diff --git a/src/ui/Controls/WebBrowser/WebBrowserEditBox.cs b/src/ui/Controls/WebBrowser/WebBrowserEditBox.cs
index d0bb11a47..d225a8d5f 100644
--- a/src/ui/Controls/WebBrowser/WebBrowserEditBox.cs
+++ b/src/ui/Controls/WebBrowser/WebBrowserEditBox.cs
@@ -115,20 +115,13 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Controls.WebBrowser
                         Thread.Sleep(5);
                         Application.DoEvents();
 
-                        _rightToLeft = Configuration.Settings.General.RightToLeftMode;
                         _center = Configuration.Settings.General.CenterSubtitleInTextBox;
+                        _rightToLeft = Configuration.Settings.General.RightToLeftMode;
 
-                        var code = "left";
-                        if (_rightToLeft)
-                        {
-                            code = "rtl";
-                        }
-                        else if (_center)
-                        {
-                            code = "center";
-                        }
+                        var align = _center ? "text-align:center" : string.Empty;
+                        var dir = _rightToLeft ? "rtl" : string.Empty;
 
-                        Document.InvokeScript("setTextDirection", new object[] { code });
+                        Document.InvokeScript("setTextDirection", new object[] { align, dir });
                     }
 
                     Document.InvokeScript("setText", new object[] { value });
diff --git a/src/ui/Controls/WebBrowser/WebBrowserEditBox.html b/src/ui/Controls/WebBrowser/WebBrowserEditBox.html
index 9fb205cb6..a92b28b54 100644
--- a/src/ui/Controls/WebBrowser/WebBrowserEditBox.html
+++ b/src/ui/Controls/WebBrowser/WebBrowserEditBox.html
@@ -260,19 +260,11 @@
             }
         }
 
-        // Call with: rtl / center / left
-        function setTextDirection(dir) {
+        // Call with: center / rtl
+        function setTextDirection(align, dir) {
             var element = document.getElementById("myContent");
-            if (dir === "rtl") {
-                element.setAttribute("dir", "rtl");
-                element.setAttribute("style", "");
-            } else if (dir === "center") {
-                element.setAttribute("style", "text-align:center");
-                element.setAttribute("dir", "");
-            } else {
-                element.setAttribute("style", "");
-                element.setAttribute("dir", "");
-            }
+            element.setAttribute("style", align);
+            element.setAttribute("dir", dir);
         }
 
         function getText() {