Does Center Pad Text upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?

No. Center Pad Text runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Width ≥ text length.

Should I use Left Pad Text instead of Center Pad Text?

Use Center Pad Text when you need Center-pad to a width. Use Left Pad Text when you need Left-pad to a width. They share a category (Text) but not the same job.

Center Pad Text

Q: What are the limits of Center Pad Text?

Width ≥ text length. Also: Pads both sides to reach width. Unlike Left/Right Pad this centers. Width < length fails.

Center-pad to a width.

Pads both sides to reach width. Unlike Left/Right Pad this centers. Width < length fails.

What Center Pad Text does

Pads both sides to reach width. Unlike Left/Right Pad this centers. Width < length fails.

This URL is only for Center Pad Text (text · center pad text). Center-pad to a width. Other Text tools on Tool-You look similar in the chrome, so the job definition below is the part that belongs to Center Pad Text alone: Pads both sides to reach width. Unlike Left/Right Pad this centers. Width < length fails.

How to use Center Pad Text

Keep this tab on Center Pad Text (/text/center-pad-text). Pasting into the wrong Text tool (for example Left Pad Text) changes the job.
Paste or type the input Center Pad Text expects. Path hint: text · center pad text. Center-pad to a width.
Apply the Center Pad Text action only. Right Pad Text is a different transform (Right-pad to a width.). Pads both sides to reach width. Unlike Left/Right Pad this centers. Width < length fails.
Copy the output of Center Pad Text if you need it elsewhere. Size/complexity still follows: Width ≥ text length.
If the text job is actually Left-pad to a width., leave Center Pad Text and open Left Pad Text.

When not to use Center Pad Text

Skip Center Pad Text when a neighbor tool matches better — start with Left Pad Text or Right Pad Text — or when the description already warns the job will fail. In the tool’s own words: Pads both sides to reach width. Unlike Left/Right Pad this centers. Width < length fails.

Questions about Center Pad Text

What does Center Pad Text do that other Text pages on this site do not?: Pads both sides to reach width. Unlike Left/Right Pad this centers. Width < length fails. Short version: Center-pad to a width.
Does Center Pad Text upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?: No. Center Pad Text runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Width ≥ text length.
Should I use Left Pad Text instead of Center Pad Text?: Use Center Pad Text when you need Center-pad to a width. Use Left Pad Text when you need Left-pad to a width. They share a category (Text) but not the same job.
What are the limits of Center Pad Text?: Width ≥ text length. Also: Pads both sides to reach width. Unlike Left/Right Pad this centers. Width < length fails.