On 1/18/11 10:28 AM, Ed Leafe wrote: > On Jan 18, 2011, at 1:24 PM, Paul McNett wrote: > >> It would be possible, but a tad more complicated, to draw the labels at >> arbitrary >> angles without increasing the column's width (each such header would >> overdraw an >> adjacent slice of the header next to it). > > > I thought of making a HeaderCaptionAngle property, but the calculations > are much more complex, since the text has 2 dimensions, and determining the > x,y position involves a bunch of trigonometry. Considering the lack of > real-world use cases, I quickly decided to scrap that approach.
You'd also have to hold each header's polygon for hit-testing on mouse clicks. I could see it as a nice eye-candy addition but agree that keeping it simple is best. Just throwing out the idea in case anyone has the time to do it. Paul _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-dev Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-dev This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/[email protected]
