# Center content in a scroll pane

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/center-content-in-a-scroll-pane/58662>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [July 24, 2004, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/center-content-in-a-scroll-pane/58662 "2004-07-24T18:53:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![seanc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@seanc](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/seanc)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/center-content-in-a-scroll-pane/58662/1 "2004-07-24T18:53:45Z")

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can you somehow center content in a scrollpane? (right now when i make the scrollpane wider than the content is, the content becomes justified against the right or left wall of the scrollpane box.)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 10:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/center-content-in-a-scroll-pane/58662/2 "2004-07-24T22:56:00Z")

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i don’t think it’s possible… but why would you use a scrollpane if the pane is smaller than the object?