Tips on how to centrally align input forms:

On my webpage, I have a drop-down menu, 3 text boxes, and a submit button. Currently, they are aligned to the left but I would like to align them in the center. I am using Bootstrap CSS in my code, but I am new to this field. Can someone please guide me on how to achieve this? Here is what I have tried:

<form action=page2.php method=GET>
    <select class="form-control" name="select-val">
        <option value="a1">A1</option>
        <option value="a2">A2</option>
        <option value="a3">A3</option>
        <option value="a4">A4</option>
        <option value="a5">A5</option>
        <option value="a6">A6</option>
    </select>
    <br>
    <input align='center' type = "text" class = "form-control" name = "sel_val" placeholder =   'Enter The Name'>
    <br><br>
    <input align='center' type = "text" class = "form-control" name = "start_date" placeholder = 'Start Date(YYYY-MM-DD)'>
    <br>
    <input align='center' type = "text" class = "form-control" name = "end_date" placeholder = 'End Date(YYYY-MM-DD)'>
    <br>
    <input align='center' class="btn" type="submit" value="select">
</form>

Thank you in advance.

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Answer №1

To begin with, avoid using tables for layouts; it's not recommended unless displaying tabular data.

There are multiple approaches to achieving this:

Option 1) Personally, I find this method most logical, but if you require elements in different rows, this may not be suitable.

Apply display: inline-block to all input and centered elements. Then, on the main container element, add text-align: center.

This will horizontally center all elements and present them as desired.

Option 2) Alternatively, you can assign position: relative to each element and use 

left: 50%; margin-left: -[half of your element width]
. This approach also centers elements horizontally while allowing them to occupy different rows.

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