# Is there a way to rotate the text in a power table header

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-rotate-the-text-in-a-power-table-header/17231>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [March 5, 2018, 7:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-rotate-the-text-in-a-power-table-header/17231 "2018-03-05T19:04:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![mjcostel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@mjcostel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mjcostel)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 7:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-rotate-the-text-in-a-power-table-header/17231/1 "2018-03-05T19:04:15Z")

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I think the answer is probably no - but is there a way to rotate the power table header text using the extension functions? Can I rotate text in the table itself?

I have tried to line up a series of label components above the table to get what I want but I have never been able to make the labels stay consistently aligned over the appropriate column across different screen resolutions.

Thanks,

Michael

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 7:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-rotate-the-text-in-a-power-table-header/17231/2 "2018-03-05T19:59:22Z")

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Darn near anything can be done with custom renderers for data. Should be possible for the header, too, but you’ll have to dig around in the [Swing JTable API](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/javax/swing/JTable.html).

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**Author:** ![mjcostel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@mjcostel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mjcostel)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 10:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-rotate-the-text-in-a-power-table-header/17231/3 "2018-03-05T22:52:22Z")

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Phil,

Thanks for the suggestion. I will spend some time looking at the API but at first glance it might be a tough one to crack.

Michael

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**Author:** ![brownd18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brownd18](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/brownd18)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 1:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-rotate-the-text-in-a-power-table-header/17231/4 "2022-03-31T13:06:36Z")

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Michael,

Were you ever able to figure this out?

Dylan