What is the correct way to center a \tikzpicture?

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Should I use center or centering for figures and tables?

What is the correct way to cause a \tikzpicture to be centered? By default it appears to be aligned with the left margin.

I preffer to put \makeatletter \g@addto@macro@floatboxreset\centering \makeatother in the preamble, so that every tikzpicture is centered =) — N3buchadnezzar, Jul 07 '12 at 10:52
@N3buchadnezzar Also covered in my answer to the linked question. — lockstep, Jul 07 '12 at 10:53
I know =) Exelent answer, that is why I posted it as a comment not as an answer. I guess this question can be closed as Jake said, it is a duplicate. — N3buchadnezzar, Jul 07 '12 at 10:55
Using adjustbox package: \begin{adjustbox}{center}\begin{tikzpicture}...\end{tikzpicture}\end{adjustbox} — Martin Scharrer, Jan 08 '19 at 20:51

score 123 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 24 '10 at 04:03

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When the picture doesn't need to be put in a figure (i.e. when it doesn't need a caption), I use

\begin{center}
 \begin{tikzpicture}
  ....
 \end{tikzpicture}
\end{center}

answered Apr 24 '10 at 04:03

David Z

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In my case the picture is too wide, so it breaks the right margin. Is there a way to make it break the left and right margins equally? – Thomas Ahle Oct 24 '13 at 14:14

score 121 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 04 '09 at 23:30

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\begin{figure}[!h]
\centering
\tikz
\end{figure}

answered Dec 04 '09 at 23:30

Mica

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Hi, just want to share a sublety: I applied this solution and I got the following error: "There's no line here to end." I found the error was caused by using line-breaking (//) within an edge label. I just removed the line-breaking and all worked well. – FSp Feb 25 '15 at 15:42
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The figure environment doesn't just center the tikzpicture, it also adds a caption and some vertical spacing, which may not be desired. – PatrickT Feb 14 '21 at 05:56

score 8 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 04 '09 at 23:24

8

\hbox to \hsize{\hfil{Anything}\hfil}

answered Dec 04 '09 at 23:24

Alexey Malistov

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