Title: Center navigation menu, Patchwork theme Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # Center navigation menu, Patchwork theme * [primHel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/primhel/) * (@primhel) * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/center-navigation-menu-patchwork-theme/) * Hey guys, Does anybody know how to center the navigation menu? I’m using a child theme, and I don’t want to hard-code anything (like adding a number to “left” or margins). * Here’s the site: [http://www.primas2day.com/](http://www.primas2day.com/) * Any help will be greatly appreciated (-8 Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) * [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/) * (@anevins) * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/center-navigation-menu-patchwork-theme/#post-3166825) * Are you certain menu items won’t change name, be removed or added? * Thread Starter [primHel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/primhel/) * (@primhel) * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/center-navigation-menu-patchwork-theme/#post-3166826) * No, I’m not certain, so I want to keep the whole thing as flexible as possible 🙂 * [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/) * (@anevins) * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/center-navigation-menu-patchwork-theme/#post-3166828) * If you’re not certain, you can’t have a centred menu. * Thread Starter [primHel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/primhel/) * (@primhel) * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/center-navigation-menu-patchwork-theme/#post-3166830) * ok, I’m not sure I’m following you on this, could you please elaborate? * [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/) * (@anevins) * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/center-navigation-menu-patchwork-theme/#post-3166832) * Are you familiar with [CSS block elements](http://www.webdesignfromscratch.com/html-css/css-block-and-inline/)? To [center a block element](http://www.w3.org/Style/Examples/007/center.en.html), you need to add a width. * Thread Starter [primHel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/primhel/) * (@primhel) * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/center-navigation-menu-patchwork-theme/#post-3166834) * sure, but say I’ll add or remove one menu item now and then, so that the navigation menu might contain 3-5 items. * [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/) * (@anevins) * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/center-navigation-menu-patchwork-theme/#post-3166835) * If the menu has 3 items and you have a width wide enough for 5, the menu will be off-set from the center. * Thread Starter [primHel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/primhel/) * (@primhel) * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/center-navigation-menu-patchwork-theme/#post-3166836) * Right, ok, so that pretty much means that I will have to hardcode something 🙂 * Say I have four menu items, how do I go about centering the navigation menu then? * BTW, thanks for taking the time, Andrew. * [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/) * (@anevins) * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/center-navigation-menu-patchwork-theme/#post-3166838) * > Say I have four menu items, how do I go about centering the navigation menu > then? * Look at the resource referenced above, “To center a block element”. You need to add a `margin: 0 auto;` and a `width:` to the exact width of all menu items. Try adding this to your `