How to center fontawesome icons in a div?

March 31, 2024

I centered 3 divs on the middle of the screen, each one has an icon from fontawesome, but some icons like the dice and the code are a bit offset, except for the smile. (I assume this happened because the smile is rounded just like the div, but I’m not sure) I wanted to know how I can make all the icons centered on their own divs. Codepen with the whole code: Smooth Buttons with Fontawesome Icons

Html

<div class="buttons">
  <div class="button"><i class="fa fa-dice fa-2xl"></i></div>
  <div class="button"><i class="fa fa-code fa-2xl"></i></div>
  <div class="button"><i class="fa fa-smile fa-2xl"></i></div>
</div>

Css

body {
  background-color: #333;
  font-size: 1.5em;
  padding: 0;
}

.buttons {
  display: flex;
  gap: 25px;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  text-align: center;
  line-height: 50px;
  vertical-align: bottom;
  float: center;
}

.button {
  padding 5px;
  color: black;
  height: 50px;
  width: 50px;
  border: 15px solid #2b2b2b;
  background-color: #2b2b2b;
  border-radius: 100%;
  transition: all ease-in-out 0.5s;
}

I’ve already tried changing the margin, display type and text-align, but nothing worked.

>Solution :

You can add class fa-fw for a fixed width icons. Secondly, your font is too large for the circles, so it got offset from the center. I set size to 20px now it looks centered.

body {
  background-color: #333;
  font-size: 1.5em;
  padding: 0;
}

.buttons {
  display: flex;
  gap: 25px;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  text-align: center;
  line-height: 50px;
  vertical-align: bottom;
  float: center;
}

.button {
  padding 5px;
  font-size: 20px;
  color: black;
  height: 50px;
  width: 50px;
  border: 15px solid #2b2b2b;
  background-color: #2b2b2b;
  border-radius: 100%;
  transition: all ease-in-out 0.5s;
}

.button:hover {
  transform: scale(1.1) rotate(360deg);
  box-shadow: 0 0 15px #111;
  cursor: pointer
}

.button:active {
  animation: clicked ease 0.25s
}

@keyframes clicked {
  from {
    background-color: #2b2b2b;
    border: 15px solid #2b2b2b;
    scale: 1;
  }
  to {
    background-color: #333;
    border: 15px solid #333;
    scale: 1.05;
  }
}

<div class="buttons">
  <div class="button"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-dice fa-2xl"></i></div>
  <div class="button"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-code fa-2xl"></i></div>
  <div class="button"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-smile fa-2xl"></i></div>
</div>

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