# Text align center in dropdown

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/text-align-center-in-dropdown/92444>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, perspective\
**Created:** [June 27, 2024, 9:22am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/text-align-center-in-dropdown/92444 "2024-06-27T09:22:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![mmadariaga](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mmadariaga/32/63201_2.png) [@mmadariaga](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mmadariaga)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 9:22am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/text-align-center-in-dropdown/92444/1 "2024-06-27T09:22:50Z")

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I want to align the text in a dropdown to the center. I'm using `textAlign` which seems to put the start of text in the middle, which makes it uncentered. This dropdown is embedded in a table, if that helps.

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/a/7/a75f933be48cfdf195a3f846f070de08c54f7d26.png)