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Remove IE mention / centering with margin #34177

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Expand Up @@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ The top and bottom margins have no effect on _non-[replaced](/en-US/docs/Web/CSS

### Horizontal centering

To center something horizontally in modern browsers, you can use {{cssxref("display")}}`: flex;` {{cssxref("justify-content")}}`: center;`.
You can horizontally center an element within its parent by setting `margin: 0 auto;`.

However, in older browsers like IE8-9 that do not support Flexible Box Layout, these are not available. In order to center an element inside its parent, use `margin: 0 auto;`.
More commonly, though, people horizontally center element by setting {{cssxref("display")}}`: flex;` {{cssxref("justify-content")}}`: center;` on a container, which [centers its flex item](/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_flexible_box_layout/Aligning_items_in_a_flex_container) children.

### Margin collapsing

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