How do I fix position and center at the same time?

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I am trying to fix the position of some text so that it remains in place when the user scrolls. At the same time, I would like the text to be centered. When I use the code below, the text remains in place but it is not centered. How can I do both?

What I have tried:

<style>
   .heading {
     position: fixed;
     text-align: center;
    }
</style>

<body>
    <h1 class="heading">
     Hello
    </h1>
</body>

Posted 21-Aug-21 4:21am

Sam Frydman 2021

Updated 22-Aug-21 22:20pm

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Richard Deeming · Answer 1 · 2021-08-22T22:20:00

Adding position:fixed takes the element out of the document flow. It will no longer stretch to the full width of the parent element. Assuming you want the text centred horizontally, you need to add width:100% to the style.

CSS

.heading {
    position: fixed;
    text-align: center;
    width: 100%;
}

NB: Any following content will be displayed underneath the fixed element. You may want to try position:sticky instead.

CSS

.heading {
    position: sticky;
    top: 0;
    text-align: center;
}

position - CSS: Cascading Style Sheets | MDN[^]