From 2322f70fb6f04851a8f2ece1663391568609b00a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Hartmann <thomas.hartmann@qt.io>
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2017 14:12:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] QmlDesigner: Fix for changing type

The type of the root node is handled differently.

Change-Id: I360095c97184230502c8d80fbcb7ef7815f0a177
Reviewed-by: Tim Jenssen <tim.jenssen@qt.io>
---
 .../propertyeditor/propertyeditorcontextobject.cpp           | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditorcontextobject.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditorcontextobject.cpp
index 53b7181bc32..eb42a64de36 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditorcontextobject.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditorcontextobject.cpp
@@ -187,7 +187,10 @@ void PropertyEditorContextObject::changeTypeName(const QString &typeName)
             Core::AsynchronousMessageBox::warning(tr("Invalid Type"),  tr("%1 is an invalid type.").arg(typeName));
             return;
         }
-        selectedNode.changeType(metaInfo.typeName(), metaInfo.majorVersion(), metaInfo.minorVersion());
+        if (selectedNode.isRootNode())
+             rewriterView->changeRootNodeType(metaInfo.typeName(), metaInfo.majorVersion(), metaInfo.minorVersion());
+        else
+            selectedNode.changeType(metaInfo.typeName(), metaInfo.majorVersion(), metaInfo.minorVersion());
 
         transaction.commit();
     }  catch (RewritingException &exception) { //better safe than sorry! There always might be cases where we fail