centering text within a selection

[Krikor]

(07-25-2019, 06:49 AM)Ofnuts Wrote:

(07-25-2019, 01:29 AM)gib65 Wrote: I learned something in the process: if the text layer is part of a layer group with other text layers, it will attempt to center the whole group. I had to move the text layer out of the group in order for it to work.

Anyone know a way to get around this?

This is true even for non-text layers. Behavior is the same in 2.8.

Known problem: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/issues/983

Coincidentally, I had this same problem today, and I also needed to remove the layer from the group in order to align it.
So in the other nine layers, I needed to do the same editing, I aligned before including the layer in the group.
I was just about to see if anyone around here could know anything that would solve this obstacle, but ... c'est la vie.