PyQT: Rotate a QLabel so that it's positioned diagonally instead of horizontally

Question

I'm working on a touch screen app where gui space is very tight. I'd like to rotate a QLabel a bit so that it's either vertical, or offset at a diagonal a bit. Any suggestions? I couldn't find anything relevant on the QLabel interface.

Thanks so much!

Answer 1

QLabel does not do this. But you can easily create your own widget containing a bit of text:

class MyLabel(QtGui.QWidget):
    def paintEvent(self, event):
        painter = QtGui.QPainter(self)
        painter.setPen(QtCore.Qt.black)
        painter.translate(20, 100)
        painter.rotate(-90)
        painter.drawText(0, 0, "hellos")
        painter.end()

Another option is to draw a QGraphicsView, you then have the liberty to map real widgets (i.e. a QLabel) through any coordinate transformation.