diff --git a/share/qtcreator/welcomescreen/widgets/IconAndLink.qml b/share/qtcreator/welcomescreen/widgets/IconAndLink.qml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0277d977119
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/qtcreator/welcomescreen/widgets/IconAndLink.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2014 Digia Plc and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+** Contact: http://www.qt-project.org/legal
+**
+** This file is part of Qt Creator.
+**
+** Commercial License Usage
+** Licensees holding valid commercial Qt licenses may use this file in
+** accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the
+** Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in
+** a written agreement between you and Digia.  For licensing terms and
+** conditions see http://qt.digia.com/licensing.  For further information
+** use the contact form at http://qt.digia.com/contact-us.
+**
+** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
+** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
+** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
+** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
+** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
+**
+** In addition, as a special exception, Digia gives you certain additional
+** rights.  These rights are described in the Digia Qt LGPL Exception
+** version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package.
+**
+****************************************************************************/
+
+import QtQuick 2.1
+
+Row {
+    property string iconSource
+    property string title: "title"
+    property string openUrl
+    property string openHelpUrl
+    spacing: 7
+    Image {
+        width: 16
+        height: 16
+        source: iconSource
+    }
+    LinkedText {
+        text: title
+        font.pixelSize: 11
+        color: "black"
+        onClicked: {
+            if (openUrl)
+                gettingStarted.openUrl(openUrl);
+            if (openHelpUrl)
+                gettingStarted.openHelp(openUrl);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/share/qtcreator/welcomescreen/widgets/SideBar.qml b/share/qtcreator/welcomescreen/widgets/SideBar.qml
index 521bf45c5d5..a1c392f9a86 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/welcomescreen/widgets/SideBar.qml
+++ b/share/qtcreator/welcomescreen/widgets/SideBar.qml
@@ -132,47 +132,20 @@ ColumnLayout {
             Column {
                 x: 14
                 spacing: 16
-                Row {
-                    spacing: 7
-                    Image {
-                        width: 16
-                        height: 15
-                        source: "images/icons/onlineCommunity.png"
-                    }
-                    LinkedText {
-                        text: qsTr("Online Community")
-                        font.pixelSize: 11
-                        color: "black"
-                        onClicked: gettingStarted.openUrl("http://qt-project.org/forums")
-                    }
+                IconAndLink {
+                    iconSource: "images/icons/onlineCommunity.png"
+                    title: qsTr("Online Community")
+                    openUrl: "http://qt-project.org/forums"
                 }
-                Row {
-                    spacing: 7
-                    Image {
-                        height: 15
-                        width: 15
-                        source: "images/icons/blogs.png"
-                    }
-                    LinkedText {
-                        text: qsTr("Blogs")
-                        font.pixelSize: 11
-                        color: "black"
-                        onClicked: gettingStarted.openUrl("http://planet.qt-project.org")
-                    }
+                IconAndLink {
+                    iconSource: "images/icons/blogs.png"
+                    title: qsTr("Blogs")
+                    openUrl: "http://planet.qt-project.org"
                 }
-                Row {
-                    spacing: 7
-                    Image {
-                        width: 16
-                        height: 15
-                        source: "images/icons/userGuide.png"
-                    }
-                    LinkedText {
-                        text: qsTr("User Guide")
-                        font.pixelSize: 11
-                        color: "black"
-                        onClicked: gettingStarted.openHelp("qthelp://org.qt-project.qtcreator/doc/index.html")
-                    }
+                IconAndLink {
+                    iconSource: "images/icons/userGuide.png"
+                    title: qsTr("User Guide")
+                    openHelpUrl: "qthelp://org.qt-project.qtcreator/doc/index.html"
                 }
             }
         }