Bootstrap 4 vertical align text won't center on card

Question

Trying to vertically align the text center in the following card:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.0.0-beta/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-/Y6pD6FV/Vv2HJnA6t+vslU6fwYXjCFtcEpHbNJ0lyAFsXTsjBbfaDjzALeQsN6M" crossorigin="anonymous">

<div class="row text-center h-100">
  <div class="col-md-3 text-center my-auto">
    <div class="card card-block justify-content-center" style="height: 120px">
      <div class="card-body">
        This is some text within a card body.
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

I am fully aware of the many similar questions here, however I tried various solutions and none of them seems to work for my cards.

I tried "my-auto" on parent, card, and card-body. I tried "d-flex align-items-center h-100" and "justify-content-center". Also tried to play around with the display property. What am I missing?

score 65 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 20 '17 at 21:00

65

Here is a solution using bootstrap 4 documentation for flexbox. Read more here

What you need to know,

d-flex -> makes the element a flexbox.

align-items-center - vertically aligns the content.

justify-content-center - horizontally aligns the content.

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.0.0-beta/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-/Y6pD6FV/Vv2HJnA6t+vslU6fwYXjCFtcEpHbNJ0lyAFsXTsjBbfaDjzALeQsN6M" crossorigin="anonymous">

<div class="row text-center h-100">
  <div class="col-md-3 text-center my-auto">
    <div class="card card-block d-flex" style="height: 120px">
      <div class="card-body align-items-center d-flex justify-content-center">
        This is some text within a card body.
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

answered Oct 20 '17 at 21:00

Naren Murali

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Nice. I missed the d-flex in the card-body, had it previously only in the class card. – tealowpillow Oct 20 '17 at 21:11
@tealowpillow Glad its fixed! – Naren Murali Oct 20 '17 at 21:12
@AjayKumar Great! – Naren Murali Jul 04 '18 at 08:30
@Naren Murali Nice – Riyaz Jul 02 '20 at 09:18

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 20 '17 at 20:55

What am I missing?

Line-height :

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.0.0-beta/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-/Y6pD6FV/Vv2HJnA6t+vslU6fwYXjCFtcEpHbNJ0lyAFsXTsjBbfaDjzALeQsN6M" crossorigin="anonymous">

<div class="row text-center h-100">
  <div class="col-md-3 text-center my-auto">
    <div class="card card-block justify-content-center" style="height: 120px; line-height:120px;">
      <div class="card-body">
        This is some text within a card body.
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

unfortunately this does not work for a smaller box when the text has to break. — tealowpillow, Oct 20 '17 at 21:00

Bootstrap 4 vertical align text won't center on card

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