Re: Support for flexible labels under place constraints

[Markus Elfring <Markus Elfring web de>]

> No, though I don't see why it would not be possible.

I would like to describe my use case from another perspective.

Now I am looking for a reusable widget which deals with requirements like the
following.
- Ideogram
  It can be implemented as an icon (raster image/vector graphic) or as an
Unicode character (with eventually a special font).

- Text with varying length (abbreviation, short or full label)

- The display should adapt to the available visual space like it is provided by
a row/column header.
  The more space will be reduced (to an useful minimum height/width) the widget
should only attempt to display the label part which still fits. The user can
choose if there is a personal preference for the ideogram in combination with
the textual description.

- Both data components should belong to a common translation unit.

Regards,
Markus