diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/CMakeLists.txt
index 143da043e25..166ff286dab 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ add_qtc_library(QmlDesignerUtils STATIC
   SOURCES_PREFIX ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/utils
   SOURCES
     asset.cpp asset.h
+    designeralgorithm.h
     filedownloader.cpp filedownloader.h
     multifiledownloader.cpp multifiledownloader.h
     fileextractor.cpp fileextractor.h
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/utils/designeralgorithm.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/utils/designeralgorithm.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..94d84c8b0be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/utils/designeralgorithm.h
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2023 The Qt Company Ltd.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR GPL-3.0-only WITH Qt-GPL-exception-1.0
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <QtGlobal>
+
+namespace QmlDesigner::CoreUtils {
+
+template<typename Element, typename... Elements>
+#ifdef Q_CC_MSVC
+__forceinline
+#else
+[[gnu::always_inline]]
+#endif
+    constexpr bool
+    contains(Element element, Elements... elements)
+{
+    return ((element == elements) || ...);
+}
+
+} // namespace QmlDesigner::CoreUtils