Adding an expression to Source Text breaks alignment?

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This is a big WTF for me.

I have a text layer. I center-align the text in it. The moment I add an expression to its Source Text (even the default text.sourceText) it becomes left-aligned and REFUSES to go to center-aligned. Huh?! This seems like a very common thing, so what am I missing? Is there something else I need to do in the expression to get it to be center aligned?

Thanks!

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averyc14626468

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I had the same issue recently. I have text that I want to set dynamically based on an expression control in another composition. The paragraph align was stuck on centered. If I removed the expression from the Source Text, I could change the alignment, but as soon as I added the expression back in, the alignment went back to centered. I need it to be left aligned.

I followed @leif_hanson's advice, which was to clear out the manually-entered text for the text layer. This did the trick! I was able to make manual changes to the paragraph alignment.

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emmab86471458

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Hi there, I'm still having that issue on After Effects 2023 ! 😞

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seethings

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It's 2023 and this is still an issue! Adobe! Please fix!

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jameso36226545

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2024 and still broken. Adobe is worthless.

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leif_hanson

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Oh man. Hopefully you figured this out already, but it was driving me crazy too. But I think I've got it figured out. I added a sourceText expression and was unable to change the alignment, but after much futzing I found that by deleting the existing text in the text layer I was applying the expression to, I could change the alignment without any issues. I hope that's clear.

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