Vertical Text in Wpf TextBlock

Question

Is it possible to display the text in a TextBlock vertically so that all letters are stacked upon each other (not rotated with LayoutTransform)?

Answer 1

Just in case anybody still comes across this post... here is a simple 100% xaml solution.

    <TabControl TabStripPlacement="Left">
        <TabItem Header="Tab 1">
            <TabItem.LayoutTransform>
                <RotateTransform Angle="-90"></RotateTransform>      
            </TabItem.LayoutTransform>
            <TextBlock> Some Text for tab 1</TextBlock>
        </TabItem>
        <TabItem Header="Tab 2">
            <TabItem.LayoutTransform>
                <RotateTransform Angle="-90"></RotateTransform>
            </TabItem.LayoutTransform>
            <TextBlock> Some Text for tab 2</TextBlock>
        </TabItem>
    </TabControl>

Answer 2

Just use a simple LayoutTransform..

<Label Grid.Column="0" Content="Your Text Here" HorizontalContentAlignment="Center">
  <Label.LayoutTransform>
    <TransformGroup>
        <RotateTransform Angle="90" />
        <ScaleTransform ScaleX="-1" ScaleY="-1"/>
    </TransformGroup>
  </Label.LayoutTransform>
</Label>