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you can do (real) vertical-centering with display: inline-block too See https://twitter.com/giuseppegurgone/status/388203492365451264 https://twitter.com/giuse

• gmjoe 13y ago
  Very interesting, I never saw that before! But I can't figure out, for the life of me, why the bizarre ".container:before" declaration is needed -- it would seem to be entirely superfluous, but if you remove it, the whole thing breaks. Can you explain what's going on?
  • ggurgone 13y ago
    Here is a visual explaination: http://dabblet.com/gist/7359467 http://dabblet.com/gist/7359467 The pseudo-element (in red) is 100% tall and both .container:before and content are inline-block with vertical-align: middle;