Description

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

Usage

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Markup Renders as
{{Center|Hello world!}}
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 &#124;.

Tables

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

Header text
Left
Center
Right

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

Header text
Left
Center
Right

Tracking categories

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TemplateData

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This is the TemplateData documentation for the template used by the new VisualEditor.

Center

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.

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Content1

Content to be centered

Contentrequired
Custom CSSstyle

Optional css styling for the centered text

Stringoptional

See also

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