# On meta, 2fa authentication inputs left aligned

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/on-meta-2fa-authentication-inputs-left-aligned/399333
**Category:** UX
**Tags:** 2fa
**Created:** [March 26, 2026, 2:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/on-meta-2fa-authentication-inputs-left-aligned/399333 "2026-03-26T14:16:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![tobiaseigen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tobiaseigen/32/539204_2.png) [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2026, 2:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/on-meta-2fa-authentication-inputs-left-aligned/399333/1 "2026-03-26T14:16:54Z")

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I just had to log in here on meta for the first time in a while (I changed my email address from gmail to self-hosted on my own domain!) and noticed the two factor authentication inputs are aligned way to the left, while the rest of the content on the page is centered.

Haven’t tested this anywhere else yet so could be related to meta specific customizations.

 ![Screenshot 2026-03-26 at 7.05.35 AM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/5/2/2/522af38df42d0d7bfaf0f9b9e33bf087d009bea1.png)

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### Author: ![awesomerobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/awesomerobot/32/142900_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2026, 5:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/on-meta-2fa-authentication-inputs-left-aligned/399333/2 "2026-03-26T17:47:04Z")

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this is through the normal login flow on Meta? strange… why does mine look so much different? looks similar to this on both Horizon and Foundation themes 🤔

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/d/e/2/de2d3d6149810506c9444e0ecd530587fd90542a.png)

edit: ahh I think I found it… you logged in via email?

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### Author: ![tobiaseigen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tobiaseigen/32/539204_2.png) [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2026, 5:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/on-meta-2fa-authentication-inputs-left-aligned/399333/3 "2026-03-26T17:55:42Z")

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> [@awesomerobot](#):
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> edit: ahh I think I found it… you logged in via email?

Yes indeed! 👍 I logged in via email.

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### Author: ![awesomerobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/awesomerobot/32/142900_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2026, 6:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/on-meta-2fa-authentication-inputs-left-aligned/399333/4 "2026-03-26T18:03:02Z")

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Will be fixed here — we should also look into updating the layout here too at some point, the giant lock is an old design as far as I know

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/38898](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/38898)