Twenty Sixteen: Center text in image captions

[gaelbonithon]

It seems to me that this would be a better default choice. Ideally, we should be able to change it via the UI, but as far as I know, that’s not possible at the moment. One workaround is to use a centered paragraph via the code editor, which feels like a hack.

It seems to me that this would be a better default choice. Ideally, we should be able to change it via the UI, but as far as I know, that's not possible at the moment. One workaround is to use a centered paragraph via the code editor, which feels like a hack.

Trac ticket: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/65111

## Use of AI Tools

[manhar]

Tested with patch and it is working as expected.

Refer below images :

Before Patch :
​https://postimg.cc/wRN8Tdr9

After Patch :
​https://postimg.cc/TyKkXJFY

[sabernhardt]

The default styling probably should not change after the theme has been publicly available (for ten years). In this case, the ​theme documentation even shows the image caption text aligned to the left (in a left-to-right language).

The Gutenberg repository has an old issue about adding text alignment controls for captions:
​https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/12997

[gaelbonithon]

Replying to sabernhardt:

The default styling probably should not change after the theme has been publicly available (for ten years). In this case, the ​theme documentation even shows the image caption text aligned to the left (in a left-to-right language).

The Gutenberg repository has an old issue about adding text alignment controls for captions:
​https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/12997

Yes, I understand, thanks for the pointer. I'll leave it to you to close the ticket/PR…

[sabernhardt]

I almost closed the ticket, but I thought of another possibility to consider first.

To add a control for the user to select text alignment, a block style variation could be added in twentysixteen_setup().

register_block_style(
	'core/image',
	array(
		'name'         => 'caption-center',
		'label'        => __( 'Text align center', 'twentysixteen' ),
		'inline_style' => '.wp-block-image.is-style-caption-center figcaption { text-align: center; }',
	)
);

It still would not be available for someone who wants the Rounded style, and it is not as efficient as creating a control for use with any theme (GB12997).

[sabernhardt]

Block style variation for centering caption text in the theme

[gaelbonithon]

Yeah, that would be nice, although it would obviously be better to have that option regardless of the theme (along with the other alignment options, at least right-aligned). Patch updated.