Possible to change a WordPress block’s default text alignment state?

which theme are you using?

Hello Lisa, I’m using a custom theme based on Underscores (to clarify, not a child theme). I suspect that if there is a way to do this, it will involve functions.php.

you can set many block defaults using theme.json file.
you can add theme.json file to your custom theme.

try these learning resources about theme.json:
https://developer.www.ads-software.com/themes/advanced-topics/theme-json/
https://developer.www.ads-software.com/themes/advanced-topics/theme-json/#a-theme-json-can-be-added-to-any-theme

@contentiskey Hey Lisa, there’s no reference to alignment that I can see in either of those linked doc’s. Believe the property would be ‘align’.

I’m also curious as to how a default alignment can be set on blocks via theme.json.

Have checked here too:
https://developer.www.ads-software.com/block-editor/reference-guides/theme-json-reference/theme-json-living/

Isn’t a 100% clear but reads like this isn’t yet possible?
https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/44007