diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmltextgenerator.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmltextgenerator.cpp
index 5e505f8d581..d72f8049673 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmltextgenerator.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmltextgenerator.cpp
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ QString QmlTextGenerator::toQml(const AbstractProperty &property, int indentDept
             case QVariant::Color:
                 return QString(QLatin1String("\"%1\"")).arg(properColorName(value.value<QColor>()));
 
+            case QMetaType::Float:
             case QVariant::Double:
                 return doubleToString(value.toDouble());
             case QVariant::Int: