'FingerTabs' - Horizontal Text, Horizontal Tabs in PyQt Forked from [LegoStormtroopr's gist](https://gist.github.com/LegoStormtroopr/5075267).

Example.py

from PyQt4 import QtGui, QtCore
from FingerTabs import FingerTabWidget, FingerTabBarWidget

import sys

app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
tabs = QtGui.QTabWidget()
tabBar = FingerTabBarWidget(width=100,height=25)
tabs.setTabBar(tabBar)
digits = ['Thumb','Pointer','Rude','Ring','Pinky']
for i,d in enumerate(digits):
    widget =  QtGui.QLabel("Area #%s <br> %s Finger"% (i,d))
    tabs.addTab(widget, d)
tabs.setTabPosition(QtGui.QTabWidget.West)
tabs.tabCloseRequested.connect(tabs.removeTab)
tabs.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())

FingerTabs.py

# Updated so a PyQT4 Designer TabWidget can be promoted to a FingerTabWidget

from PyQt4 import QtGui, QtCore
 
class FingerTabBarWidget(QtGui.QTabBar):
    def __init__(self, parent=None, *args, **kwargs):
        self.tabSize = QtCore.QSize(kwargs.pop('width',100), kwargs.pop('height',25))
        QtGui.QTabBar.__init__(self, parent, *args, **kwargs)
        self.setTabsClosable(True)
                 
    def paintEvent(self, event):
        painter = QtGui.QStylePainter(self)
        option = QtGui.QStyleOptionTab()
 
        for index in range(self.count()):
            self.initStyleOption(option, index)
            tabRect = self.tabRect(index)
            tabRect.moveLeft(10)
            painter.drawControl(QtGui.QStyle.CE_TabBarTabShape, option)
            painter.drawText(tabRect, QtCore.Qt.AlignVCenter |\
                             QtCore.Qt.TextDontClip, \
                             self.tabText(index));
        painter.end()
    def tabSizeHint(self,index):
        return self.tabSize

# Shamelessly stolen from this thread:
#   http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/pipermail/pyqt/2005-December/011724.html
class FingerTabWidget(QtGui.QTabWidget):
    """A QTabWidget equivalent which uses our FingerTabBarWidget"""
    def __init__(self, parent, *args):
        QtGui.QTabWidget.__init__(self, parent, *args)
        self.setTabBar(FingerTabBarWidget(self))

Licence.txt

This [gist](https://gist.github.com/davidruffner/f9bfc851be71cb9ace6c818390e2f7a2) is released as Public Domain. It is a minor edit from [LegoStormtroopr's gist](https://gist.github.com/LegoStormtroopr/5075267).