diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/movemanipulator.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/movemanipulator.cpp
index 32f6cfc5337..fd6a7383c2b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/movemanipulator.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/movemanipulator.cpp
@@ -122,6 +122,14 @@ bool MoveManipulator::itemsCanReparented() const
     return true;
 }
 
+void MoveManipulator::setDirectUpdateInNodeInstances(bool directUpdate)
+{
+    foreach (FormEditorItem* item, m_itemList) {
+        if (item && item->qmlItemNode().isValid())
+            item->qmlItemNode().nodeInstance().setUpdateTransform(!directUpdate);
+    }
+}
+
 void MoveManipulator::begin(const QPointF &beginPoint)
 {
     m_isActive = true;
@@ -159,6 +167,8 @@ void MoveManipulator::begin(const QPointF &beginPoint)
 
 //    setOpacityForAllElements(0.62);
 
+    setDirectUpdateInNodeInstances(true);
+
     m_rewriterTransaction = m_view->beginRewriterTransaction(QByteArrayLiteral("MoveManipulator::begin"));
 }
 
@@ -371,6 +381,7 @@ void MoveManipulator::reparentTo(FormEditorItem *newParent)
 
 void MoveManipulator::end()
 {
+    setDirectUpdateInNodeInstances(false);
     m_isActive = false;
     deleteSnapLines();
     clear();
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/movemanipulator.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/movemanipulator.h
index a38abf03456..a6885a916b6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/movemanipulator.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/movemanipulator.h
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ protected:
 
     void adjustAnchoringOfItem(FormEditorItem *item);
 
+    void setDirectUpdateInNodeInstances(bool directUpdate);
+
 private:
     Snapper m_snapper;
     QPointer<LayerItem> m_layerItem;
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/nodeinstance.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/nodeinstance.h
index 6ba98515c82..49dcef76112 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/nodeinstance.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/nodeinstance.h
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ public:
     qint32 parentId() const;
     qint32 instanceId() const;
 
+    void setUpdateTransform(bool updateTransform);
+    bool updateTransform() const;
+    void setX(double x);
+    void setY(double y);
 
 protected:
     void setProperty(const PropertyName &name, const QVariant &value);
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/nodeinstanceview.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/nodeinstanceview.h
index 07290d20b61..7d9759e364c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/nodeinstanceview.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/nodeinstanceview.h
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ public:
 
     NodeInstance activeStateInstance() const;
 
+    void updatePosition(const QList<VariantProperty>& propertyList);
 
     void valuesChanged(const ValuesChangedCommand &command);
     void pixmapChanged(const PixmapChangedCommand &command);
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/qmlobjectnode.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/qmlobjectnode.h
index 5344ed7cf33..ffad71c30cf 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/qmlobjectnode.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/qmlobjectnode.h
@@ -41,9 +41,12 @@ namespace QmlDesigner {
 
 class QmlItemNode;
 class QmlPropertyChanges;
+class MoveManipulator;
 
 class QMLDESIGNERCORE_EXPORT QmlObjectNode : public QmlModelNodeFacade
 {
+    friend class QmlItemNode;
+    friend class MoveManipulator;
 public:
     QmlObjectNode();
     QmlObjectNode(const ModelNode &modelNode);
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstance.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstance.cpp
index 18b4c8d13a0..4eb9aed1f4b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstance.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstance.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ public:
           hasContent(false),
           isMovable(false),
           isResizable(false),
-          isInLayoutable(false)
+          isInLayoutable(false),
+          updateTransform(true)
     {}
 
     qint32 parentInstanceId;
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ public:
     bool isMovable;
     bool isResizable;
     bool isInLayoutable;
+    bool updateTransform;
 
 
     QHash<PropertyName, QVariant> propertyValues;
@@ -133,6 +135,36 @@ qint32 NodeInstance::instanceId() const
         return -1;
 }
 
+void NodeInstance::setUpdateTransform(bool updateTransform)
+{
+    if (d)
+        d->updateTransform = updateTransform;
+}
+
+bool NodeInstance::updateTransform() const
+{
+    if (d)
+        d->updateTransform || d->transform.isRotating() || d->transform.isScaling();
+    else
+        return true;
+}
+
+void NodeInstance::setX(double x)
+{
+    if(d && !updateTransform()) {
+        double dx = x - d->transform.dx();
+        d->transform.translate(dx, 0.0);
+    }
+}
+
+void NodeInstance::setY(double y)
+{
+    if(d && !updateTransform()) {
+        double dy = y - d->transform.dy();
+        d->transform.translate(0.0, dy);
+    }
+}
+
 bool NodeInstance::isValid() const
 {
     return instanceId() >= 0 && modelNode().isValid();
@@ -375,7 +407,7 @@ InformationName NodeInstance::setInformationContentItemBoundingRect(const QRectF
 
 InformationName NodeInstance::setInformationTransform(const QTransform &transform)
 {
-    if (d->transform != transform) {
+    if (updateTransform() && d->transform != transform) {
         d->transform = transform;
         return Transform;
     }
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstanceview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstanceview.cpp
index eb4e5990f89..f8d54b57f4b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstanceview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstanceview.cpp
@@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ void NodeInstanceView::signalHandlerPropertiesChanged(const QVector<SignalHandle
 
 void NodeInstanceView::variantPropertiesChanged(const QList<VariantProperty>& propertyList, PropertyChangeFlags /*propertyChange*/)
 {
+    updatePosition(propertyList);
     nodeInstanceServer()->changePropertyValues(createChangeValueCommand(propertyList));
 }
 /*!
@@ -673,6 +674,26 @@ NodeInstance NodeInstanceView::activeStateInstance() const
     return m_activeStateInstance;
 }
 
+void NodeInstanceView::updatePosition(const QList<VariantProperty> &propertyList)
+{
+    QMultiHash<ModelNode, InformationName> informationChangeHash;
+
+    foreach (const VariantProperty &variantProperty, propertyList) {
+        if (variantProperty.name() == "x") {
+            NodeInstance instance = instanceForModelNode(variantProperty.parentModelNode());
+            instance.setX(variantProperty.value().toDouble());
+            informationChangeHash.insert(variantProperty.parentModelNode(), Transform);
+        } else if (variantProperty.name() == "y") {
+            NodeInstance instance = instanceForModelNode(variantProperty.parentModelNode());
+            instance.setY(variantProperty.value().toDouble());
+            informationChangeHash.insert(variantProperty.parentModelNode(), Transform);
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (!informationChangeHash.isEmpty())
+        emitInstanceInformationsChange(informationChangeHash);
+}
+
 NodeInstanceServerInterface *NodeInstanceView::nodeInstanceServer() const
 {
     return m_nodeInstanceServer.data();