--- title: "Tutorial: How to vertical center align a login form or container DIV?" description: "Tutorial: How to vertical center align a login form or container DIV?" image: https://blog.e-zest.com/hs-fs/file-3395404069-jpg/blog-files/a-responsive-or-fluid-html-development-environment..jpg --- [![e-Zest logo\_An accion lab company\_Colour](https://blog.e-zest.com/hubfs/images/Logos%20with%20Tagline/Corporate/SVG/e-Zest%20logo_An%20accion%20lab%20company_Colour.svg "e-Zest logo_An accion lab company_Colour")](https://www.e-zest.com/) - [WORK](https://www.e-zest.com/our-work) - [SERVICES](https://www.e-zest.com/our-services) - [Product Engineering](https://www.e-zest.com/digital-product-engineering-services) - [Enterprise Data Services](https://www.e-zest.com/enterprise-data-services) - [Digital Commerce](https://www.e-zest.com/digital-commerce-services) - [Digital Operations](https://www.e-zest.com/digital-operations) - [Digital Consulting](https://www.e-zest.com/digital-transformation-consulting-services) - [Digital Experience Design](https://www.e-zest.com/digital-experience-design) - [INSIGHTS](https://blog.e-zest.com/) - [CAREERS](https://www.e-zest.com/careers) - [ENTERPRISE DATA SERVICES](https://www.e-zest.com/enterprise-data-services) - [GENERATIVE AI](https://www.e-zest.com/generative-ai) - [Healthcare](https://healthcare.e-zest.com) - [Contact Us](https://www.e-zest.com/contact-us) - ![Elevating Product Engineering with AI and ML](https://blog.e-zest.com/hubfs/Elevating%20Product%20Engineering%20with%20AI%20and%20ML.jpg) [BLOGS](https://blog.e-zest.com) #### Elevating Product Engineering with AI and ML As technology evolves and customer choices broaden, there is an increasing ... 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[Guruling Kumbhar](https://blog.e-zest.com/author/guruling-kumbhar) Apr 09, 2015 [Technology](https://blog.e-zest.com/topic/technology) - - - - Often times, HTML developers are faced with a task of developing a login page where the form has to be horizontally and vertically aligned. To tackle this, some developers use margin from top and left to align the form centered to the parent container element. While it may work for the fixed page size layout, it may not work in a responsive or fluid HTML development environment. *Refer to the image below:* ![a responsive or fluid HTML development environment.](https://blog.e-zest.com/hs-fs/file-3395404069-jpg/blog-files/a-responsive-or-fluid-html-development-environment..jpg) You can vertically align \ or any container element through the following ways: - Using media query for every screen size and device and specifying top margin for each one. - By using JavaScript to calculate and assign the top margin to the form container each time a page loads. - By using css3 calc() method For cross-browser and pixel-perfect solution, you can follow the method described below: **Step 1 –** - Create the following HTML structure: ```
Your Form Code will be here...
``` [![HTML structure](https://blog.e-zest.com/hs-fs/file-3395404079-jpg/blog-files/html-structure.jpg)](http://www.e-zest.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/HTML-structure.jpg) **Step 2 –** Add css in your css file of inside \ like below: ``` Html, body{ height:100%; } .grandParentContaniner{ display:table; height:100%; margin: 0 auto; } .parentContainer{ display:table-cell; vertical-align:middle; } ``` By following the steps outlined above, the ‘Login Form ’ can be aligned vertically and centered horizontally. The great part is that it can work on older browsers such as IE8 and below as well. ![Login Form](https://blog.e-zest.com/hs-fs/file-3395404089-jpg/blog-files/login-form.jpg) I have also created a demo on the [Plunker](http://plnkr.co/edit/UMQ4tdXV2T2sVeCpag7q?p=preview) and [jsfiddle](http://jsfiddle.net/guruling/ez6vnb4y/2/). *Kindly note that* *Plunker and jsfiddle* will not *work below IE9.* - - - ### Similar Blog [![Managing a New Job in the Pandemic](https://blog.e-zest.com/hubfs/Managing%20a%20New%20Job2.jpg) Managing a New Job in the Pandemic A new job and a pandemic, well this has been my story so far. A recent graduate from Pune University, I was really happy when I ... 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