Vertical text in a Horizontal UIButton

Question

I\'m using a vertical UIButton in a portrait app (Just a normal button that is of width 60 and Height 160)

I want to put the label Vetically down the button instead of a

Answer 1

For an easy way round do the following settings for the button in the Attributes inspector:

• Type: Custom
• Title: Attributed

Next, select left/middle/right or justified alignment. Do not use 'Align Natural'.

Now

[workPackageButton.titleLabel setTransform:CGAffineTransformMakeRotation(M_PI / 2)];

works as expected with the label not being abreviated (but always being center aligned ...).

Tested with XCode 6.3.