Yet Another Way to Center an (Absolute) Element
TL;DR: We can center absolute-positioned elements in three lines of CSS. And it works on all browsers!
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Juan Diego Rodríguez
20 articles by Juan Diego Rodríguez.
20 articles by Juan Diego Rodríguez.
TL;DR: We can center absolute-positioned elements in three lines of CSS. And it works on all browsers!
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