From bc42d625fc2c5000386d16084632f95eef7f97cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tyler Goodlet <jgbt@protonmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2021 09:17:44 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Make labels expand by default

---
 piker/ui/_label.py | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/piker/ui/_label.py b/piker/ui/_label.py
index c9a0b2a0..a0081a48 100644
--- a/piker/ui/_label.py
+++ b/piker/ui/_label.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ from typing import Callable, Optional, Any
 
 import pyqtgraph as pg
 from PyQt5 import QtGui, QtWidgets
-from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QLabel
+from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QLabel, QSizePolicy
 from PyQt5.QtCore import QPointF, QRectF, Qt
 
 from ._style import (
@@ -269,8 +269,11 @@ class FormatLabel(QLabel):
         self.setTextFormat(Qt.MarkdownText)  # markdown
         self.setMargin(0)
 
-        self.setAlignment(
-            Qt.AlignVCenter
+        self.setSizePolicy(
+            QSizePolicy.Expanding,
+            QSizePolicy.Expanding,
+        )
+        self.setAlignment(Qt.AlignVCenter
             | Qt.AlignLeft
         )
         self.setText(self.fmt_str)