How to center a component in Material-UI and make it responsive?

Question

I don't quite understand the React Material-UI grid system. If I want to use a form component for login, what is the easiest way to center it on the screen on all devices (mobile and desktop)?

Answer 1

Since you are going to use this in a login page. Here is a code I used in a Login page using Material-UI

<Grid
  container
  spacing={0}
  direction="column"
  alignItems="center"
  justify="center"
  style={{ minHeight: '100vh' }}
>

  <Grid item xs={3}>
    <LoginForm />
  </Grid>   

</Grid> 

this will make this login form at the center of the screen.

But still IE doesn't support the Material-UI Grid and you will see some misplaced content in IE.

As pointed by @max, another option is,

<Grid container justify = "center">
  <Your centered component/>
</Grid>

However, using a Grid container without a Grid item is an undocumented behavior.

Hope this will help you.

Answer 2

Another option is:

<Grid container justify = "center">
  <Your centered component/>
</Grid>

Answer 3

You can do this with the Box component:

import Box from "@material-ui/core/Box";

...

<Box
  display="flex"
  justifyContent="center"
  alignItems="center"
  minHeight="100vh"
>
  <YourComponent/>
</Box>

Answer 4

Here is another option without a grid:

<div
    style={{
        position: 'absolute', 
        left: '50%', 
        top: '50%',
        transform: 'translate(-50%, -50%)'
    }}
>
    <YourComponent/>
</div>

Answer 5

The @Nadun's version did not work for me, sizing wasn't working well. Removed the direction="column" or changing it to row, helps with building vertical login forms with responsive sizing.

<Grid
  container
  spacing={0}
  alignItems="center"
  justify="center"
  style={{ minHeight: "100vh" }}
>
  <Grid item xs={6}></Grid>
</Grid>;

Answer 6

With other answers used, xs='auto' did a trick for me.

<Grid container
    alignItems='center'
    justify='center'
    style={{ minHeight: "100vh" }}>

    <Grid item xs='auto'>
        <GoogleLogin
            clientId={process.env.REACT_APP_GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID}
            buttonText="Log in with Google"
            onSuccess={this.handleLogin}
            onFailure={this.handleLogin}
             cookiePolicy={'single_host_origin'}
         />
    </Grid>
</Grid>

Answer 7

All you have to do is wrap your content inside a Grid Container tag, specify the spacing, then wrap the actual content inside a Grid Item tag.

 <Grid container spacing={24}>
    <Grid item xs={8}>
      <leftHeaderContent/>
    </Grid>

    <Grid item xs={3}>
      <rightHeaderContent/>
    </Grid>
  </Grid>

Also, I've struggled with material grid a lot, I suggest you checkout flexbox which is built into CSS automatically and you don't need any addition packages to use. Its very easy to learn.

https://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/a-guide-to-flexbox/

Answer 8

Little update 07-09-2021 'justify' is now 'justifyContent="center"'

https://material-ui.com/components/grid/