diff --git a/egui/src/layout.rs b/egui/src/layout.rs
index 11dc62e1..f84974a2 100644
--- a/egui/src/layout.rs
+++ b/egui/src/layout.rs
@@ -230,18 +230,22 @@ impl Layout {
             || self.main_dir.is_vertical() && self.cross_align == Align::Max
     }
 
-    pub fn horizontal_align(self) -> Align {
+    fn horizontal_align(self) -> Align {
         match self.main_dir {
-            Direction::LeftToRight => Align::left(),
-            Direction::RightToLeft => Align::right(),
+            // Direction::LeftToRight => Align::left(),
+            // Direction::RightToLeft => Align::right(),
+            Direction::LeftToRight | Direction::RightToLeft => Align::Center, // looks better to e.g. center text within a button
+
             Direction::TopDown | Direction::BottomUp => self.cross_align,
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn vertical_align(self) -> Align {
+    fn vertical_align(self) -> Align {
         match self.main_dir {
-            Direction::TopDown => Align::top(),
-            Direction::BottomUp => Align::bottom(),
+            // Direction::TopDown => Align::top(),
+            // Direction::BottomUp => Align::bottom(),
+            Direction::TopDown | Direction::BottomUp => Align::Center, // looks better to e.g. center text within a button
+
             Direction::LeftToRight | Direction::RightToLeft => self.cross_align,
         }
     }