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Why does the Label Widget force us to set the minimum width for the label widget to 200 + icon_width if we want to show them side by side. I have a small window and don't want to make it bigger than 150. The workaround is to use the icon widget in combination with the label widget, but then I get the glow of the Icon widget which I also don't need.

Kind Regards

From: AceGUIWidget-Label.lua

local imagewidth = image:GetWidth()
		if (width - imagewidth) < 200 or (label:GetText() or "") == "" then
			-- image goes on top centered when less than 200 width for the text, or if there is no text
			image:SetPoint("TOP")
			label:SetPoint("TOP", image, "BOTTOM")
			label:SetPoint("LEFT")
			label:SetWidth(width)
			height = image:GetHeight() + label:GetStringHeight()
		else
			-- image on the left

I would recommend to use an inline image if the Label behavior is not applicable.

You can embed images inside a font string using this syntax:

https://wow.gamepedia.com/UI_escape_sequences#Textures

The label behavior is unlikely to change as it would mess with addons using it now.