--- title: 1 line css to center object | daily.dev description: We accomplish this by using the place-items property. First, make sure to set the display to grid . Then, set the Place-items to center as shown below.That's... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/1-line-css-to-center-object-k6i-9q33w twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 1 line css to center object | daily.dev og:description: We accomplish this by using the place-items property. First, make sure to set the display to grid . Then, set the Place-items to center as shown below.That's... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/1-line-css-to-center-object-k6i-9q33w og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/K6i_9Q33w.png og:image:alt: 1 line css to center object og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 1 line css to center object **[DEV](https://daily.dev/sources/devto)** · 26 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary We accomplish this by using the place-items property. First, make sure to set the display to grid . Then, set the Place-items to center as shown below.That's it. Your search for a way to put an object in the dead center has finally come to an end. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#css](https://daily.dev/tags/css) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/1-line-css-to-center-object-k6i-9q33w) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"1 line css to center object","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/1-line-css-to-center-object-k6i-9q33w","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/1-line-css-to-center-object-k6i-9q33w"},"datePublished":"2020-09-19T13:05:15.905Z","dateModified":"2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z","description":"We accomplish this by using the place-items property. First, make sure to set the display to grid . Then, set the Place-items to center as shown below.That's...","image":"https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--htsbeJNk--/c_imagga_scale,f_auto,fl_progressive,h_500,q_66,w_1000/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/coxe2g9epbedh4d2rgrg.gif","thumbnailUrl":"https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--htsbeJNk--/c_imagga_scale,f_auto,fl_progressive,h_500,q_66,w_1000/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/coxe2g9epbedh4d2rgrg.gif","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"DEV","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"DEV","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/devto","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/devto"},"commentCount":2,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/1-line-css-to-center-object-k6i-9q33w","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":26},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}],"keywords":"css"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"DEV","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/devto"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"1 line css to center object"}]} ```