Bug 4549 - scrollbars on left
Summary: scrollbars on left
Status: RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Alias: None
Product: kdelibs
Classification: Unmaintained
Component: qt (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: unspecified Other
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdelibs bugs
URL:
Keywords: rtl
: 13363 20104 51883 214259 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2000-06-05 19:33 UTC by Unknown
Modified: 2024-09-14 16:18 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

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Description Rob Kaper 2000-06-05 19:33:59 UTC
(*** This bug was imported into bugs.kde.org ***)

Package: konqueror
Version: cvsup 20000605 2100 CEST
Priority: Wishlist

Courtesy of a friend of mine: it would be nice if the position of the
scrollbars in the file manager would be configurable. He wants them at the
left just like it is possible in konsole.

Rob
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Comment 1 David Faure 2000-06-05 19:35:57 UTC
Hmm isn't that handled by KStyle ? mosfet ?

On Mon Jun 05 2000 at 09:33:59PM +0200 Rob Kaper wrote:
> Package: konqueror
> Version: cvsup 20000605 2100 CEST
> Priority: Wishlist
> 
> Courtesy of a friend of mine: it would be nice if the position of the
> scrollbars in the file manager would be configurable. He wants them at the
> left just like it is possible in konsole.
> 
> Rob
> -- 
> Rob Kaper | cap@capsi.com cap@capsi.cx cap@atomickitten.cx
>           | http://capsi.com/ http://capsi.cx/ telnet://chat.capsi.cx:2300/
>           | "These are the people who proudly call themselves "hackers" --
>           | not as the term is now abused by journalists to mean a computer
>           | criminal but in its true and original sense of an enthusiast
>           | an artist a tinkerer a problem solver an expert." -- ESR

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Comment 2 John Firebaugh 2002-09-15 07:12:17 UTC
*** Bug 13363 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 John Firebaugh 2002-09-15 07:30:13 UTC
*** Bug 20104 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Angel Blue01 2009-03-04 04:04:28 UTC
Switching the scrollbar might be useful for right-to-left languages
Comment 5 Christoph Feck 2009-10-05 18:11:39 UTC
Needs support from Qt for QAbstractScrollArea based widgets (which means 99% of all cases where scrollbars appear).

Currently, Qt only positions scrollbars on the left with RTL languages.
Comment 6 lee 2010-10-22 02:08:23 UTC
Have there been any changes to this? Is it possible to set up for some RTL language just to get the scrollbars to the left side without messing up anything else?

BTW, some ppl argue that one reason for scrollbars on the left is that when you move a window off the screen to one side, mott you move it to the right, making the scrollbar invisible. How about an option that, when enabled, makes the scrollbar automatically flip over from the side that is moved off the screen to the side that´s still on the screen?

Anyway, it would be really nice if it was finally configurable on which side the scrollbar is ...
Comment 7 disabled account 2011-05-29 02:07:13 UTC
*** Bug 51883 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 8 disabled account 2011-05-29 02:07:45 UTC
*** Bug 214259 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 9 Thomas Jensch 2011-08-05 17:19:56 UTC
Being left handed and using KDE SC on a tablet i like to emphasize the importance of free scrollbar positioning. now, my hand covers all the screen when i need to scroll, resulting in almost blind scrolling.

so, for me this is not a feature request, but a bug report, because it seriously limits usability for (at least) left-handed tablet users.
Comment 10 jarauh 2011-08-08 09:15:26 UTC
Some time ago I submitted a bug report to QT, but it was closed without comment, see
https://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/browse/QTBUG-10024

I think adding support for scrollbars to qt would be the easiest and cleanest solution.  Maybe some further comments to that qt bug would motivate the qt developers to look into it again.
Comment 11 leo_rockway 2012-06-12 07:54:02 UTC
Is this being implemented on Qt5?
Comment 12 Christoph Cullmann 2024-09-14 16:18:08 UTC
Hi,

kdelibs (version 4 and earlier) is no longer maintained since a few years.

KDE Frameworks 5 or 6 might already have implemented this wish.

If not, please re-open against the matching framework if feasible or against the application that shows the issue.

We then can still dispatch it to the right Bugzilla product or component.

Greetings
Christoph Cullmann