I am trying to center tags within a div but depending on what page you are on it can depend on how many tags there will be as it's for an image gallery. So i am trying to do it with Jquery.

Basically what i want to say is:

For every tag add 5% to the margin.

Can someone point me in the right direction to do so. I was thinking of using the .size() to calculate the amount of tags but not sure where to go then.

Thanks.

I am trying to center tags within a div but depending on what page you are on it can depend on how many tags there will be as it's for an image gallery. So i am trying to do it with Jquery.

Basically what i want to say is:

For every tag add 5% to the margin.

Can someone point me in the right direction to do so. I was thinking of using the .size() to calculate the amount of tags but not sure where to go then.

Thanks.

• javascript
• jquery
• html
• css

• 1 provide some code sample – Amit Soni Commented Mar 19, 2012 at 11:41
• Do you mean you want the margin to be 5% per item in the div (so 3 items == 15%), or just 5% margin on each item? – Matt Sach Commented Mar 19, 2012 at 11:45
• Ill post an answer but im not sure if it is what you need? I think you mean: For x amount of tags add 5% margin to each? Or x amount of tags * 5% = margin on a certain element? – Undefined Commented Mar 19, 2012 at 11:45

1 Answer 1

Use the * selector

$("*").css("margin","5%");

However, for the safety purposes, you have to limit the use of such wildcard selector. There are lots of other ways you can select mass elements.

1. Class Selecotors: $(".myclass')
2. Tag Selecotors: $("div")
3. Atrribute: $("input[type="text"]')