question: protected boolean scrollLeft ( TextView widget , Spannable buffer , int amount ) { final int minScrollX = getScrollBoundsLeft ( widget ) ; int scrollX = widget . getScrollX ( ) ; if ( scrollX > minScrollX ) { scrollX = Math . max ( scrollX - getCharacterWidth ( widget ) * amount , minScrollX ) ; widget . scrollTo ( scrollX , widget . getScrollY ( ) ) ; return true ; } return false ; }
target:  Performs a scroll left action. Scrolls left by the specified number of characters.