<div> Tag Examples

Examples of the div tag in HTML 5
Using a <div> tag to center a list
(see the <div> tag demo above)
<div style="width: 35%; margin: 0.5em auto; border: 6px outset #0000ff">
<style scoped="scoped">
   ul.star-shaped-bullet { margin: 0; list-style: none; text-align: center }
   ul.star-shaped-bullet li:before { content: "\2606\a0" }
</style>
<ul class="star-shaped-bullet" style="padding: 6px; text-align: left">
   <li>Tina Fey</li>
   <li>Jane Lynch</li>
   <li>Kyra Sedgwick</li>
   <li>Andie MacDowell</li>
   <li>Laura San Giacomo</li>
   <li>Clare MacIntyre-Ross</li>
   <li>Kimberly Williams-Paisley</li>
</ul>
</div>

On the <div> tag, the text-align: center style is used to center the list, along with auto in the second position of the margin style, which keeps the left margin from being forced to a fixed width. The text-align: left style for the li element keeps the list items left justified. If the div element was omitted and the text-align: center style was coded on the <ul> tag then each list item would be centered and the bullets would be staggered.

Demo of various border styles.