diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/abstractformeditortool.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/abstractformeditortool.cpp
index 2dc2288b06e..0f70ca0cd77 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/abstractformeditortool.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/abstractformeditortool.cpp
@@ -77,6 +77,19 @@ QList<FormEditorItem*> AbstractFormEditorTool::items() const
     return m_itemList;
 }
 
+QList<FormEditorItem *> AbstractFormEditorTool::toFormEditorItemList(const QList<QGraphicsItem *> &itemList)
+{
+    QList<FormEditorItem *> formEditorItemList;
+
+    foreach (QGraphicsItem *graphicsItem, itemList) {
+        FormEditorItem *formEditorItem = qgraphicsitem_cast<FormEditorItem*>(graphicsItem);
+        if (formEditorItem)
+            formEditorItemList.append(formEditorItem);
+    }
+
+    return formEditorItemList;
+}
+
 bool AbstractFormEditorTool::topItemIsMovable(const QList<QGraphicsItem*> & itemList)
 {
     QGraphicsItem *firstSelectableItem = topMovableGraphicsItem(itemList);
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/abstractformeditortool.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/abstractformeditortool.h
index 0ecaafeb461..0ec408738da 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/abstractformeditortool.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/abstractformeditortool.h
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ public:
     void setItems(const QList<FormEditorItem*> &itemList);
     QList<FormEditorItem*> items() const;
 
+    static QList<FormEditorItem*> toFormEditorItemList(const QList<QGraphicsItem*> &itemList);
     static QGraphicsItem* topMovableGraphicsItem(const QList<QGraphicsItem*> &itemList);
     static FormEditorItem* topMovableFormEditorItem(const QList<QGraphicsItem*> &itemList, bool selectOnlyContentItems);
     bool topItemIsMovable(const QList<QGraphicsItem*> &itemList);