QDockArea size hint

[ksierens]

The strange part is that if I resize the dock area with the mouse, even slightly, the dock windows will not change the size of the dock area.

Is there a way to progmatically set the initial size of the dock area in the same way?

I tried to set the maximum size for the dockarea (right), but when the central widget is resized, the widgets in the dock area are set to my maximum size I set, but the dock areas position does not respect this width. (as shown in the attached image)