diff --git a/src/prompt_toolkit/widgets/base.py b/src/prompt_toolkit/widgets/base.py
index e2330e9e1..51cfaa27f 100644
--- a/src/prompt_toolkit/widgets/base.py
+++ b/src/prompt_toolkit/widgets/base.py
@@ -438,8 +438,10 @@ def get_style() -> str:
     def _get_text_fragments(self) -> StyleAndTextTuples:
         width = self.width - (
             get_cwidth(self.left_symbol) + get_cwidth(self.right_symbol)
+        ) + (
+            len(self.text) - get_cwidth(self.text)
         )
-        text = (f"{{:^{width}}}").format(self.text)
+        text = (f"{{:^{max(0,width)}}}").format(self.text)
 
         def handler(mouse_event: MouseEvent) -> None:
             if (