CSS: Vertical align anything

gistfile1.css

.element {
  position: relative;
  top: 50%;
  transform: translateY(-50%);
}
It works straight out of the box, even in IE9!


@mixin vertical-align {
  position: relative;
  top: 50%;
  -webkit-transform: translateY(-50%);
  -ms-transform: translateY(-50%);
  transform: translateY(-50%);
}

.element p {
  @include vertical-align;
}


Or you can use the Sass placeholder selector to reduce code bloat in the output CSS:

%vertical-align {
  position: relative;
  top: 50%;
  -webkit-transform: translateY(-50%);
  -ms-transform: translateY(-50%);
  transform: translateY(-50%);
}

.element p {
  @extend %vertical-align;
}