diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index c38c793a0..e75e68131 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ CHANGES IN FLTK 1.1.7
 
 	- Documentation fixes (STR #648, STR #692, STR #730, STR
 	  #744, STR #745)
-	- Fixed position of menu titles (STR #794)
+	- Fixed symbol demo label bug (STR #777)
+	- Fixed position of menu titles (STR #795)
 	- Added missing Fl_Window::copy_label() method.
 	- Fixed wrong tooltip in fluid (STR #784)
 	- Added zlib path to fluid (STR #783)
diff --git a/test/symbols.cxx b/test/symbols.cxx
index 3d43ea4f9..08d21dc59 100644
--- a/test/symbols.cxx
+++ b/test/symbols.cxx
@@ -49,24 +49,21 @@ void slider_cb(Fl_Widget *w, void *) {
   int sze = (int)size->value();
   for (int i = window->children(); i--; ) {          // all window children
     Fl_Widget *wc = window->child(i);
-    const char *l = wc->label();
-    if ( *l == '@' ) {                            // all children with '@'
-      if ( *(++l) == '@' ) {                      // ascii legend?
-        l++;
-	while (isdigit(*l)||(*l=='+'&&l[1])||*l=='-') { l++; }
+    const char *l = (const char *)(wc->user_data());
+    if ( l && *l == '@' ) {                       // all children with '@'
+      l ++;
+      if ( wc->box() == FL_NO_BOX ) {             // ascii legend?
         if (val&&sze) sprintf(buf, "@@%+d%d%s", sze, val, l);
         else if (val) sprintf(buf, "@@%d%s", val, l);
         else if (sze) sprintf(buf, "@@%+d%s", sze, l);
         else          sprintf(buf, "@@%s", l);
       } else {                                    // box with symbol
-        while (isdigit(*l)||(*l=='+'&&l[1])||*l=='-') { l++; }
         if (val&&sze) sprintf(buf, "@%+d%d%s", sze, val, l);
         else if (val) sprintf(buf, "@%d%s", val, l);
         else if (sze) sprintf(buf, "@%+d%s", sze, l);
         else          sprintf(buf, "@%s", l);
       }
-      free((void*)(wc->label()));
-      wc->label(strdup(buf));
+      wc->copy_label(buf);
     }
   }
   window->redraw();
@@ -80,11 +77,17 @@ void bt(const char *name) {
   x = x*W+10;
   y = y*H+10;
   sprintf(buf, "@%s", name);
-  Fl_Box *a = new Fl_Box(FL_NO_BOX,x,y,W-20,H-20,strdup(buf));
+  Fl_Box *a = new Fl_Box(x,y,W-20,H-20);
+  a->box(FL_NO_BOX);
+  a->copy_label(buf);
   a->align(FL_ALIGN_BOTTOM);
   a->labelsize(11);
-  Fl_Box *b = new Fl_Box(FL_UP_BOX,x,y,W-20,H-20,strdup(name));
+  a->user_data((void *)name);
+  Fl_Box *b = new Fl_Box(x,y,W-20,H-20);
+  b->box(FL_UP_BOX);
+  b->copy_label(name);
   b->labelcolor(FL_DARK3);
+  b->user_data((void *)name);
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char ** argv) {