diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/navigator/navigatormodelinterface.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/navigator/navigatormodelinterface.h
index d560eb2824a..8c914b50e45 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/navigator/navigatormodelinterface.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/navigator/navigatormodelinterface.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ public:
     virtual void notifyModelNodesMoved(const QList<ModelNode> &modelNodes) = 0;
     virtual void notifyIconsChanged() = 0;
     virtual void setFilter(bool showObjects) = 0;
+    virtual void setOrder(bool reverse) = 0;
     virtual void resetModel() = 0;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/navigator/navigatortreemodel.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/navigator/navigatortreemodel.cpp
index 3312a16adb8..a2419a351f3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/navigator/navigatortreemodel.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/navigator/navigatortreemodel.cpp
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ void static appendForcedNodes(const NodeListProperty &property, QList<ModelNode>
     }
 }
 
-QList<ModelNode> filteredList(const NodeListProperty &property, bool filter)
+QList<ModelNode> filteredList(const NodeListProperty &property, bool filter, bool reverseOrder)
 {
     QList<ModelNode> list;
 
@@ -288,6 +288,9 @@ QList<ModelNode> filteredList(const NodeListProperty &property, bool filter)
 
     appendForcedNodes(property, list);
 
+    if (reverseOrder)
+        std::reverse(list.begin(), list.end());
+
     return list;
 }
 
@@ -307,7 +310,9 @@ QModelIndex NavigatorTreeModel::index(int row, int column,
 
     ModelNode modelNode;
     if (parentModelNode.defaultNodeListProperty().isValid())
-        modelNode = filteredList(parentModelNode.defaultNodeListProperty(), m_showOnlyVisibleItems).at(row);
+        modelNode = filteredList(parentModelNode.defaultNodeListProperty(),
+                                 m_showOnlyVisibleItems,
+                                 m_reverseItemOrder).at(row);
 
     if (!modelNode.isValid())
         return QModelIndex();
@@ -338,7 +343,9 @@ QModelIndex NavigatorTreeModel::parent(const QModelIndex &index) const
     int row = 0;
 
     if (!parentModelNode.isRootNode() && parentModelNode.parentProperty().isNodeListProperty())
-        row = filteredList(parentModelNode.parentProperty().toNodeListProperty(), m_showOnlyVisibleItems).indexOf(parentModelNode);
+        row = filteredList(parentModelNode.parentProperty().toNodeListProperty(),
+                           m_showOnlyVisibleItems,
+                           m_reverseItemOrder).indexOf(parentModelNode);
 
     return createIndexFromModelNode(row, 0, parentModelNode);
 }
@@ -358,7 +365,9 @@ int NavigatorTreeModel::rowCount(const QModelIndex &parent) const
     int rows = 0;
 
     if (modelNode.defaultNodeListProperty().isValid())
-        rows = filteredList(modelNode.defaultNodeListProperty(), m_showOnlyVisibleItems).count();
+        rows = filteredList(modelNode.defaultNodeListProperty(),
+                            m_showOnlyVisibleItems,
+                            m_reverseItemOrder).count();
 
     return rows;
 }
@@ -450,6 +459,9 @@ bool NavigatorTreeModel::dropMimeData(const QMimeData *mimeData,
     if (action == Qt::IgnoreAction)
         return true;
 
+    if (m_reverseItemOrder)
+        rowNumber = rowCount(dropModelIndex) - rowNumber;
+
     if (dropModelIndex.model() == this) {
         if (mimeData->hasFormat("application/vnd.bauhaus.itemlibraryinfo")) {
             handleItemLibraryItemDrop(mimeData, rowNumber, dropModelIndex);
@@ -832,6 +844,12 @@ void NavigatorTreeModel::setFilter(bool showOnlyVisibleItems)
     resetModel();
 }
 
+void NavigatorTreeModel::setOrder(bool reverseItemOrder)
+{
+    m_reverseItemOrder = reverseItemOrder;
+    resetModel();
+}
+
 void NavigatorTreeModel::resetModel()
 {
     beginResetModel();
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/navigator/navigatortreemodel.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/navigator/navigatortreemodel.h
index 6ab81960ca7..67c59b1aab6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/navigator/navigatortreemodel.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/navigator/navigatortreemodel.h
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ public:
     void notifyModelNodesMoved(const QList<ModelNode> &modelNodes) override;
     void notifyIconsChanged() override;
     void setFilter(bool showOnlyVisibleItems) override;
+    void setOrder(bool reverseItemOrder) override;
     void resetModel() override;
 
     void updateToolTipImage(const ModelNode &node, const QImage &image);
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ private:
     QPointer<NavigatorView> m_view;
     mutable QHash<ModelNode, QModelIndex> m_nodeIndexHash;
     bool m_showOnlyVisibleItems = true;
+    bool m_reverseItemOrder = false;
     DesignerActionManager *m_actionManager = nullptr;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/navigator/navigatorview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/navigator/navigatorview.cpp
index 1cc16d73f40..90284fec0a6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/navigator/navigatorview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/navigator/navigatorview.cpp
@@ -69,6 +69,36 @@ static inline void setScenePos(const QmlDesigner::ModelNode &modelNode,const QPo
     }
 }
 
+static inline void moveNodesUp(const QList<QmlDesigner::ModelNode> &nodes)
+{
+    for (const auto &node : nodes) {
+        if (!node.isRootNode() && node.parentProperty().isNodeListProperty()) {
+            int oldIndex = node.parentProperty().indexOf(node);
+            int index = oldIndex;
+            index--;
+            if (index < 0)
+                index = node.parentProperty().count() - 1; //wrap around
+            if (oldIndex != index)
+                node.parentProperty().toNodeListProperty().slide(oldIndex, index);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+static inline void moveNodesDown(const QList<QmlDesigner::ModelNode> &nodes)
+{
+    for (const auto &node : nodes) {
+        if (!node.isRootNode() && node.parentProperty().isNodeListProperty()) {
+            int oldIndex = node.parentProperty().indexOf(node);
+            int index = oldIndex;
+            index++;
+            if (index >= node.parentProperty().count())
+                index = 0; //wrap around
+            if (oldIndex != index)
+                node.parentProperty().toNodeListProperty().slide(oldIndex, index);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 namespace QmlDesigner {
 
 NavigatorView::NavigatorView(QObject* parent) :
@@ -119,6 +149,9 @@ void NavigatorView::modelAttached(Model *model)
         m_currentModelInterface->setFilter(
                     DesignerSettings::getValue(DesignerSettingsKey::NAVIGATOR_SHOW_ONLY_VISIBLE_ITEMS).toBool());
 
+        m_currentModelInterface->setOrder(
+                    DesignerSettings::getValue(DesignerSettingsKey::NAVIGATOR_REVERSE_ITEM_ORDER).toBool());
+
         // Expand everything to begin with to ensure model node to index cache is populated
         treeView->expandAll();
 
@@ -307,7 +340,7 @@ void NavigatorView::auxiliaryDataChanged(const ModelNode &modelNode,
 
 void NavigatorView::instanceErrorChanged(const QVector<ModelNode> &errorNodeList)
 {
-    foreach (const ModelNode &modelNode, errorNodeList)
+    for (const ModelNode &modelNode : errorNodeList)
         m_currentModelInterface->notifyDataChanged(modelNode);
 }
 
@@ -348,7 +381,7 @@ void NavigatorView::leftButtonClicked()
 
     bool blocked = blockSelectionChangedSignal(true);
 
-    foreach (const ModelNode &node, selectedModelNodes()) {
+    for (const ModelNode &node : selectedModelNodes()) {
         if (!node.isRootNode() && !node.parentProperty().parentModelNode().isRootNode()) {
             if (QmlItemNode::isValidQmlItemNode(node)) {
                 QPointF scenePos = QmlItemNode(node).instanceScenePosition();
@@ -371,11 +404,23 @@ void NavigatorView::rightButtonClicked()
         return; //Semantics are unclear for multi selection.
 
     bool blocked = blockSelectionChangedSignal(true);
-    foreach (const ModelNode &node, selectedModelNodes()) {
+    bool reverse = DesignerSettings::getValue(DesignerSettingsKey::NAVIGATOR_REVERSE_ITEM_ORDER).toBool();
+
+    for (const ModelNode &node : selectedModelNodes()) {
         if (!node.isRootNode() && node.parentProperty().isNodeListProperty() && node.parentProperty().count() > 1) {
             int index = node.parentProperty().indexOf(node);
-            index--;
-            if (index >= 0) { //for the first node the semantics are not clear enough. Wrapping would be irritating.
+
+            bool indexOk = false;
+
+            if (reverse) {
+                index++;
+                indexOk = (index < node.parentProperty().count());
+            } else {
+                index--;
+                indexOk = (index >= 0);
+            }
+
+            if (indexOk) { //for the first node the semantics are not clear enough. Wrapping would be irritating.
                 ModelNode newParent = node.parentProperty().toNodeListProperty().at(index);
 
                 if (QmlItemNode::isValidQmlItemNode(node)
@@ -399,17 +444,13 @@ void NavigatorView::rightButtonClicked()
 void NavigatorView::upButtonClicked()
 {
     bool blocked = blockSelectionChangedSignal(true);
-    foreach (const ModelNode &node, selectedModelNodes()) {
-        if (!node.isRootNode() && node.parentProperty().isNodeListProperty()) {
-            int oldIndex = node.parentProperty().indexOf(node);
-            int index = oldIndex;
-            index--;
-            if (index < 0)
-                index = node.parentProperty().count() - 1; //wrap around
-            if (oldIndex != index)
-                node.parentProperty().toNodeListProperty().slide(oldIndex, index);
-        }
-    }
+    bool reverse = DesignerSettings::getValue(DesignerSettingsKey::NAVIGATOR_REVERSE_ITEM_ORDER).toBool();
+
+    if (reverse)
+        moveNodesDown(selectedModelNodes());
+    else
+        moveNodesUp(selectedModelNodes());
+
     updateItemSelection();
     blockSelectionChangedSignal(blocked);
 }
@@ -417,17 +458,13 @@ void NavigatorView::upButtonClicked()
 void NavigatorView::downButtonClicked()
 {
     bool blocked = blockSelectionChangedSignal(true);
-    foreach (const ModelNode &node, selectedModelNodes()) {
-        if (!node.isRootNode() && node.parentProperty().isNodeListProperty()) {
-            int oldIndex = node.parentProperty().indexOf(node);
-            int index = oldIndex;
-            index++;
-            if (index >= node.parentProperty().count())
-                index = 0; //wrap around
-            if (oldIndex != index)
-                node.parentProperty().toNodeListProperty().slide(oldIndex, index);
-        }
-    }
+    bool reverse = DesignerSettings::getValue(DesignerSettingsKey::NAVIGATOR_REVERSE_ITEM_ORDER).toBool();
+
+    if (reverse)
+        moveNodesUp(selectedModelNodes());
+    else
+        moveNodesDown(selectedModelNodes());
+
     updateItemSelection();
     blockSelectionChangedSignal(blocked);
 }
@@ -439,6 +476,13 @@ void NavigatorView::filterToggled(bool flag)
     DesignerSettings::setValue(DesignerSettingsKey::NAVIGATOR_SHOW_ONLY_VISIBLE_ITEMS, flag);
 }
 
+void NavigatorView::reverseOrderToggled(bool flag)
+{
+    m_currentModelInterface->setOrder(flag);
+    treeWidget()->expandAll();
+    DesignerSettings::setValue(DesignerSettingsKey::NAVIGATOR_REVERSE_ITEM_ORDER, flag);
+}
+
 void NavigatorView::changeSelection(const QItemSelection & /*newSelection*/, const QItemSelection &/*deselected*/)
 {
     if (m_blockSelectionChangedSignal)
@@ -470,7 +514,7 @@ void NavigatorView::updateItemSelection()
         return;
 
     QItemSelection itemSelection;
-    foreach (const ModelNode &node, selectedModelNodes()) {
+    for (const ModelNode &node : selectedModelNodes()) {
         const QModelIndex index = indexForModelNode(node);
 
         if (index.isValid()) {
@@ -500,7 +544,7 @@ void NavigatorView::updateItemSelection()
         treeWidget()->scrollTo(indexForModelNode(selectedModelNodes().constFirst()));
 
     // make sure selected nodes are visible
-    foreach (const QModelIndex &selectedIndex, itemSelection.indexes()) {
+    for (const QModelIndex &selectedIndex : itemSelection.indexes()) {
         if (selectedIndex.column() == 0)
             expandAncestors(selectedIndex);
     }
@@ -566,6 +610,7 @@ void NavigatorView::setupWidget()
     connect(m_widget.data(), &NavigatorWidget::downButtonClicked, this, &NavigatorView::downButtonClicked);
     connect(m_widget.data(), &NavigatorWidget::upButtonClicked, this, &NavigatorView::upButtonClicked);
     connect(m_widget.data(), &NavigatorWidget::filterToggled, this, &NavigatorView::filterToggled);
+    connect(m_widget.data(), &NavigatorWidget::reverseOrderToggled, this, &NavigatorView::reverseOrderToggled);
 
 #ifndef QMLDESIGNER_TEST
     auto idDelegate = new NameItemDelegate(this);
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/navigator/navigatorview.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/navigator/navigatorview.h
index 49605e145c3..b237cb5ca6c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/navigator/navigatorview.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/navigator/navigatorview.h
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ private:
     void upButtonClicked();
     void downButtonClicked();
     void filterToggled(bool);
+    void reverseOrderToggled(bool);
 
 protected: //functions
     QTreeView *treeWidget() const;
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/navigator/navigatorwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/navigator/navigatorwidget.cpp
index 5c326f65faf..3813881f550 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/navigator/navigatorwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/navigator/navigatorwidget.cpp
@@ -127,14 +127,24 @@ QList<QToolButton *> NavigatorWidget::createToolBarWidgets()
     filter->setPopupMode(QToolButton::InstantPopup);
     filter->setProperty("noArrow", true);
     auto filterMenu = new QMenu(filter);
-    auto objectAction = new QAction(tr("Show only visible items."), nullptr);
-    objectAction->setCheckable(true);
+    auto filterAction = new QAction(tr("Show only visible items."), nullptr);
+    filterAction->setCheckable(true);
 
     bool filterFlag = DesignerSettings::getValue(DesignerSettingsKey::NAVIGATOR_SHOW_ONLY_VISIBLE_ITEMS).toBool();
-    objectAction->setChecked(filterFlag);
+    filterAction->setChecked(filterFlag);
+
+    connect(filterAction, &QAction::toggled, this, &NavigatorWidget::filterToggled);
+    filterMenu->addAction(filterAction);
+
+    auto reverseAction = new QAction(tr("Reverse item order."), nullptr);
+    reverseAction->setCheckable(true);
+
+    bool reverseFlag = DesignerSettings::getValue(DesignerSettingsKey::NAVIGATOR_REVERSE_ITEM_ORDER).toBool();
+    reverseAction->setChecked(reverseFlag);
+
+    connect(reverseAction, &QAction::toggled, this, &NavigatorWidget::reverseOrderToggled);
+    filterMenu->addAction(reverseAction);
 
-    connect(objectAction, &QAction::toggled, this, &NavigatorWidget::filterToggled);
-    filterMenu->addAction(objectAction);
     filter->setMenu(filterMenu);
     buttons.append(filter);
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/navigator/navigatorwidget.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/navigator/navigatorwidget.h
index b6240aa3bb9..9c1c962c435 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/navigator/navigatorwidget.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/navigator/navigatorwidget.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ signals:
     void upButtonClicked();
     void downButtonClicked();
     void filterToggled(bool);
+    void reverseOrderToggled(bool);
 
 private: // functions
     NavigatorView *navigatorView() const;
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designersettings.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designersettings.cpp
index 540d0746ce4..8762667fdaf 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designersettings.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designersettings.cpp
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ void DesignerSettings::fromSettings(QSettings *settings)
     restoreValue(settings, DesignerSettingsKey::IGNORE_DEVICE_PIXEL_RATIO, false);
     restoreValue(settings, DesignerSettingsKey::STATESEDITOR_EXPANDED, true);
     restoreValue(settings, DesignerSettingsKey::NAVIGATOR_SHOW_ONLY_VISIBLE_ITEMS, true);
+    restoreValue(settings, DesignerSettingsKey::NAVIGATOR_REVERSE_ITEM_ORDER, false);
     restoreValue(settings, DesignerSettingsKey::STANDALONE_MODE, false);
     restoreValue(settings, DesignerSettingsKey::ENABLE_TIMELINEVIEW,
 #if (QT_VERSION < QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 14, 0))
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designersettings.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designersettings.h
index 3334c3a693d..7667b784824 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designersettings.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designersettings.h
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ const char DEBUG_PUPPET[] = "DebugPuppet";
 const char FORWARD_PUPPET_OUTPUT[] = "ForwardPuppetOutput";
 const char STATESEDITOR_EXPANDED[] = "StatesEditorExpanded";
 const char NAVIGATOR_SHOW_ONLY_VISIBLE_ITEMS[] = "NavigatorShowOnlyVisibleItems";
+const char NAVIGATOR_REVERSE_ITEM_ORDER[] = "NavigatorReverseItemOrder";
 const char REFORMAT_UI_QML_FILES[] = "ReformatUiQmlFiles";        /* These settings are not exposed in ui. */
 const char IGNORE_DEVICE_PIXEL_RATIO[] = "IgnoreDevicePixelRaio"; /* The settings can be used to turn off the feature, if there are serious issues */
 const char STANDALONE_MODE[] = "StandAloneMode";