diff --git a/examples/select.rs b/examples/select.rs
index c398348..acc9c02 100644
--- a/examples/select.rs
+++ b/examples/select.rs
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{BufReader,BufRead};
 
 use cursive::Cursive;
+use cursive::align::HAlign;
 use cursive::view::{Dialog,SelectView,TextView,BoxView};
 
 fn main() {
     // To keep things simple, little error management is done here.
     // If you have an error, be sure to run this from the crate root, not from a sub directory.
 
-    let mut select = SelectView::new();
+    let mut select = SelectView::new().h_align(HAlign::Center);
 
     // Read the list of cities from separate file, and fill the view with it.
     let file = File::open("assets/cities.txt").unwrap();
diff --git a/src/align.rs b/src/align.rs
index fe1cd85..0a1dd98 100644
--- a/src/align.rs
+++ b/src/align.rs
@@ -33,3 +33,23 @@ pub enum VAlign {
     Center,
     Bottom,
 }
+
+impl HAlign {
+    pub fn get_offset(&self, content: usize, container: usize) -> usize {
+        match *self {
+            HAlign::Left => 0,
+            HAlign::Center => (container - content)/2,
+            HAlign::Right => (container - content),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl VAlign {
+    pub fn get_offset(&self, content: usize, container: usize) -> usize {
+        match *self {
+            VAlign::Top => 0,
+            VAlign::Center => (container - content)/2,
+            VAlign::Bottom => (container - content),
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/view/select_view.rs b/src/view/select_view.rs
index 3d62019..3dc576c 100644
--- a/src/view/select_view.rs
+++ b/src/view/select_view.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use std::rc::Rc;
 
 use color;
 use ::Cursive;
+use align::*;
 use view::{View,IdView,SizeRequest,DimensionRequest};
 use event::{Event,EventResult,Key};
 use vec::Vec2;
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ pub struct SelectView<T=String> {
     focus: usize,
     scrollbase: ScrollBase,
     select_cb: Option<Rc<Box<Fn(&mut Cursive,&T)>>>,
+    align: Align,
 }
 
 impl <T: 'static> SelectView<T> {
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ impl <T: 'static> SelectView<T> {
             focus: 0,
             scrollbase: ScrollBase::new(),
             select_cb: None,
+            align: Align::top_left(),
         }
     }
 
@@ -53,6 +56,24 @@ impl <T: 'static> SelectView<T> {
         self
     }
 
+    pub fn align(mut self, align: Align) -> Self {
+        self.align = align;
+
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn v_align(mut self, v: VAlign) -> Self {
+        self.align.v = v;
+
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn h_align(mut self, h: HAlign) -> Self {
+        self.align.h = h;
+
+        self
+    }
+
     /// Returns the value of the currently selected item. Panics if the list is empty.
     pub fn selection(&self) -> Rc<T> {
         self.items[self.focus].value.clone()
@@ -92,6 +113,10 @@ impl SelectView<String> {
 impl <T: 'static> View for SelectView<T> {
     fn draw(&mut self, printer: &Printer) {
 
+        let h = self.items.len();
+        let offset = self.align.v.get_offset(h, printer.size.y);
+        let printer = &printer.sub_printer(Vec2::new(0,offset), printer.size, true);
+
         self.scrollbase.draw(printer, |printer,i| {
             let style = if i == self.focus {
                 if printer.focused { color::HIGHLIGHT }
@@ -100,9 +125,11 @@ impl <T: 'static> View for SelectView<T> {
                 color::PRIMARY
             };
             printer.with_color(style, |printer| {
-                printer.print((0,0), &self.items[i].label);
-                let x:usize = self.items[i].label.chars().count();
-                printer.print_hline((x,0), printer.size.x-x, ' ' as u64);
+                let l = self.items[i].label.chars().count();
+                let x = self.align.h.get_offset(l, printer.size.x);
+                printer.print_hline((0,0), x, ' ' as u64);
+                printer.print((x,0), &self.items[i].label);
+                printer.print_hline((x+l,0), printer.size.x-l-x, ' ' as u64);
             });
         });
     }
diff --git a/src/view/text_view.rs b/src/view/text_view.rs
index 17041e5..b91a090 100644
--- a/src/view/text_view.rs
+++ b/src/view/text_view.rs
@@ -206,22 +206,14 @@ impl View for TextView {
     fn draw(&mut self, printer: &Printer) {
 
         let h = self.rows.len();
-        let offset = match self.align.v {
-            VAlign::Top => 0,
-            VAlign::Center => (printer.size.y - h)/2,
-            VAlign::Bottom => printer.size.y - h,
-        };
+        let offset = self.align.v.get_offset(h, printer.size.y);
         let printer = &printer.sub_printer(Vec2::new(0,offset), printer.size, true);
 
         self.scrollbase.draw(printer, |printer, i| {
             let row = &self.rows[i];
             let text = &self.content[row.start..row.end];
             let l = text.chars().count();
-            let x = match self.align.h {
-                HAlign::Left => 0,
-                HAlign::Center => (printer.size.x-l)/2,
-                HAlign::Right => printer.size.x-l,
-            };
+            let x = self.align.h.get_offset(l, printer.size.x);
             printer.print((x,0), text);
         });
     }