Arabic issue #20: A request for an API solution of reversing the arrows.

[Munzir Taha]

The image of the pointing arrow needs to always be reversed in 
QFileDialog::getExistingDirectory(), ::getOpenFileName(s)() 
and ::getSaveFileName() when the layout direction is reversed. I believe Qt 
should implement this on the API and attach it to the reverse situation.

Now the left and right arrows on applications/dialogs/widgets should be 
swapped when dealing with a right-to-left language. We need to always do it 
as follows as mentioned by blanchette's book:

    if (QApplication::reverseLayout()) {
         backAct->setIconSet(forwardIcon);
         forwardAct->setIconSet(backIcon);
    } else {
         backAct->setIconSet(backIcon);
         forwardAct->setIconSet(forwardIcon);
    }

Is it too expensive if I ask for this to be somehow on the API?

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[Lars Knoll]

On Wednesday 02 March 2005 23:13, Munzir Taha wrote:
>  The image of the pointing arrow needs to always be reversed in
>  QFileDialog::getExistingDirectory(), ::getOpenFileName(s)()
>  and ::getSaveFileName() when the layout direction is reversed. I believe Qt
>  should implement this on the API and attach it to the reverse situation.
>
>  Now the left and right arrows on applications/dialogs/widgets should be
>  swapped when dealing with a right-to-left language. We need to always do it
>  as follows as mentioned by blanchette's book:
>
>      if (QApplication::reverseLayout()) {
>           backAct->setIconSet(forwardIcon);
>           forwardAct->setIconSet(backIcon);
>      } else {
>           backAct->setIconSet(backIcon);
>           forwardAct->setIconSet(forwardIcon);
>      }
>
>  Is it too expensive if I ask for this to be somehow on the API? 
It's nothing we will do for 4.0. I'll set it on the list of feature requests 
for 4.1 though.

Lars