diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/core/model/modeltotextmerger.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/core/model/modeltotextmerger.cpp
index 25cf6a1a4c6..09ba7b31b31 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/core/model/modeltotextmerger.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/core/model/modeltotextmerger.cpp
@@ -327,6 +327,8 @@ QStringList ModelToTextMerger::getPropertyOrder()
     if (m_propertyOrder.isEmpty()) {
         m_propertyOrder
                 << QLatin1String("id")
+                << QLatin1String("name")
+                << QLatin1String("target")
                 << QLatin1String("property")
                 << QLatin1String("x")
                 << QLatin1String("y")