angular material 2 table header center alignment

Question

If md-sort-header is added into md-header-cell in md-table, it is always left-alignment. How to center-align header cells, such "name"?

<md-header-cell *cdkHeaderCellDef md-sort-header style="text-align:center"> 
      Name 
</md-header-cell>

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Answer 1

Update for Angular Material 5.x.x, no need for ng-deep:

  mat-header-cell {
   display:flex;
   justify-content:flex-end;
  }

DEMO

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md-header-cell get 'translated' to a container with class="mat-sort-header-container". Using that, you set its style with ng-deep. Use flexbox to center its content. Put the following in the components stylesheet:

::ng-deep .mat-sort-header-container {
  display:flex;
  justify-content:center;
}

DEMO