I’m working on my GitHub repository and trying to make the README look better. I want to center align an image but I can’t seem to figure out the right markdown syntax for it.
I’ve tried different approaches and looked through various markdown guides online. I can resize images just fine and they show up properly, but they always appear left-aligned by default.
I know GitHub uses a specific flavor of markdown and I’m wondering if there’s a way to center images in README files. Maybe using HTML tags or some special markdown formatting I haven’t discovered yet?
Has anyone managed to do this successfully? What method works best for centering images in GitHub README files?
GitHub’s markdown parser accepts HTML tags, so you can use a paragraph element with text-align styling. Try <p align="center"><img src="your-image.png" alt="description"></p> - I’ve found this works better than div tags across browsers. You can also use HTML’s center tag: <center><img src="your-image.png"></center>. Sure, the center tag is deprecated in modern HTML, but GitHub’s README renderer handles it fine. I’ve used both methods for over two years without problems. The paragraph method is more semantically correct if you care about following current HTML standards.
hey! just wrap your img in a div like this: <div align="center"><img src="your-image.png"></div>. markdown alone doesn’t center images, but this lil HTML trick works wonders. i do it all the time and it looks great!