see another example, where the image is centered by applying a style immediately to the <img> element. In this case, you must set the display of the <img> to “block” and specify the margin property with "0 auto" as its value.

Example of centering an image:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Title of the document</title>
    <style>
      div {
        border: 1px solid green;
      }      
      div img {
        display: block;
        margin: 0 auto;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>Example of centering an image</h1>
    <div>
      <img src="/uploads/media/default/0001/01/25acddb3da54207bc6beb5838f65f022feaa81d7.jpeg" alt="Aleq" width="200" height="185" />
    </div>
  </body>
</html>