Also I think if you put the background modifier before the fillMaxWidth, you'll see that it is actuay filling the width, which is why the column's horizonalAlignment property isn't having any effect - as far as the column is concerned, there's nothing to align because the text already fills the available horizontal space. I am guessing maybe this changed in alpha05 because maybe how text measures itself with different flow modes changed? It seems like your text is ignoring the min width constraint, which is going to cause fillMaxWidth() to center it by default (I think). WrapContentWidth allows children to measure themselves as small as they want and will align inside constraints, so if they modifier fixes it that's probably what's going on.

Actually I think that's wrong, text might just be centering itself now? Does passing the

textAlign

property to Text fix it?

just with a shorter name

why is it centered instead of placed at the end

added another background to see text boundaries

modifier = Modifier.background(Color.Red).fillMaxWidth().background(Color.Blue),

Especially if this used to work in alpha04