diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/abstractactiongroup.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/abstractactiongroup.cpp
index 039d421b201..197dad93cca 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/abstractactiongroup.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/abstractactiongroup.cpp
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ AbstractActionGroup::AbstractActionGroup(const QString &displayName) :
     m_action = m_menu->menuAction();
 }
 
-AbstractDesignerAction::Type AbstractActionGroup::type() const
+ActionInterface::Type AbstractActionGroup::type() const
 {
-    return AbstractDesignerAction::Menu;
+    return ActionInterface::Menu;
 }
 
 QAction *AbstractActionGroup::action() const
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/abstractactiongroup.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/abstractactiongroup.h
index ea30a428f38..1061cd47623 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/abstractactiongroup.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/abstractactiongroup.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #ifndef MENUDESIGNERACTION_H
 #define MENUDESIGNERACTION_H
 
-#include "abstractdesigneraction.h"
+#include "actioninterface.h"
 
 #include <QAction>
 #include <QMenu>
@@ -38,14 +38,14 @@
 
 namespace QmlDesigner {
 
-class QMLDESIGNERCORE_EXPORT AbstractActionGroup : public AbstractDesignerAction
+class QMLDESIGNERCORE_EXPORT AbstractActionGroup : public ActionInterface
 {
 public:
     AbstractActionGroup(const QString &displayName);
 
     virtual bool isVisible(const SelectionContext &m_selectionState) const = 0;
     virtual bool isEnabled(const SelectionContext &m_selectionState) const = 0;
-    AbstractDesignerAction::Type type() const QTC_OVERRIDE;
+    ActionInterface::Type type() const QTC_OVERRIDE;
     QAction *action() const QTC_OVERRIDE;
     QMenu *menu() const;
     SelectionContext selectionContext() const;
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/abstractdesigneraction.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/actioninterface.h
similarity index 96%
rename from src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/abstractdesigneraction.h
rename to src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/actioninterface.h
index aaee498e96d..d1ad33674a6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/abstractdesigneraction.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/actioninterface.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ QT_END_NAMESPACE
 
 namespace QmlDesigner {
 
-class QMLDESIGNERCORE_EXPORT AbstractDesignerAction
+class QMLDESIGNERCORE_EXPORT ActionInterface
 {
 public:
     enum Type {
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public:
         LowestPriority = ComponentCoreConstants::priorityLast
     };
 
-    virtual ~AbstractDesignerAction() {}
+    virtual ~ActionInterface() {}
 
     virtual QAction *action() const = 0;
     virtual QByteArray category() const = 0;
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/componentcore.pri b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/componentcore.pri
index 9e826feec68..959a6ef8c9d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/componentcore.pri
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/componentcore.pri
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ HEADERS += selectioncontext.h
 HEADERS += componentcore_constants.h
 HEADERS += designeractionmanager.h
 HEADERS += modelnodeoperations.h
-HEADERS += abstractdesigneraction.h
+HEADERS += actioninterface.h
 HEADERS += crumblebar.h
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/defaultdesigneraction.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/defaultdesigneraction.h
index c6291fa3a1d..a199c9c8888 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/defaultdesigneraction.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/defaultdesigneraction.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #ifndef QMLDESIGNER_DEFAULTDESIGNERACTION_H
 #define QMLDESIGNER_DEFAULTDESIGNERACTION_H
 
-#include "abstractdesigneraction.h"
+#include "actioninterface.h"
 
 #include <QAction>
 #include <QScopedPointer>
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ protected:
     SelectionContext m_selectionContext;
 };
 
-class QMLDESIGNERCORE_EXPORT DefaultDesignerAction : public AbstractDesignerAction
+class QMLDESIGNERCORE_EXPORT DefaultDesignerAction : public ActionInterface
 {
 public:
     DefaultDesignerAction(const QString &description = QString());
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/designeractionmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/designeractionmanager.cpp
index 90ca15b57db..3197ae6da87 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/designeractionmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/designeractionmanager.cpp
@@ -431,16 +431,16 @@ void DesignerActionManager::createDefaultDesignerActions()
 
 }
 
-void DesignerActionManager::addDesignerAction(AbstractDesignerAction *newAction)
+void DesignerActionManager::addDesignerAction(ActionInterface *newAction)
 {
-    m_designerActions.append(QSharedPointer<AbstractDesignerAction>(newAction));
+    m_designerActions.append(QSharedPointer<ActionInterface>(newAction));
     m_designerActionManagerView->setDesignerActionList(designerActions());
 }
 
-QList<AbstractDesignerAction* > DesignerActionManager::designerActions() const
+QList<ActionInterface* > DesignerActionManager::designerActions() const
 {
-    QList<AbstractDesignerAction* > list;
-    foreach (const QSharedPointer<AbstractDesignerAction> &pointer, m_designerActions) {
+    QList<ActionInterface* > list;
+    foreach (const QSharedPointer<ActionInterface> &pointer, m_designerActions) {
         list.append(pointer.data());
     }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/designeractionmanager.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/designeractionmanager.h
index b7c4ce6a9db..2b4c125a083 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/designeractionmanager.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/designeractionmanager.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #define DESIGNERACTIONMANAGER_H
 
 #include <qmldesignercorelib_global.h>
-#include "abstractdesigneraction.h"
+#include "actioninterface.h"
 #include "abstractview.h"
 
 namespace QmlDesigner {
@@ -43,14 +43,14 @@ public:
     DesignerActionManager(DesignerActionManagerView *designerActionManagerView);
     ~DesignerActionManager();
 
-    void addDesignerAction(AbstractDesignerAction *newAction);
-    QList<AbstractDesignerAction* > designerActions() const;
+    void addDesignerAction(ActionInterface *newAction);
+    QList<ActionInterface* > designerActions() const;
 
     void createDefaultDesignerActions();
     AbstractView *view();
 
 private:
-    QList<QSharedPointer<AbstractDesignerAction> > m_designerActions;
+    QList<QSharedPointer<ActionInterface> > m_designerActions;
     DesignerActionManagerView *m_designerActionManagerView;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/designeractionmanagerview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/designeractionmanagerview.cpp
index b36d1c1e47d..90fa7657d42 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/designeractionmanagerview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/designeractionmanagerview.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include "designeractionmanagerview.h"
 
 #include <selectioncontext.h>
-#include <abstractdesigneraction.h>
+#include <actioninterface.h>
 
 namespace QmlDesigner {
 
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ void DesignerActionManagerView::importsChanged(const QList<Import> &, const QLis
 void DesignerActionManagerView::scriptFunctionsChanged(const ModelNode &, const QStringList &)
 {}
 
-void DesignerActionManagerView::setDesignerActionList(const QList<AbstractDesignerAction *> &designerActionList)
+void DesignerActionManagerView::setDesignerActionList(const QList<ActionInterface *> &designerActionList)
 {
     m_designerActionList = designerActionList;
 }
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ void DesignerActionManagerView::setupContext()
         return;
     }
     SelectionContext selectionContext(this);
-    foreach (AbstractDesignerAction* action, m_designerActionList) {
+    foreach (ActionInterface* action, m_designerActionList) {
         action->currentContextChanged(selectionContext);
     }
     m_setupContextDirty = false;
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/designeractionmanagerview.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/designeractionmanagerview.h
index 0db90389f52..34f16fe5071 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/designeractionmanagerview.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/designeractionmanagerview.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 namespace QmlDesigner {
 
-class AbstractDesignerAction;
+class ActionInterface;
 
 class DesignerActionManagerView : public AbstractView
 {
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public:
     void nodeOrderChanged(const NodeListProperty &, const ModelNode &, int );
     void importsChanged(const QList<Import> &, const QList<Import> &);
     void scriptFunctionsChanged(const ModelNode &, const QStringList &);
-    void setDesignerActionList(const QList<AbstractDesignerAction* > &designerActionList);
+    void setDesignerActionList(const QList<ActionInterface* > &designerActionList);
     void signalHandlerPropertiesChanged(const QVector<SignalHandlerProperty> &/*propertyList*/, PropertyChangeFlags /*propertyChange*/);
 
     DesignerActionManager &designerActionManager();
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ protected:
 
 private:
     DesignerActionManager m_designerActionManager;
-    QList<AbstractDesignerAction* > m_designerActionList;
+    QList<ActionInterface* > m_designerActionList;
     bool m_isInRewriterTransaction;
     bool m_setupContextDirty;
 };
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/modelnodecontextmenu.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/modelnodecontextmenu.cpp
index 88d9a202570..c2afb1c3519 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/modelnodecontextmenu.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/modelnodecontextmenu.cpp
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@ ModelNodeContextMenu::ModelNodeContextMenu(AbstractView *view) :
 {
 }
 
-static QSet<AbstractDesignerAction* > findMembers(QSet<AbstractDesignerAction* > designerActionSet,
+static QSet<ActionInterface* > findMembers(QSet<ActionInterface* > actionInterface,
                                                           const QString &category)
 {
-    QSet<AbstractDesignerAction* > ret;
+    QSet<ActionInterface* > ret;
 
-     foreach (AbstractDesignerAction* factory, designerActionSet) {
+     foreach (ActionInterface* factory, actionInterface) {
          if (factory->category() == category)
              ret.insert(factory);
      }
@@ -58,32 +58,32 @@ static QSet<AbstractDesignerAction* > findMembers(QSet<AbstractDesignerAction* >
 }
 
 
-void populateMenu(QSet<AbstractDesignerAction* > &abstractDesignerActions,
+void populateMenu(QSet<ActionInterface* > &actionInterfaces,
                   const QString &category,
                   QMenu* menu,
                   const SelectionContext &selectionContext)
 {
-    QSet<AbstractDesignerAction* > matchingFactories = findMembers(abstractDesignerActions, category);
+    QSet<ActionInterface* > matchingFactories = findMembers(actionInterfaces, category);
 
-    abstractDesignerActions.subtract(matchingFactories);
+    actionInterfaces.subtract(matchingFactories);
 
-    QList<AbstractDesignerAction* > matchingFactoriesList = matchingFactories.toList();
-    Utils::sort(matchingFactoriesList, [](AbstractDesignerAction *l, AbstractDesignerAction *r) {
+    QList<ActionInterface* > matchingFactoriesList = matchingFactories.toList();
+    Utils::sort(matchingFactoriesList, [](ActionInterface *l, ActionInterface *r) {
         return l->priority() > r->priority();
     });
 
-    foreach (AbstractDesignerAction* designerAction, matchingFactoriesList) {
-       if (designerAction->type() == AbstractDesignerAction::Menu) {
-           designerAction->currentContextChanged(selectionContext);
-           QMenu *newMenu = designerAction->action()->menu();
+    foreach (ActionInterface* actionInterface, matchingFactoriesList) {
+       if (actionInterface->type() == ActionInterface::Menu) {
+           actionInterface->currentContextChanged(selectionContext);
+           QMenu *newMenu = actionInterface->action()->menu();
            menu->addMenu(newMenu);
 
            //recurse
 
-           populateMenu(abstractDesignerActions, designerAction->menuId(), newMenu, selectionContext);
-       } else if (designerAction->type() == AbstractDesignerAction::Action) {
-           QAction* action = designerAction->action();
-           designerAction->currentContextChanged(selectionContext);
+           populateMenu(actionInterfaces, actionInterface->menuId(), newMenu, selectionContext);
+       } else if (actionInterface->type() == ActionInterface::Action) {
+           QAction* action = actionInterface->action();
+           actionInterface->currentContextChanged(selectionContext);
            menu->addAction(action);
        }
     }
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ void ModelNodeContextMenu::execute(const QPoint &position, bool selectionMenuBoo
     m_selectionContext.setScenePosition(m_scenePos);
 
 
-     QSet<AbstractDesignerAction* > factories =
-             QSet<AbstractDesignerAction* >::fromList(QmlDesignerPlugin::instance()->designerActionManager().designerActions());
+     QSet<ActionInterface* > factories =
+             QSet<ActionInterface* >::fromList(QmlDesignerPlugin::instance()->designerActionManager().designerActions());
 
      populateMenu(factories, QString(""), mainMenu, m_selectionContext);
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/modelnodecontextmenu_helper.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/modelnodecontextmenu_helper.h
index 58f8cdd3898..1c1ee414110 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/modelnodecontextmenu_helper.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/modelnodecontextmenu_helper.h
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ public:
     QByteArray category() const { return QByteArray(); }
     QByteArray menuId() const { return m_menuId; }
     int priority() const { return m_priority; }
-    AbstractDesignerAction::Type type() const { return AbstractDesignerAction::Menu; }
+    Type type() const { return Menu; }
 
 private:
     const QByteArray m_menuId;
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/componentsplugin/addtabdesigneraction.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/componentsplugin/addtabdesigneraction.cpp
index eff96973bb8..4884d95f617 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/componentsplugin/addtabdesigneraction.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/componentsplugin/addtabdesigneraction.cpp
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ int AddTabDesignerAction::priority() const
     return CustomActionsPriority;
 }
 
-AbstractDesignerAction::Type AddTabDesignerAction::type() const
+ActionInterface::Type AddTabDesignerAction::type() const
 {
     return Action;
 }