How to Center a Table inside a Div using CSS

If you have been looking for a simple way to center a table inside a div, then here it is

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
    <title></title>
    <style type="text/css">
    #divOne
    {
        width:400px;
        text-align:center;
        border:dotted 1px black;
    }
   
    #tblOne
    {
        width:200px;
        margin:0 auto;       
        border: solid 1px black;
    }
   
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <div id="divOne">
        <table id="tblOne">
            <tr>
                <td>R1C1</td>
                <td>R1C2</td>
                <td>R1C3</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>R2C1</td>
                <td>R2C2</td>
                <td>R2C3</td>
            </tr>           
        </table>
    </div>
</body>
</html>

I have seen lot of people missing out on the margin:auto property. Setting margin to auto is the correct way to center a table and works in ‘most’ of the browsers. The border is just for illustration purposes and is not required.

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How to Center a Table inside a Div using CSS

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