diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 73c5ae3e..9b3cf0b8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ NOTE: [`epaint`](crates/epaint/CHANGELOG.md), [`eframe`](crates/eframe/CHANGELOG
 * Added `Key::Minus` and `Key::Equals` ([#2239](https://github.com/emilk/egui/pull/2239)).
 * Added `egui::gui_zoom` module with helpers for scaling the whole GUI of an app ([#2239](https://github.com/emilk/egui/pull/2239)).
 * You can now put one interactive widget on top of another, and only one will get interaction at a time ([#2244](https://github.com/emilk/egui/pull/2244)).
+* Add `ui.centered`.
 
 ### Changed 🔧
 * Panels always have a separator line, but no stroke on other sides. Their spacing has also changed slightly ([#2261](https://github.com/emilk/egui/pull/2261)).
diff --git a/crates/egui/src/layout.rs b/crates/egui/src/layout.rs
index 21ea0f78..81fd5ec4 100644
--- a/crates/egui/src/layout.rs
+++ b/crates/egui/src/layout.rs
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ impl Layout {
         }
     }
 
-    /// Top-down layout justifed so that buttons etc fill the full available width.
+    /// Top-down layout justified so that buttons etc fill the full available width.
     #[inline(always)]
     pub fn top_down_justified(halign: Align) -> Self {
         Self::top_down(halign).with_cross_justify(true)
@@ -229,6 +229,20 @@ impl Layout {
         }
     }
 
+    /// For when you want to add a single widget to a layout, and that widget
+    /// should be centered horizontally and vertically.
+    #[inline(always)]
+    pub fn centered(main_dir: Direction) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            main_dir,
+            main_wrap: false,
+            main_align: Align::Center,
+            main_justify: false,
+            cross_align: Align::Center,
+            cross_justify: false,
+        }
+    }
+
     /// For when you want to add a single widget to a layout, and that widget
     /// should use up all available space.
     #[inline(always)]
diff --git a/crates/egui/src/ui.rs b/crates/egui/src/ui.rs
index 4f367fc3..73b8681c 100644
--- a/crates/egui/src/ui.rs
+++ b/crates/egui/src/ui.rs
@@ -2007,6 +2007,11 @@ impl Ui {
         InnerResponse::new(inner, self.interact(rect, child_ui.id, Sense::hover()))
     }
 
+    /// This will make the next added widget centered in the available space.
+    pub fn centered<R>(&mut self, add_contents: impl FnOnce(&mut Self) -> R) -> InnerResponse<R> {
+        self.with_layout_dyn(Layout::centered(Direction::TopDown), Box::new(add_contents))
+    }
+
     /// This will make the next added widget centered and justified in the available space.
     pub fn centered_and_justified<R>(
         &mut self,