[PyQt] ItemSelectionModel like in Kontact

[Lukas]

Hello,

i want to create a QMainWindow whick looks similar to KDEs Kontact (I uploaded 
a screenshot here: http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/9964/kontacter1.png )

There should be an ItemSelectionModel an the left border and it should be 
completely done with Qt Designer.

I attacked my first attempt, which has the following disadvantages:
 - The background color is white.
    If I use a stylesheet I can only change the color to grey, but I want to 
use something like QMainWindow.backgroundRole()

 - I'm not able to set a preferred minimal size.
   I hardcoded the gridSize to 48x70, iconSize to 48x48 and
   maximumSize to 52 x anything
   So if there is any item with an longer text, the text will be simply cut 
off, but the size should be adjusted correctly.

Is there any way to work around these disadvantages?

Thanks for your help,
Lukas

p.s.: Merry Christmas!
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