title: Align Column in Center but align Text to left of screen in Flutter
body: <p>Sorry for asking such a trivial question, but I am at my wits' end. I have just spent 3 hours trying to get a column to align in the center, which I couldn't manage to do without a Container, and now I cannot put my text to the left of the screen.</p>
  
  <p>To explain it better, I have a column that I want in the center of my app. At the top there is text, which is moved to the left, but every other widget within the column is centered.</p>
  
  <p>For the column I have tried mainAxisAlign and crossAxisAlign. The former does absolutely nothing, and the latter goes in the wrong direction (centers it vertically rather than horizontally, which is not what I want). I have resorted to using a Container after multiple other attempts, but now i cannot move my Text to the left. I used <code>textAlign: TextAlign.Left</code> and tried to expand the Container to fit the screen by putting it in a <code>SizedBox.expand()</code>, and yet nothing happens.</p>
  
  <p>Can anyone please explain how you center Columns, and then align the text to the left?</p>
  
  <p>This is what I have tried so far:</p>
  
  <pre><code>return SizedBox.expand(
                  child: Container(
                  alignment: Alignment.center,
                  child: Column(
                      children:
                      [
                          Text(
                              text,
                              style: TextStyle(
                                  fontSize: 25.0,
                              ),
                              textAlign: TextAlign.left,
                          ),
                          CircularProgressIndicator(
                              backgroundColor: Colors.white10,
                              strokeWidth: 5,
                          )
                      ],
                      crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.center,
                  ),
                  margin: EdgeInsets.all(10.0),
              )
          );
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/v22BR.png" rel="noreferrer">Just in case I'm explaining this terribly, here is a basic picture</a>
  Thanks!</p>