[RESOLVED] Center A Menu? Impossible?

[SMTS]

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/cs...n-menu-ii/P10/

Above, is the link to the website that I found this menu. The menu looks great on the page, but it's off to the side and need s to be centered.

The HTML

<div id="cfnavbar">
<ul>
<li><span><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com" id="leftcorner">Home</a></span></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/new.htm">DHTML</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/">CSS</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/forums/">Forums</a></li>
<li><a href="http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/imageoptimizer/">Gif Optimizer</a></li>
<li><a href="http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/button/">Button Maker</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/contact.htm" id="rightcorner">Contact</a></li>
</ul>
</div>

<br style="clear: left" />

The CSS

<style type="text/css">

/*Credits: Dynamic Drive CSS Library */
/*URL: http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/ */

#cfnavbar{
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}

#cfnavbar ul{
background: url(media/bgpink.gif) bottom center repeat-x;
padding-left: 0;
margin: 0;
float: left;
font: bold 80% Verdana;
}

* html #cfnavbar ul{ /*IE only rule. Add extra margin-bottom*/
margin-bottom: 1em;
}

#cfnavbar ul li{
display: inline;
}


#cfnavbar ul li a, #cfnavbar ul li span{
float: left;
color: black;
font-weight: bold;
padding: 7px 13px 8px 6px;
text-decoration: none;
background: url(media/dividerpink.gif) bottom right no-repeat;
}

#cfnavbar ul li span{ /*Targets span tag to the right of #leftcorner below*/
padding-left: 0px;
}


#cfnavbar ul li a#leftcorner{
float: none;
padding-left: 10px;
padding-right: 0px;
background: url(media/leftcornerpink.gif) bottom left no-repeat;
}

#cfnavbar ul li a#rightcorner{
padding-right: 10px;
background: url(media/rightcornerpink.gif) bottom right no-repeat;
}

#cfnavbar ul li a:hover{
text-decoration: underline;
}

</style>

I have tried:

position: absolute;
left: 50%;
width: 500px;
margin-left: -250px;

This one worked, but it wasn't completely centered.


text-align: center;

This does not work.

[Declan1991]

Give it a suitable width, and then margin auto. For example:

#cfnavbar{
width:500px; /* Choose suitable width */
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 0;
}

[SMTS]

Thankyou multiplicity 3! I can't believe it was that easy.

[Kor]

in fact you are dealing with the left and right margins, as the code:

margin: 0 auto;

has the pattern:

margin:top_and_bottom right_and_left;

It is in fact the short notation for:

margin:0 auto 0 auto;

on the pattern:

margin: top right bottom left;