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 sugg

Answer 1

Answer from @Controlix is a generic implementation, however, I was getting a "recursive painting call" warning. I was able to address that by combining approaches from @Controlix and @Ivo. Here is my implementation:

from PyQt5.Qt import QLabel
from PyQt5 import QtGui


class VerticalLabel(QLabel):

    def __init__(self, *args):
        QLabel.__init__(self, *args)

    def paintEvent(self, event):
        painter = QtGui.QPainter(self)
        painter.translate(0, self.height())
        painter.rotate(-90)
        painter.drawText(0, self.width()/2, self.text())
        painter.end()