diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/UI/Layout/PaperdollController.cs b/src/AcDream.App/UI/Layout/PaperdollController.cs
index 77d5f9c4..4d454270 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.App/UI/Layout/PaperdollController.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/UI/Layout/PaperdollController.cs
@@ -122,12 +122,13 @@ public sealed class PaperdollController : IItemListDragHandler
         {
             slotsBtn.OnClick = () => { _viewState.Toggle(); ApplyView(); };
             // The dat element has no face sprite, so without a label the button is invisible. Give it a
-            // "Slots" caption (gold, like the chat Send button) so it's findable + clickable.
+            // left-aligned WHITE "Slots" caption (retail is white, not gold) so it's findable + clickable.
             if (datFont is not null)
             {
                 slotsBtn.Label      = "Slots";
                 slotsBtn.LabelFont  = datFont;
-                slotsBtn.LabelColor = new System.Numerics.Vector4(1f, 0.92f, 0.72f, 1f);
+                slotsBtn.LabelColor = System.Numerics.Vector4.One;   // white (was gold)
+                slotsBtn.LabelAlign = UiButton.LabelAlignment.Left;  // sit at the left, before the slots
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/UI/UiButton.cs b/src/AcDream.App/UI/UiButton.cs
index 4936ada4..440b848c 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.App/UI/UiButton.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/UI/UiButton.cs
@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ public sealed class UiButton : UiElement
     /// <summary>Label color (default white).</summary>
     public Vector4 LabelColor { get; set; } = Vector4.One;
 
+    /// <summary>Horizontal alignment of <see cref="Label"/>. Center (default) for normal buttons;
+    /// Left for the paperdoll "Slots" caption that sits at the left edge, before the slots.</summary>
+    public LabelAlignment LabelAlign { get; set; } = LabelAlignment.Center;
+
+    /// <summary>Label horizontal alignment options.</summary>
+    public enum LabelAlignment { Center, Left }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Active state name, runtime-settable (e.g. Max/Min toggling Normal ↔ Minimized).
     /// Matches <see cref="UiDatElement.ActiveState"/>.
@@ -106,8 +113,10 @@ public sealed class UiButton : UiElement
 
         if (Label is { Length: > 0 } label && LabelFont is { } lf)
         {
-            float tx = (Width  - lf.MeasureWidth(label)) * 0.5f;
-            float ty = (Height - lf.LineHeight)           * 0.5f;
+            float tx = LabelAlign == LabelAlignment.Left
+                ? 3f                                                  // small left pad (room for a future checkbox box)
+                : (Width - lf.MeasureWidth(label)) * 0.5f;            // centered (default)
+            float ty = (Height - lf.LineHeight) * 0.5f;
             ctx.DrawStringDat(lf, label, tx, ty, LabelColor);
         }
     }