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Why doesn't DIV FIELDSET center on page?

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gnubie

gnubie

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I've been using <DIV ALIGN=&quot;CENTER&quot;> to center blocks of text. But in IE 6 and N 6, the <FIELDSET> isn't centered on the page as expected. Can anyone shed any light on this embaffleating behavior?

A FIELDSET comparison using <DIV ALIGN=&quot;CENTER&quot;> and <CENTER> methods appears below:

Code: 
<html>
<head>
  <title>FIELDSET Center Test</title>
</head>

<body>
<div align=&quot;center&quot; style=&quot;width: 75%&quot; >
  <fieldset title=&quot;FIELDSET Center Test #1&quot;>
  <legend class=&quot;hdr2&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;>FIELDSET Center Test #1</legend>
  This version uses <DIV ALIGN=&quot;CENTER&quot;><br>
  Why isn't the WHOLE FIELDSET centered?
  </fieldset>
</div>

<center>
<div style=&quot;width: 75%&quot;>
  <fieldset title=&quot;FIELDSET Center Test #2&quot;>
  <legend class=&quot;hdr2&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;>FIELDSET Center Test #2</legend>
  This version uses <CENTER> and is centered correctly.<br>
  This is what I want.
  </fieldset>
</div>
</center>

</body>
</html>

Thanks,
Gnubie


 
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Move the &quot;width:75%&quot; from the <div> to the <fieldset> like this:

<div align=&quot;center&quot;>
<fieldset title=&quot;FIELDSET Center Test #1&quot; style=&quot;width: 75%&quot;>
<legend class=&quot;hdr2&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;>FIELDSET Center Test #1</legend>
This version uses ->DIV ALIGN=&quot;CENTER&quot;<-<br>
Why isn't the WHOLE FIELDSET centered?
</fieldset>
</div>

Hope this helps,
Erik

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A little off topic but the fieldset tag is new to me what's the advantage of using it or Div. Sorry for my ignorance. All help is appreciated.
 
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Boomerang: Thank you!

GlenMac: a picture is worth a 250 4 byte words. Copy and paste the code snippit above into an HTML doc and you'll see in an instant why it is used.

Gnubie
 
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