<![CDATA[how to rotate font awesome icon in qt]]>i am showing font awesome icon on label. i want to not rotate label. i want to rotate this icon how its possible?

]]>https://forum.qt.io/topic/122034/how-to-rotate-font-awesome-icon-in-qtRSS for NodeSun, 12 Apr 2026 18:55:58 GMTWed, 23 Dec 2020 09:32:56 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to how to rotate font awesome icon in qt on Mon, 28 Dec 2020 06:41:15 GMT]]>i have created child class for inherited base class label . then in child class i used paint event , in same event i used below QStylePainter to rotate my font awesome icon like below

QStylePainter painter(this);
QFont font1;
font1.setFamily("FontAwesome");
font1.setPixelSize(30);
painter.setFont(font1);
painter.rotate(90);
painter.drawText(0, 0, ICON_BOLT);

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/634490https://forum.qt.io/post/634490Mon, 28 Dec 2020 06:41:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to how to rotate font awesome icon in qt on Thu, 24 Dec 2020 04:57:36 GMT]]>@jsulm i think your suggested property only can rotate image but can not rotate font awesome icon

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/634127https://forum.qt.io/post/634127Thu, 24 Dec 2020 04:57:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to how to rotate font awesome icon in qt on Wed, 23 Dec 2020 15:14:51 GMT]]>@jsulm I have tried many things .

So I think qt does not support the rotate function for font awesome icon.

Is it true or not ?

If its true then please provide provide example for rotate font awesome icon ICON_BOLT [ \uF0E7]

ui->label_2->setText(ICON_BOLT);

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/633978https://forum.qt.io/post/633978Wed, 23 Dec 2020 15:14:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to how to rotate font awesome icon in qt on Wed, 23 Dec 2020 09:36:28 GMT]]>@Qt-embedded-developer You can use one of the https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qicon.html#pixmap methods to get QPixmap, then rotate it using https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qpixmap.html#transformed and constrcu QIcon again from that rotated QPixmap.

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/633969https://forum.qt.io/post/633969Wed, 23 Dec 2020 09:36:28 GMT