html - Center fixed div with dynamic width (CSS)

Question

I have a div that will have this CSS:

#some_kind_of_popup
{
    position: fixed;
    top: 100px;
    min-height: 300px;
    width: 90%;
    max-width: 900px;
}

Now, how can i make this div centered? I can use margin-left: -450px; left: 50%; but this will only work when the screen is > 900 pixels. After that (when the window is < 900 pixels), it will no longer be centered.

I can of course do this with some kind of js, but is there a "more correct" of doing this with CSS?

Answer 1

You can center a fixed or absolute positioned element setting right and left to 0, and then margin-left & margin-right to auto as if you were centering a static positioned element.

#example {
    position: fixed;
    /* center the element */
    right: 0;
    left: 0;
    margin-right: auto;
    margin-left: auto;
    /* give it dimensions */
    min-height: 10em;
    width: 90%;
}

See this example working on this fiddle.