diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designmodewidget.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designmodewidget.cpp
index f728bf4bb02..648cb3b07f1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designmodewidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designmodewidget.cpp
@@ -516,7 +516,10 @@ QWidget *DesignModeWidget::createCenterWidget()
     m_topSideBar = createTopSideBarWidget(viewManager().widgetInfos());
     horizontalLayout->addWidget(m_topSideBar.data());
 
-    horizontalLayout->addWidget(createCentralSplitter(viewManager().widgetInfos()));
+    Core::MiniSplitter *centralSplitter = createCentralSplitter(viewManager().widgetInfos());
+    m_centralTabWidget = centralSplitter->findChild<QTabWidget*>("centralTabWidget");
+    Q_ASSERT(m_centralTabWidget);
+    horizontalLayout->addWidget(centralSplitter);
 
     return centerWidget;
 }
@@ -585,6 +588,11 @@ CrumbleBar *DesignModeWidget::crumbleBar() const
     return m_crumbleBar;
 }
 
+QTabWidget *DesignModeWidget::centralTabWidget() const
+{
+    return m_centralTabWidget;
+}
+
 QString DesignModeWidget::contextHelpId() const
 {
     if (currentDesignDocument())
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designmodewidget.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designmodewidget.h
index a0797b069ee..06bc08646c4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designmodewidget.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designmodewidget.h
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@
 #include <QWidget>
 #include <QScopedPointer>
 
+QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
+class QTabWidget;
+QT_END_NAMESPACE
+
 namespace Core {
     class SideBar;
     class SideBarItem;
@@ -80,6 +84,7 @@ public:
     bool gotoCodeWasClicked();
 
     CrumbleBar* crumbleBar() const;
+    QTabWidget* centralTabWidget() const;
 
 public slots:
     void updateErrorStatus(const QList<RewriterError> &errors);
@@ -107,6 +112,7 @@ private: // functions
 private: // variables
     QSplitter *m_mainSplitter = nullptr;
     QPointer<DocumentWarningWidget> m_warningWidget;
+    QTabWidget* m_centralTabWidget = nullptr;
 
     QScopedPointer<Core::SideBar> m_leftSideBar;
     QScopedPointer<Core::SideBar> m_rightSideBar;