✅ | Right aligned text for single line text element

[rotund sonnet]

I’m checking the FancyMenu docs for this one 👀 If there’s a built-in way to right-align a single-line text element, I’ll point you to it; if not, I’ll say that clearly.

Found it ✅ FancyMenu does support right alignment in a Text element , there’s a simple formatting code for it. I’m putting the exact syntax together for you now 🙂

Yep 🙂 In a FancyMenu Text element, you can right-align a single line by putting ||| at the start of the line:

|||This text will be right-aligned.

A couple quick notes:

• This works in Text elements that support FancyMenu’s markdown-like formatting.
• It does not work in things like button labels or other plain text fields.
• If you want it back to normal alignment later, just stop using |||.

If you want, I can also show you how to combine this with positioning so it lines up nicely inside your menu 👀

[umbral fjord]

Doesn't work with placeholders

[rotund sonnet]

I’m checking the placeholder side of this now 🧐 If there’s a FancyMenu-specific limitation here, I want to give you the exact reason instead of guessing.

[rotund sonnet]

Yep , that’s the catch 😅

For FancyMenu, the ||| alignment syntax only works when it’s used as an alignment block, so it needs to be on its own line. That means a truly single-line text like this:

|||{placeholder}

won’t right-align the placeholder text.

What you can do instead:

|||
{placeholder}
|||

That makes the line inside the alignment block right-aligned. If you only want one visible line, you can then shrink the element height / line spacing so the extra ||| lines aren’t visible.

If that’s too awkward, the other workaround is to place the whole text element using the right anchor / right edge instead of trying to align the text itself.

If you want, I can help you set up the cleanest version for your exact placeholder text 🎯

[umbral fjord]

Explain right edge

[rotund sonnet]

I’m checking how the Right Edge anchor works in FancyMenu so I can explain it in a simple way 👍

[rotund sonnet]

Sure 🙂 In FancyMenu, Right Edge is just an anchor point on the screen , specifically the middle of the right border.

What it means in practice:

• If a text element is anchored to Right Edge, its position is calculated from that side of the screen.
• So instead of measuring from the left side like usual, FancyMenu measures from the right side.

A simple way to think about it:

• Normal anchor: the element grows/positions from the left
• Right Edge anchor: the element is “attached” to the right side of the screen

Important detail:

• The text inside the element is still usually left-aligned
• But because the whole element sits on the right edge, it can look right-aligned

Example:

• If you anchor a text element to Right Edge and use X = 0, the element starts exactly at the right border
• If you want it a bit inside the screen, you use a negative X offset

Why this helps with placeholders:

• Since the ||| text alignment trick doesn’t work nicely for a single placeholder line, anchoring the whole element to Right Edge is a good workaround
• That way the text box stays on the right side even when the placeholder text changes

If you want, I can show you the exact setup for a placeholder text element step by step 👀