pyqt qtabwidget horizontal tab and horizontal text in QtDesigner

Question

i am having problem to change text alignment using pyqt4 desginer i have made tabs horizontal by aligning west but the text in that goes north to south that looks bad i want

Answer 1

Better way for looks and usability:

At the Qt Designer>

1. Use QToolBox at left side and QTabWidget at right.
2. Connect both with signal (currentChanged(int) - setCurrentIndex(int)).
3. Hide QTabWidget header with following css.

QTabBar::tab {height: 0px;}

Here an Example: