Scrollbar on the left

[torn]

How can I move the scrollbar of a QTreeView/QListView to the left edge of the widget? I want the scrollbar to be on the left side for a specific widget in my app.

[jpn]

anyAbstractScrollArea->setLayoutDirection(Qt::RightToLeft);

anyAbstractScrollArea->setLayoutDirection(Qt::RightToLeft);

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[torn]

anyAbstractScrollArea->setLayoutDirection(Qt::RightToLeft);

anyAbstractScrollArea->setLayoutDirection(Qt::RightToLeft);

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The problem with this solution is that it moves icons on the right side and aligns text to right. I'd like to change scrollbar position but keep the content intact.

[jpn]

But that's quite weird to have a scroll bar on the left in a LTR layout, isn't it? You might be better off with a custom scroll bar, then. You can hide the scroll bar provided by the abstract scroll area by adjusting the scroll bar policy. Use layouts to place a scroll bar on the left side of the scroll area and connect signals from/to the hidden scroll bar to make the custom scroll bar functional. Notice that you have to sync both range and value.

[torn]

It looks like this is the way to go. Thank you for your time.

[tituslup]

I also needed to place a scroll bar on the left side of a tableView, and based on the layout advice from jpn, i did is the fallowing:

QTableView* reportTableView = new QTableView(this);
reportTableView->setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(Qt::ScrollBarAlwaysOff);
 
QScrollBar* scrollBar = reportTableView->verticalScrollBar();
 
// Add widgets to H layout.
layout->addWidget(scrollBar);
layout->addWidget(reportTableView );

QTableView* reportTableView = new QTableView(this);
reportTableView->setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(Qt::ScrollBarAlwaysOff);

QScrollBar* scrollBar = reportTableView->verticalScrollBar();

// Add widgets to H layout.
layout->addWidget(scrollBar);
layout->addWidget(reportTableView );

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This way you use the existing scrollBar, but place it on the left.
Hope this works right.