diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/resources/centerwidget.css b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/resources/centerwidget.css
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dd60f7f7186
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/resources/centerwidget.css
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+QWidget {
+    background-color: creatorTheme.QmlDesignerTabDark
+}
+
+QTabWidget#centralTabWidget::pane {
+    border: 0px;
+    background-color: creatorTheme.QmlDesignerBackgroundColorDarkAlternate;
+}
+
+QTabWidget#centralTabWidget::tab-bar { alignment: right; }
+
+QTabBar::tab:selected {
+    border: none;
+    background-color: creatorTheme.QmlDesignerTabLight;
+    color: creatorTheme.QmlDesignerTabDark;
+}
+
+QTabBar::tab {
+    width: 16px;
+    height: 80px;
+
+    border-image: none;
+    background-color: creatorTheme.QmlDesignerTabDark;
+    color: creatorTheme.QmlDesignerTabLight;
+
+    margin-top: 0x;
+    margin-bottom: 0px;
+    margin-left: 0px;
+    margin-right: 0px;
+    font: bold;
+    font-size: 11px;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/resources/resources.qrc b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/resources/resources.qrc
index 8adecdd5db1..aeb286a4143 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/resources/resources.qrc
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/resources/resources.qrc
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@
         <file>stylesheet.css</file>
         <file>scrollbar.css</file>
         <file>formeditorstylesheet.css</file>
+        <file>centerwidget.css</file>
     </qresource>
 </RCC>
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designmodewidget.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designmodewidget.cpp
index b162816ebdd..64c5bbc26bf 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designmodewidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designmodewidget.cpp
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ void DesignModeWidget::addNavigatorHistoryEntry(const Utils::FileName &fileName)
     ++m_navigatorHistoryCounter;
 }
 
-static QWidget *createWidgetsInTabWidget(const QList<WidgetInfo> &widgetInfos)
+static QTabWidget *createWidgetsInTabWidget(const QList<WidgetInfo> &widgetInfos)
 {
     QTabWidget *tabWidget = new QTabWidget;
 
@@ -512,13 +512,18 @@ static Core::MiniSplitter *createCentralSplitter(const QList<WidgetInfo> &widget
 
     auto outputPanePlaceholder = new StyledOutputpanePlaceHolder(Core::Constants::MODE_DESIGN, outputPlaceholderSplitter);
 
-    if (centralWidgetInfos.count() == 1)
-        outputPlaceholderSplitter->addWidget(centralWidgetInfos.first().widget);
-    else
-         outputPlaceholderSplitter->addWidget(createWidgetsInTabWidget(centralWidgetInfos));
+    QTabWidget* tabWidget = createWidgetsInTabWidget(centralWidgetInfos);
+    tabWidget->setObjectName("centralTabWidget");
+    tabWidget->setTabPosition(QTabWidget::East);
+    tabWidget->setTabBarAutoHide(true);
+
+    outputPlaceholderSplitter->addWidget(tabWidget);
 
     outputPlaceholderSplitter->addWidget(outputPanePlaceholder);
 
+    QByteArray sheet = Utils::FileReader::fetchQrc(":/qmldesigner/centerwidget.css");
+    tabWidget->setStyleSheet(Theming::replaceCssColors(QString::fromUtf8(sheet)));
+    outputPlaceholderSplitter->setStyleSheet(Theming::replaceCssColors(QString::fromUtf8(sheet)));
     return outputPlaceholderSplitter;
 }