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Description
Currently the Alignment option only aligns numeric fields.
Should it also do something with text fields? For example, a locale could have multiple sets of data, and the alignment option could pick one:
| Full | Abbreviated | Abbreviated and Aligned |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | Mon. | Mon |
| Tuesday | Tues. | Tue |
| Wednesday | Wed. | Wed |
| Thursday | Thurs. | Thu |
| Friday | Fri. | Fri |
| Saturday | Sat. | Sat |
| Sunday | Sun. | Sun |
CLDR already has 4 different weekday lengths in some locales, which may include data such as above, but it isn't defined to behave in this way as far as I know.
Note: as evidenced even in the above table, having the same number of characters isn't necessarily sufficient for column alignment.
I'm opening this issue to track this feature request moving forward, but I do not have plans to take action until a client requests it.