CSS Vertical align text to the middle of image

Question

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How do I vertically align text next to an image with CSS?

I have difficulties to center spans vertically middle in div.

This simple code: http://jsfiddle.net/4hDTb/

HTML:

<div class="bar">
    <span>Simple text</span>
    <img src="" class="img1" />
    <span>Another text</span>
    <img src="" class="img2" />
</div>​

CSS:

.bar
{
    width: 100%;
    height: 50px;
    border: 1px black solid;
}
.img1
{
    width: 100px;
    height: 50px;
    border: 1px black solid;
}

.img2
{
    width: 200px;
    height: 50px;
    border: 1px black solid;

}

How to center <span>s in div.bar vertically middle?

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Answer 1

just add img{vertical-align:middle}. it's the image you would want to align, not the text.

Answer 2

if you know the height of the container -- you can use line-height http://jsfiddle.net/4hDTb/3/ check the fiddle..