1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx
index e61f96852..4a6af86c1 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx
@@ -1146,9 +1146,11 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<(FieldViewProp
                 const startupText = Field.toString(this.dataDoc[fieldKey] as Field);
                 if (startupText) {
                     dispatch(state.tr.insertText(startupText));
-                } else if (!FormattedTextBox.LiveTextUndo) {
+                }
+                const textAlign = StrCast(this.dataDoc["text-align"], StrCast(Doc.UserDoc().textAlign, "left"));
+                if (textAlign !== "left") {
                     selectAll(this._editorView.state, (tr) => {
-                        this._editorView!.dispatch(tr.replaceSelectionWith(state.schema.nodes.paragraph.create({ align: "center" })));
+                        this._editorView!.dispatch(tr.replaceSelectionWith(state.schema.nodes.paragraph.create({ align: textAlign })));
                     });
                 }
             }