CSS centering an absolutely positioned area

[Graeme06]

Hi, I have a small problem. I have a floating frame (by frame I just mean an "id" specified area) that goes over top of everything else, so because of this I had to put position:absolute;. Now this cancels out the other propery, margin: 0 auto; that is supposed to automatically center the floating frame.

Is there any way to keep the absolute positioning and have the frame automatically center without knowing the persons resolution in advance (and the floating frame is a set 1000px no matter what the resolution)?

Thanks,
Grame

 

[Vragabond]

You mean something like this?

http://www.wpdfd.com/editorial/thebox/deadcentre4.html

I would personally advise against using the absolute positioning if not absolutely necessary.