Centering a DIV on screen using translate() transforms property with percentage values

There is a simple method to center an element on screen in CSS3. We are going to use translate() transforms property in CSS3 for this quick hack.

.center {
	 position: absolute;
	 left: 50%;
	 top: 50%;
	 transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
	 width: 48%;
	 height: 59%;
}

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This article was published on January 4, 2015

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