Dianne, the OP wants scrollbars on the left because Arabic is written right-to-left. So the reasons for having scrollbars on the right are reversed.
I'm not sure that's a good idea, however. I think Arabic users will be encountering scrollbars on the right very often, either because they're forced to use non-localized applications, or because localized applications don't implement scrollbars on the left. The result will be that scrollbars are sometimes on one side, sometimes on the other. I expect the confusion that will result will be worse than having the scrollbars always on the "wrong" side. The only satisfactory solution I see is if the system always picks the side based on locale and/or user preference. and people do NOT write their own code to do it. And even then -- if other systems and platforms don't offer this, it might still be confusing to users. I suspect it would be OK, but I'd want to see some usability testing before I committed the platform to doing that. On Mar 27, 9:37 pm, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > But why do you want to put a scroll bar on the left? Scroll bars on Android > are on the right. Making that different just makes things gratuitously > different for the user, for no reason I can see. > > > > > > On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 9:09 AM, skink <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Mar 27, 3:03 pm, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > emna zeddini wrote: > > > > hello, I didn't understand what you meant.Is it impossible? > > > > I mean that none of the built-in classes (e.g., ScrollView) offer > > > scrollbars on the left side. > > > > You are welcome to examine the 2,400 lines of code that make up > > > ScrollView.java and HorizontalScrollView.java to see if you can figure > > > out how to make a ScrollViewWithScrollBarOnTheLeft.java to meet your > > needs. > > > i believe it is android.view.View that draws scrollbars > > > pskink > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<android-developers%2Bunsubs > > [email protected]> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+ > > unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE > > ME" as the subject. > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > [email protected] > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > answer them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
