Change List Item Text Alignment

The Change List Item Text Alignment tool transforms plain text lists into perfectly aligned content with customizable positioning and formatting. This online text alignment tool lets you align list items left, center, right, or justified, choose between HTML, CSS, and plain text output formats, and create professional-looking formatted lists with borders, padding, and precise spacing control. Just paste your list and instantly generate aligned content with custom widths and styling options.

How to Use:

1: Input Your List

• Paste or type your text list into the input box, with each item on a separate line
• Use the Import button to load text files from your computer in various formats
• The tool accepts .txt, .csv, .md, and other plain text file types

2: Configure Basic Settings

• Toggle “Skip empty lines” to exclude blank entries from alignment processing
• Enable “Trim whitespace” to clean up extra spaces around list items
• Turn on “Add borders” to include visual boundaries around each aligned item
• Activate “Preserve indents” to maintain original spacing and formatting

3: Customize Container and Styling

• Set “Container width” in pixels to control the overall width of aligned items
• Adjust “Padding” size to add spacing inside each aligned element
• Choose a “Fill character” for justified text spacing (dots, dashes, or custom symbols)

4: Select Text Alignment

• Choose “Left” for standard left-aligned text positioning
• Pick “Center” to center all text within the container width
• Select “Right” for right-aligned text against the container edge
• Use “Justified” to spread text evenly across the full container width

5: Pick Output Format

• Choose “HTML” for ready-to-paste div elements with inline styling
• Select “CSS” to generate separate CSS classes and HTML structure
• Pick “Plain Text” for simple text-based alignment using spaces and characters

6: Generate and Export

• Click “Align” to apply your settings and see the formatted output instantly
• Use “Copy” to grab the aligned content for pasting into your project
• Export your results with the appropriate file extension based on your chosen format

What Change List Item Text Alignment can do:

This Change List Item Text Alignment tool makes it super easy to transform messy, unaligned text into perfectly positioned content. You can take any list and instantly apply professional alignment that looks clean and organized. Perfect for creating formatted navigation menus, aligned product lists, or structured document sections.

The justified alignment feature is particularly clever. It spreads text evenly across your specified width using your chosen fill character, creating that polished look you see in professional documents and websites. You can use dots for classic table-of-contents styling, dashes for modern layouts, or any custom character that fits your design.

Container width control gives you precise formatting power. Set exact pixel widths to match your design requirements, whether you’re creating narrow sidebar content or wide banner text. The padding options add breathing room around each item, making your aligned content more readable and visually appealing.

Multiple Output Formats for Every Project:

The HTML mode generates ready-to-use div elements with all the alignment styling built right in. Perfect for dropping directly into web pages or email templates. The CSS mode is smarter for larger projects – it creates clean, reusable CSS classes alongside the HTML structure, which is way better for maintainable code.

Plain text mode creates alignment using spaces and characters, which works great for console applications, text-based reports, or any situation where you need formatted text without HTML. The tool automatically calculates spacing and positioning to create clean, aligned columns.

Advanced Formatting Controls:

Border options add visual structure to your aligned content, creating clear boundaries between items. This is especially useful for creating formatted tables, menu lists, or any content where visual separation improves readability.

The preserve indents feature maintains original spacing patterns while applying your chosen alignment. This lets you create complex hierarchical lists with proper alignment at each level, perfect for nested navigation or organized content structures.

Whether you’re building website navigation, formatting reports, creating aligned product catalogs, or just organizing text content, this tool handles the technical alignment work automatically. It’s especially valuable for developers and content creators who need consistent, professional-looking text alignment without manual spacing adjustments.

Example:

Before (Unaligned List):

Homepage Navigation
About Our Company  
Products and Services
Customer Support Center
Contact Information

After (Center Aligned HTML):

html

<div style="text-align: center; width: 400px; padding: 10px; margin: 2px 0;">Homepage Navigation</div>
<div style="text-align: center; width: 400px; padding: 10px; margin: 2px 0;">About Our Company</div>
<div style="text-align: center; width: 400px; padding: 10px; margin: 2px 0;">Products and Services</div>
<div style="text-align: center; width: 400px; padding: 10px; margin: 2px 0;">Customer Support Center</div>
<div style="text-align: center; width: 400px; padding: 10px; margin: 2px 0;">Contact Information</div>

Change List Item Text Alignment Table:

This table demonstrates different alignment methods and their resulting output for common text formatting scenarios.

Common Use Cases:

The Change List Item Text Alignment tool gets regular use for creating professional navigation menus with consistent spacing, formatting table-of-contents entries with justified alignment and dot leaders, and organizing product lists with right-aligned prices or left-aligned descriptions. Web developers use it to quickly prototype aligned content layouts without writing custom CSS, while content creators rely on it for formatting reports, documentation, and structured text that needs visual consistency. The tool also handles specialized formatting like creating aligned form labels, organizing data columns, and preparing text content for print layouts where precise alignment matters.