I know you meant this sarcastically, but yes, flex is a good option for centering something. Either that or setting the left and right margins of the element to auto, which is generally even easier.

Basically, if you're in a flex container use flex, if you're in a grid use grid, and if neither of those apply set the left and right margins to auto.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Also seriously, anybody having problems with flexbox should try this:

https://flexboxfroggy.com/

I'm not sure there's any version of it for grids, but IMO grids are inherently more intuitive, so it may not be needed. Flexbox is the one that is hard to learn.

[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

I don't know any CSS (despite reading memes about it like this) but I do know that the bottom of that page has a link to something called Grid Garden

[–] CatLikeLemming@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago

Well, flexbox and grid have different purposes in my opinion/experience. Personally I use grid for "top level" layouts like the layout of the whole site, while I tend to prefer flexbox for layouts inside the grid. Of course that's just a rule of thumb, there are absolutely cases where this isn't the best option.

[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 months ago

Also exists as Tower Defense