JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by ansciath

HTML

<div id="outer"><div id="inner"><div id="text">some text</div></div></div>
<div id="outer"><div id="inner"><div id="text">some text that will overflow</div></div></div>

CSS

#outer {
    display: block;
    position: relative;
    left: 100px;
    width: 100px;
    border: 1px solid black;
    background-color: silver;
}
#inner {
    /* shrink-to-fit width */
    display: inline-block;
    position: relative;
    /* shift left edge of text to center */
    left: 50%;
}
#text {
    /* shift left edge of text half distance to left */
    margin-left: -50%;
    /* text should all be on one line */
    white-space: nowrap;
}