# Text justification left AND right in fields component - why?

**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/text-justification-left-and-right-in-fields-component-why/78036
**Category:** Feature Requests
**Created:** [November 19, 2024, 10:10pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/text-justification-left-and-right-in-fields-component-why/78036 "2024-11-19T22:10:26Z")
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### Author: ![Jessie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jessie/32/57740_2.png) [@Jessie](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jessie)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2024, 10:10pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/text-justification-left-and-right-in-fields-component-why/78036/1 "2024-11-19T22:10:26Z")

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In regards to the basic table, or fields component, it was stated that “everything on the right side is always right aligned” [in this post](https://community.glideapps.com/t/text-justification-in-fields/58780).

What is the reasoning for this? I don’t think I’ve ever had a design problem where I needed the field name to be left justified and the value be right justified. It just looks like a bug or bad design…

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### Author: ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2024, 11:39pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/text-justification-left-and-right-in-fields-component-why/78036/2 "2024-11-19T23:39:23Z")

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One case where right aligned makes sense is when you display a series of numbers. I prefer to have numbers right aligned rather than left align. Otherwise decimals would not align correctly if you have multiple lines with numbers.

I guess it just depends on the use case and preference. I don’t think the Fields component was really designed for large amounts of text. Moreso, for a heading and value. For example, this is how I use it.

 ![1000003840](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/6/d/6de14a31e5e4a594e962c4014f3b3f19f508a0a4.png)

A pretty easy alternative is to create an HTML table to use in a rich text component, or use the Custom AI component. Then you have the freedom to design it however you want.

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### Author: ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/system/32/53398_2.png) [@system](https://community.glideapps.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2024, 11:39pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/text-justification-left-and-right-in-fields-component-why/78036/3 "2024-11-26T23:39:51Z")

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