Unity UI Right justify text but keep it centered?

Let's say I have a text field that has "100/100" as its content.

Currently the text object is stretched across a parent, to make sure it's always centered.


I also have the text center justified and center aligned vertically:


If the text content goes down to "99/100", or even to "9/100", both the left and right sides will shift inwards, because the text is center justified.

How can I keep the overall text in the center of whatever its parent happens to be, but have the text right justified so if the content length decreases or increases, only the left side will shift?

 

Did you try content size fitter on the textelement? That way you could try to set a max width with anchors and have it right

 

Yes, but I don't know what values to use for the anchors, and the fitter settings.

 

Preferred width on the fitter. And on the anchors, you could change the max and min x y to what ever percentage you want, for example, min X 0.1 and max X 0.9, this way you stay dynamic and still have a max width for your text.

 

Still behaves the same.

 

Can you show a screenshot of your ui in scene or gameview?

 

How do you know it is not justified right? Its in the center and only one line.

 

It is justified right, but it's acting like it's not. Possibly because the content size fitter is always keeping the text area the width of the contents.