Template:Center

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Description

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

Usage

See also: Span and div

Markup	Renders as
{{Center|Hello world!}}	Hello world!

To do this without a template, simply use the following code: <syntaxhighlight lang="HTML">

...

</syntaxhighlight> 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 |.

Tables

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

Header text
Left	Center	Right

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

Header text
Left	Center	Right

Tracking categories

• Category:Pages using center with no arguments (1)
• Category:Pages using center with unknown parameters (0)

TemplateData

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TemplateData for 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[Edit template data]

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Content	1	Content to be centered	Content	required
Custom CSS	style	Optional css styling for the centered text	String	optional

See also

• {{Center block}}
• {{align}}
• {{right}}, {{left}} and {{justify}}
• {{Image frame}}
• {{Table alignment}} - to align whole columns in tables.

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