<h1>Text centred in Middle of screen despite left and right offsets</h1>
<div class="wrap">
<div class="left">Logo goes here</div>
<nav class="middle">
<a href="#">Link 1</a>
<a href="#">Link 2</a>
<a href="#">Link 3</a>
<a href="#">Link 4</a>
</nav>
<div class="right">right side img</div>
</div>
<div class="wrap">
<div class="left">left</div>
<div class="middle">center</div>
<div class="right">right side is longer</div>
</div>
<div class="wrap">
<div class="left">left side is longer than right</div>
<div class="middle">center</div>
<div class="right">right side</div>
</div>
<div class="wrap">
<div class="left">left</div>
<div class="middle">center is longer than right or left</div>
<div class="right">right side</div>
</div>
<div class="wrap">
<!-- no left element -->
<div class="middle">centered element but no left element</div>
<div class="right">right side</div>
</div>
<div class="wrap">
<div class="left">left</div>
<div class="middle">center is much longer than right or left and still centred</div>
<div class="right">right side</div>
</div>
<div class="wrap">
<div class="left">left</div>
<div class="middle">center takes up all the width - center center center center center center center center center center center center center center center center center center center center center center center center center center center center center </div>
<div class="right">right side contains this much text</div>
</div>
<p>↑<br>true center</p>
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html {
box-sizing: border-box;
}
*,
*:before,
*:after {
box-sizing: inherit;
}
html,
body {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
body {
font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica,
Arial, sans-serif;
}
h1 {
text-align: center;
}
/* centering technique below */
.wrap {
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: 1fr auto 1fr;
grid-template-areas: "lside middle rside";
background-color: #eee;
padding: 10px;
margin: 1rem 0;
}
.left {
grid-area: lside;
background: #eee;
padding: 10px;
}
.middle {
grid-area: middle;
background: #ccc;
padding: 10px;
}
.right {
grid-area: rside;
background: #eee;
padding: 10px;
}
/* right or left side text cannot wrap or will be squashed small.
*/
.right {
white-space: nowrap;
text-align: right;
}
.left {
white-space: nowrap;
text-align: left;
}
section > * {
border: 1px solid #bbb;
padding: 2px;
}
p {
text-align: center;
}
nav a {
padding: 0 10px;
color: red;
text-decoration: none;
}
nav a:hover {
background: red;
color: #fff;
}
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