Flipping GFX HAT display 180 degrees

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Hi,
I have the GFX HAT and I’m displaying text on it. Unfortunately, due to the configuration of the charging cable for my Pi 4 I would prefer the text to be displayed upside down. I’m trying to modify the default hello_world.py script, I’ve tried the following, but the LCD is blank:
draw = ImageDraw.Draw(image.rotate(180))
I’d greatly appreciate help, and apologise for such a nooby question.

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I’ve not got one handy to test, but it looks like 180 degree rotation is supported in the GFX Hat library:

from gfxhat import lcd

lcd.rotation(r=180)
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Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately when I try that I get this error:

AttributeError: module 'gfxhat.lcd' has no attribute 'rotation'
``` even though I have imported lcd?
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Ah okay, so the gfx hat library installed isn’t the same as that on github: I’ve updated it and get no erorr, yet the display remains unflipped

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Never mind, just had to reimport the latest version of the repo. Cheers!

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