diff --git a/fill3/fill3/__init__.py b/fill3/fill3/__init__.py
index a59e5f9..24595ef 100755
--- a/fill3/fill3/__init__.py
+++ b/fill3/fill3/__init__.py
@@ -245,11 +245,13 @@ class Portal:
 
 class View:
 
-    def __init__(self, portal, horizontal_scrollbar, vertical_scrollbar, hide_scrollbars=True):
+    def __init__(self, portal, horizontal_scrollbar, vertical_scrollbar, hide_scrollbars=True,
+                 is_left_scrollbar=False):
         self.portal = portal
         self.horizontal_scrollbar = horizontal_scrollbar
         self.vertical_scrollbar = vertical_scrollbar
         self.hide_scrollbars = hide_scrollbars
+        self.is_left_scrollbar = is_left_scrollbar
 
     @classmethod
     def from_widget(cls, widget):
@@ -296,7 +298,9 @@ class View:
             result = portal_appearance
         else:
             scrollbar_v_appearance = self.vertical_scrollbar.appearance_for((1, height))
-            result = join_horizontal([portal_appearance, scrollbar_v_appearance])
+            parts = ([scrollbar_v_appearance, portal_appearance] if self.is_left_scrollbar
+                     else [portal_appearance, scrollbar_v_appearance])
+            result = join_horizontal(parts)
         if not hide_scrollbar_horizontal:
             scrollbar_h_appearance = self.horizontal_scrollbar.appearance_for((width, 1))
             result.append(scrollbar_h_appearance[0] + ("" if hide_scrollbar_vertical else " "))