How to centrally align a float: left ul/li navigation menu with css?

Question

So I have the following CSS in place to display a horizontal navigation bar using:

.navigation ul {
  list-style: none;
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
}

.navigation li {
  float: left;
  margin: 0 1.15em;
  /*    margin: 0 auto;*/
}

.navigation {
  /*    width: auto;*/
  /*    margin: 0 auto;*/
  text-align: center;
}

My question is: how do I align the navigation bar centrally above the title?

Solution 1

Give your .navigation ul a width and use margin:0 auto;

.navigation ul 
{
  list-style: none;
  padding: 0;
  width: 400px;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

Solution 2

Here's a solution that doesn't require specifying the width of your ul.

Solution 3

Well, to use margin:0 auto on something, it must have a defined width. Probably the best workaround is:

ul li {
  display: inline;
  list-style-type: none;
}
ul {
  text-align:center;
}

Solution 4

There are few settings like float, margin which may affect this code to work properly. It works in IE7 too. I got this code from an article over at CSS Wizardry.

.navigation ul 
{
    list-style: none;
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0;
    text-align: center;/*make this change*/
 }
.navigation li
 {
    float: none;/*make this change*/
    display:inline;/*make this change*/
    margin: 0 1.15em;
 /* margin: 0 auto; */
 }
 .navigation li a {
    display:inline-block;/*make this change*/
 }
 .navigation 
 {
  /*width: auto;*/
  /*margin: 0 auto;*/
    text-align: center;
 }

Solution 5

This one works great with me! (if I'm correct: IE7+)

Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/fourroses666/zj8sav9q/3/

.nav{list-style:none; text-align:center;}
.nav ul{list-style:none;}
.nav li{display:inline;}
.nav a{text-decoration:none; font-size:20px; line-height:20px; display:inline-block;}

<nav class="nav" role="navigation" aria-label="main navigation">
  <ul>
    <li><a href="#">Home</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Menu</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Onze producten</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Impressie</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Media</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Contact</a></li>
  </ul>
</nav>

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Comments

[Lucas Jones]

Thou durst call upon the hyphen-site? Thou art banished from this land. ;) (Joking! NetHack players may recognise the first sentence.)

[Joe]

Even better. This solution also wraps the items when you resize too small, which is exactly what I was looking for here.

[Code Lover]

With defined width is not the real solution. If one more list item and need to change width. Ben Marini's link is proper solution I found

[David L]

You can also do display: inline-block if you want to use this method but still be able to use border, background, and other block properties.

[Szymon]

why he have not correct anwser mark? God damnit ppl...Thank you Marini

[Jens Wegar]

Thanks! Definitely a clean solution, and the link explains what is happening very well also.

[CodeChanger]

Please add more info for more clarity on your answer