Vertical QLabel, or the equivalent?

Question

I want axis labels for a plot I\'m making, and naturally the y-axis label should be oriented vertically. I\'m pretty sure QwtPlot does this, but I\'m trying to

Answer 1

You can also create a new QGraphicsScene, add to it QLabel and then rotate it. Like this:

QLabel* label = QLabel("Y axis"); 
QGraphicsScene scene;
QGraphicsProxyWidget  * proxy = scene.addWidget(label);
proxy->rotate(-45);
QGraphicsView view(&scene);
view.show();  

Take a look at the similar example (the output image has a wrong ratio, look at the direct URL).