# Align Text!

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/align-text/233168>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 20, 2007, 6:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/align-text/233168 "2007-07-20T18:34:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![daniel619](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@daniel619](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/daniel619)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 6:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/align-text/233168/1 "2007-07-20T18:34:31Z")

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\*\*I have a ticket object and I want text to be center aligned in the middle of it. Why won’t it work!?

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```auto
    ticket = new TicketGraphic();
            addChild(ticket);
            
            ticket.filters = [new DropShadowFilter(5, 135, 0x000000)];
            
            ticketTxt = new TextField();
            var textFormat = new TextFormat();
            textFormat.align = TextFormatAlign.CENTER;
            ticketTxt.text = ticketName;
            ticketTxt.y = -9;
            ticketTxt.x = -(ticket.width/2);
            ticketTxt.width = ticket.width;
            ticketTxt.textColor = 0xFFFFFF;
            
            ticket.defaultTextFormat = textFormat;
            ticket.addChild(ticketTxt);

```