diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 69ab2feb..8a832192 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.2.239
+1.2.240
diff --git a/src/gui/scenes@proc.f90 b/src/gui/scenes@proc.f90
index 3eb984bb..8545a040 100644
--- a/src/gui/scenes@proc.f90
+++ b/src/gui/scenes@proc.f90
@@ -816,6 +816,7 @@ module function representation_menu(s,idcaller) result(changed)
        doerase = .false.
        call igTableNextRow(ImGuiTableRowFlags_None, 0._c_float)
        if (igTableSetColumnIndex(ic_closebutton)) then
+          call igAlignTextToFramePadding()
           str1 = "##2ic_closebutton" // string(ic_closebutton) // "," // string(i) // c_null_char
           if (my_CloseButton(c_loc(str1),ColorDangerButton)) doerase = .true.
        end if
diff --git a/src/gui/windows@tree.f90 b/src/gui/windows@tree.f90
index 0d6ca6f2..fbbb504a 100644
--- a/src/gui/windows@tree.f90
+++ b/src/gui/windows@tree.f90
@@ -484,6 +484,7 @@ module subroutine draw_tree(w)
           ! close button
           if (sysc(i)%status == sys_init) then
              if (igTableSetColumnIndex(ic_closebutton)) then
+                call igAlignTextToFramePadding()
                 str = "##1closebutton" // string(ic_closebutton) // "," // string(i) // c_null_char
                 if (my_CloseButton(c_loc(str),ColorDangerButton)) w%forceremove = (/i/)
                 if (igIsItemHovered(ImGuiHoveredFlags_None)) &
diff --git a/src/gui/windows@view.f90 b/src/gui/windows@view.f90
index cb73c19d..cb00f5a8 100644
--- a/src/gui/windows@view.f90
+++ b/src/gui/windows@view.f90
@@ -2124,8 +2124,10 @@ module function draw_editrep_atoms(w,ttshown) result(changed)
                    suffix = "_" // string(i) // "_" // string(j)
 
                    ! species
-                   if (igTableSetColumnIndex(ic_sp1)) &
+                   if (igTableSetColumnIndex(ic_sp1)) then
+                      call igAlignTextToFramePadding()
                       call iw_text(trim(sys(isys)%c%spc(i)%name))
+                   end if
                    if (igTableSetColumnIndex(ic_sp2)) &
                       call iw_text(trim(sys(isys)%c%spc(j)%name))
 
@@ -2785,6 +2787,7 @@ module subroutine draw_vibrations(w)
                 ! id
                 if (igTableSetColumnIndex(ic_q_id)) then
                    ! selectable
+                   call igAlignTextToFramePadding()
                    strl = "##selectq" // string(i) // c_null_char
                    flags = ImGuiSelectableFlags_SpanAllColumns
                    flags = ior(flags,ImGuiSelectableFlags_SelectOnNav)
@@ -2865,6 +2868,7 @@ module subroutine draw_vibrations(w)
                 ! id
                 if (igTableSetColumnIndex(ic_q_id)) then
                    ! selectable
+                   call igAlignTextToFramePadding()
                    strl = "##selectf" // string(i) // c_null_char
                    flags = ImGuiSelectableFlags_SpanAllColumns
                    flags = ior(flags,ImGuiSelectableFlags_SelectOnNav)
@@ -3165,7 +3169,10 @@ function atom_selection_widget(c,isys,sty,msty) result(changed)
           iz = c%spc(ispc)%z
 
           ! id
-          if (igTableSetColumnIndex(ic_id)) call iw_text(string(i))
+          if (igTableSetColumnIndex(ic_id)) then
+             call igAlignTextToFramePadding()
+             call iw_text(string(i))
+          end if
 
           ! name
           if (igTableSetColumnIndex(ic_name)) call iw_text(string(c%spc(ispc)%name))
@@ -3312,7 +3319,10 @@ function atom_selection_widget(c,isys,sty,msty) result(changed)
                 call igTableNextRow(ImGuiTableRowFlags_None, 0._c_float)
 
                 ! id
-                if (igTableSetColumnIndex(im_id)) call iw_text(string(i))
+                if (igTableSetColumnIndex(im_id)) then
+                   call igAlignTextToFramePadding()
+                   call iw_text(string(i))
+                end if
 
                 ! nat
                 if (igTableSetColumnIndex(im_nat)) call iw_text(string(c%mol(i)%nat))