Rotate Text Label

Hi guys,

I am trying to figure out how to rotate text labels. Any ideas on how this may be done?

Thanks.

It is not possible to rotate a text label using the API. There are several tricks that you can use to get the effect that you want, but all of them involve generating a font with rotated characters and then placing them in appropriate positions.

0 harpo666 over 4 years ago in reply to Travis.ConnectIQ

Thanks Travis.

Darn, that will be tricky as I am trying to put text around a circle.

0 TZed over 3 years ago

Does anyone know if this is still a limitation? I'd like to have numbers vertically

0 jim_m_58 over 3 years ago in reply to TZed

Nothing has changed with this.

0 Alan.raceQs over 3 years ago in reply to harpo666

Is this what you're looking for?

I am generating a set of png files in PHP which I am able to scale for different screen sizes and for each of the 64 compass points.

I plan to install them as sets of resources for each screen size (using Jungles) and at run-time display the one that represents the direction of travel. OK. it will be inaccurate by a max of ~3° (5.6125/2).

PM me if you're interested in collaborating.

0 9635560 over 3 years ago

I guess there is the difference between "possible" and "sensible". ;) My best guess is that at least some of the developers here would accuse me of heading further to the wrong end of that line...

But I did Roundular | Garmin Connect IQ as a proof of concept using points manipulated via matrix.