# Text: Origin (property)

> Set the anchor point a text element stays fixed to as its content changes length.

Source: https://bluepic.io/help/design-elements-and-tools/text-origin  
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Category: design-elements-and-tools  
Last updated: 2026-06-15

For text, the **Origin** sets the point a text element stays anchored to as its content changes length. You set it in the **Position & Size** section of the Property Panel, using a grid of nine points: the corners, the edge midpoints, and the centre.

A text box resizes to fit its content, so when the text gets longer or shorter the box grows or shrinks with it. With a centred Origin the text expands evenly to both sides; with a bottom-left Origin the bottom-left corner stays fixed and the text grows up and to the right.

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This matters most for text that comes from a [text input field](https://bluepic.io/help/input-fields/text-input-fields): your users type headlines and labels of every length, and the Origin keeps the text anchored the same way no matter how much they write.

> The horizontal Origin and the **Align** setting in the Text section mirror each other: a left, centre, or right Origin is the same as left, centre, or right alignment, so changing one moves the other.