 <p>If you want to center an element in a wrapper that is smaller than the element and you can use <code>absolute</code>:</p> <pre><code> #page{ position: absolute; width: 1600px; top: 0; left:-100%; right:-100%; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; } </code></pre> <p>example:<a href="http://jsfiddle.net/pavloschris/T5d8W/" rel="nofollow">http://jsfiddle.net/pavloschris/T5d8W/</a></p>