diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
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+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
+
+project(comboboxtests VERSION 0.1 LANGUAGES CXX)
+
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
+
+find_package(Qt6 6.4 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Quick)
+
+qt_standard_project_setup()
+
+qt_add_executable(appcomboboxtests
+    main.cpp
+    cppdefinedmodel.h cppdefinedmodel.cpp
+)
+
+qt_add_qml_module(appcomboboxtests
+    URI comboboxtests
+    VERSION 1.0
+    RESOURCES
+        icons/movinghead.png
+        icons/nebelmaschine.png
+        icons/rgbstrahler.png
+    QML_FILES
+        Main.qml
+        IconComboBox.qml
+        IconChooserDelegateLayout.qml
+)
+
+set_target_properties(appcomboboxtests PROPERTIES
+    MACOSX_BUNDLE_GUI_IDENTIFIER my.example.com
+    MACOSX_BUNDLE_BUNDLE_VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION}
+    MACOSX_BUNDLE_SHORT_VERSION_STRING ${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR}
+    MACOSX_BUNDLE TRUE
+    WIN32_EXECUTABLE TRUE
+)
+
+target_link_libraries(appcomboboxtests
+    PRIVATE Qt6::Quick
+)
+
+install(TARGETS appcomboboxtests
+    BUNDLE DESTINATION .
+    LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
diff --git a/IconChooserDelegateLayout.qml b/IconChooserDelegateLayout.qml
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+import QtQuick
+import QtQuick.Controls.Material
+import QtQuick.Layouts
+
+RowLayout {
+    property string text
+    property string iconSource
+    property bool isInsideMaterialComboBox: false
+
+    id: layout
+
+    Image {
+        Layout.topMargin: isInsideMaterialComboBox ? 15 : 9
+        Layout.bottomMargin: isInsideMaterialComboBox ? 15 : 9
+        Layout.fillHeight: true
+        source: layout.iconSource
+        fillMode: Image.PreserveAspectFit
+    }
+    Label {
+        Layout.preferredHeight: layout.height
+        text: layout.text
+        verticalAlignment: Label.AlignVCenter
+        fontSizeMode: Text.VerticalFit
+        font.pixelSize: 20
+    }
+    Item {
+        Layout.fillWidth: true
+    }
+}
diff --git a/IconComboBox.qml b/IconComboBox.qml
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+++ b/IconComboBox.qml
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+import QtQuick
+import QtQuick.Controls
+import QtQuick.Controls.Material
+import Qt.labs.folderlistmodel 2.4
+import comboboxtests 1.0
+
+ComboBox {
+    id: comboBox
+
+    property string iconSourceRole
+
+    delegate: ItemDelegate {
+        height: 64
+        anchors.left: parent.left
+        anchors.right: parent.right
+        contentItem: IconChooserDelegateLayout {
+            anchors.top: parent.top
+            anchors.bottom: parent.bottom
+            text: model[comboBox.textRole]
+            iconSource: model[comboBox.iconSourceRole]
+        }
+    }
+    contentItem: IconChooserDelegateLayout {
+        text: comboBox.displayText
+        isInsideMaterialComboBox: true
+        iconSource: {
+//            console.log("QAbstractListModel", model instanceof QAbstractListModel);
+//            console.log("QAbstractItemModel", model instanceof QAbstractItemModel);
+//            console.log("FolderListModel", model instanceof FolderListModel);
+//            console.log("DeviceTypesModel", model instanceof CppDefinedModel);
+//            console.log("QtObject", model instanceof QtObject);
+
+            if (comboBox.currentIndex < 0)
+                return '';
+            if (!comboBox.model)
+                return '';
+            if (!comboBox.iconSourceRole)
+                return '';
+
+            // FolderListModel has a different API
+            if (model instanceof FolderListModel)
+                return model.get(comboBox.currentIndex, iconSourceRole);
+            // ListModel has another different API
+            else if ('get' in model)
+            {
+                const data = model.get(comboBox.currentIndex);
+                console.log(data);
+                return data[iconSourceRole];
+            }
+            // and I dont know how to access C++ models from QML at all
+            else if ('roleNames' in model || 'data' in model)
+            {
+                if (!('roleNames' in model && 'data' in model))
+                    throw 'roleNames or data not defined!';
+
+                const roleNames = model.roleNames();
+                console.log('roleNames', roleNames);
+
+                const index = model.index(comboBox.currentIndex, 0);
+                const data = model.data(index, 99);
+                console.log('data', data);
+
+                throw 'getting data from model using roleNames and data is not yet implemented.';
+            }
+            else
+                throw 'unknown model type: ' + typeof model;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Main.qml b/Main.qml
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+++ b/Main.qml
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+import QtQuick
+import QtQuick.Controls
+import QtQuick.Controls.Material
+import QtQuick.Layouts
+import QtQuick.Window
+import Qt.labs.folderlistmodel 2.4
+import comboboxtests 1.0
+
+Window {
+    width: 640
+    height: 480
+    visible: true
+    title: qsTr("Hello World")
+
+    GridLayout {
+        anchors.fill: parent
+
+        columns: 2
+
+        // IconComboBox shall support qml ListModels
+        IconComboBox {
+            Layout.preferredHeight: 64
+            id: listModelComboBox
+            textRole: 'theText'
+            valueRole: 'theValue'
+            iconSourceRole: 'theIconUrl'
+            model: ListModel {
+                ListElement { theText: 'text0'; theValue: 'value0'; theIconUrl: 'qrc:/comboboxtests/icons/movinghead.png' }
+                ListElement { theText: 'text1'; theValue: 'value1'; theIconUrl: 'qrc:/comboboxtests/icons/movinghead.png' }
+                ListElement { theText: 'text2'; theValue: 'value2'; theIconUrl: 'qrc:/comboboxtests/icons/nebelmaschine.png' }
+                ListElement { theText: 'text3'; theValue: 'value3'; theIconUrl: 'qrc:/comboboxtests/icons/nebelmaschine.png' }
+                ListElement { theText: 'text4'; theValue: 'value4'; theIconUrl: 'qrc:/comboboxtests/icons/rgbstrahler.png' }
+                ListElement { theText: 'text5'; theValue: 'value5'; theIconUrl: 'qrc:/comboboxtests/icons/rgbstrahler.png' }
+            }
+        }
+        Label {
+            text: qsTr('currentValue: ') + listModelComboBox.currentValue
+        }
+
+        // IconComboBox shall support qml FolderListModels (to let the user select which icon to use)
+        IconComboBox {
+            Layout.preferredHeight: 64
+            id: folderListModelComboBox
+            textRole: "fileBaseName"
+            valueRole: "fileBaseName"
+            iconSourceRole: "fileUrl"
+            model: FolderListModel {
+                folder: "qrc:/comboboxtests/icons/"
+                showDirs: false
+
+                function getUrlForIcon(name) {
+                    let myFolder = folder;
+                    if (myFolder.length < 1 || myFolder.charAt(myFolder.length - 1) !== '/') {
+                        myFolder = myFolder + '/';
+                    }
+
+                    return myFolder + name + ".png"
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        Label {
+            text: qsTr('currentValue: ') + folderListModelComboBox.currentValue
+        }
+
+        // IconComboBox shall support C++ QAbstractListModels (access to our internal database)
+        IconComboBox {
+            Layout.preferredHeight: 64
+            id: cppModelComboBox
+            textRole: 'theText'
+            valueRole: 'theValue'
+            iconSourceRole: 'theIconUrl'
+            model: CppDefinedModel {
+
+            }
+        }
+        Label {
+            text: qsTr('currentValue: ') + cppModelComboBox.currentValue
+        }
+
+        Item {
+            Layout.fillHeight: true
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/cppdefinedmodel.cpp b/cppdefinedmodel.cpp
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+#include "cppdefinedmodel.h"
diff --git a/cppdefinedmodel.h b/cppdefinedmodel.h
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+++ b/cppdefinedmodel.h
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+#pragma once
+
+#include <QAbstractListModel>
+#include <qqml.h>
+
+class CppDefinedModel : public QAbstractListModel
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+    QML_ELEMENT
+
+    enum {
+        TextRole = Qt::UserRole,
+        ValueRole,
+        IconUrlRole
+    };
+
+public:
+    using QAbstractListModel::QAbstractListModel;
+
+    int rowCount(const QModelIndex &parent) const override
+    {
+        return 6;
+    }
+    QVariant data(const QModelIndex &index, int role) const override
+    {
+        switch (role)
+        {
+        case TextRole:    return QString("name%0").arg(index.row());
+        case ValueRole:   return QString("value%0").arg(index.row());
+        case IconUrlRole: return QString("qrc:/comboboxtests/icons/%0.png")
+                    .arg(std::array<const char *,3>{{"movinghead", "nebelmaschine", "rgbstrahler"}}[index.row() / 2 % 3]);
+        }
+        return {};
+    }
+    QHash<int, QByteArray> roleNames() const override
+    {
+        return {{TextRole, "theText"}, {ValueRole, "theValue"}, {IconUrlRole, "theIconUrl"}};
+    }
+};
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diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
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+#include <QGuiApplication>
+#include <QQmlApplicationEngine>
+
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    QGuiApplication app(argc, argv);
+
+    QQmlApplicationEngine engine;
+    const QUrl url(u"qrc:/comboboxtests/Main.qml"_qs);
+    QObject::connect(&engine, &QQmlApplicationEngine::objectCreationFailed,
+                     &app, []() { qFatal("object creation failed!"); QCoreApplication::exit(-1); },
+    Qt::QueuedConnection);
+    engine.load(url);
+
+    return app.exec();
+}