Draw Vertical Label using draw2d in eclipse plugin

Question

I am doing an Eclipse plugin using gef. Does anybody knows how to draw a vertical label?

Kind Regards, Kyriakos Georgiou

Answer 1

Check out this thread, at the end of the thread.

Answer 2

Using ImageUtilities as in the linked post worked well. Here is how to use it in a Label.

@Override
protected void paintFigure(Graphics graphics) {
    if (vertical) {
        Image image = ImageUtilities.createRotatedImageOfString(getSubStringText(), getFont(), getForegroundColor(), getBackgroundColor());
        graphics.drawImage(image, new Point(getTextLocation()).translate(getLocation()));
    image.dispose();
    } else {
        super.paintFigure(graphics);
    }
}