Vertical QToolBar from MainWindow

Question

What I want: http://puu.sh/3oUjh.jpg What I have: http://puu.sh/3oUnI.png

The toolbar is made in mainwindow.ui, ive tried ui->_toolbar->setLayoutDirection(Qt::LeftToolBarArea);

But I get this error: no matching function for call to 'QToolBar::setLayoutDirection(Qt::ToolBarArea)'

Answer 1

You can use QToolBar::orientation property:

ui->myToolbar->setOrientation(Qt::Vertical);

You can also use QMainWindow::addToolBar:

addToolBar(Qt::LeftToolBarArea, ui->myToolbar);

Note that by default the user is able to drag toolbars and attach them to any side of the main window.