QDockWidget vertical preference

Question

I am using QDockWidget in my application. The widgets by default align like this:

However, I want my application to have a preference for the vertical docks like this:

Is there a way to achieve this? I am using Qt 5.10.0. Thanks

Answer 1

You have to assign corners to respective dock areas in main window, using

void QMainWindow::setCorner(Qt::Corner corner, Qt::DockWidgetArea area)

e.g.

setCorner( Qt::BottomLeftCorner, Qt::LeftDockWidgetArea );