JScrollPane with scroll bar on the left

		JScrollPane jsp = new JScrollPane(yourComp);
		jsp.setComponentOrientation(ComponentOrientation.RIGHT_TO_LEFT);
		jsp.getViewport().setViewPosition(new Point(0, 0));

	if (!this.getComponentOrientation().isLeftToRight()) {
	    viewport.setViewPosition(new Point(Integer.MAX_VALUE, 0));
	}

public class LeftyScrollPaneLayout extends ScrollPaneLayout {

	public void layoutContainer(Container parent) {
		super.layoutContainer(parent);
		
		//Get the bounds of the viewport
		Rectangle availR = viewport.getBounds();
		
		//Expected width is the width of availR in the super method before
		//it is adjusted for the vertical scroll bar
		Insets insets = parent.getInsets();
		int expectedWidth = (((JScrollPane)parent).getBounds().width 
				- insets.left - insets.right);
		
		//If availR.width == expected width then no adjustement has been made
		//for the vertical scroll bar so no vsb is showing so we dont need
		//to do anything unless availR.width != expectedWidth
		if (availR.width != expectedWidth) {
			//Get the bounds of vsb and move its x value to 1 (do not use 0,
			//1 is the value used in the super method when placing scroll bars
			//at the edge)
			Rectangle vsbbounds = vsb.getBounds();
			vsbbounds.x = 1;
			vsb.setBounds(vsbbounds);
			
			//Test viewport is not null if not move it to the right to make
			//space for the vsb and to take over the space where the vsb
			//used to be.
			if (viewport != null) {
				availR.x = availR.x + vsbbounds.width;
				viewport.setBounds(availR);	
			}
			
			//The horizontal scroll bar also needs moving to the right
			//otherwise there is no empty square between the scroll bars
			//adjacent ends but there is one where vsb used to be
			Rectangle hsbbounds = hsb.getBounds();
			hsbbounds.x = hsbbounds.x + vsbbounds.width;
			hsb.setBounds(hsbbounds);
		}		 
	}
}