Re: [gtkmm] Vertical labels?

[Ole Laursen <olau hardworking dk>]

Alex <d_f0rce gmx de> writes:

> I have another problem with labels. I want to create a button bar at the left 
> and right sides of the window. The text on the buttons should be displayed 
> vertically. Is this possible with gtkmm2?
> 
> How can I create vertical labels?

I don't think it is possible to do directly, although you could
investigate Pangomm and attribute lists. One way to fake it is to use
newlines:

  "l\n"
  "a\n"
  "b\n"
  "e\n"
  "l\n"

But in general it is a bad idea IMHO. It is probably better if you
restructure the UI, or use icons.

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Ole Laursen
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