Positioning Absolutely

[RockyLou]

I'm trying to position a div on the page absolutely.  I got it to work pretty much except now I'm trying to center the div on the page.

 

Here's my code so far (the other part is in css):

#DivHeader {
border: 1px solid #000099;
background-color: $color1;
padding: 4px;
color: white;
}

<div id=DivHeader align=center style="position: absolute;  top: 0px;">

 

I don't want to specify how far from the left or right, I just want it centered. 

 

Any ideas?

[AndyB]

margin:auto; ... forget absolute positioning, it tends to be problematic in all but the most trivial layout.  And 999 times out of 1000 you don't need it if you understand floats.

[RockyLou]

margin: auto?

 

Well in my case I have to use absolute positioning the way I am running my scripts. 

[rh-penguin]

#DivHeader {

border: 1px solid #000099;

background-color: $color1;

padding: 4px;

color: white;

        margin:auto;

}

 

<div id=DivHeader align=center style="position: absolute;  top: 0px;">

[RockyLou]

Thanks; it works now.

[emehrkay]

myspace layout?

 

its a hack but

 

position: absolute;

width: 400px;

margin: 0 auto;

padding-left: - 200px;