diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/CMakeLists.txt
index 53a3e4de84d..f9a6dc94cbf 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -457,6 +457,7 @@ extend_qtc_plugin(QmlDesigner
     include/rewriterview.h
     include/rewritingexception.h
     include/signalhandlerproperty.h
+    include/stylesheetmerger.h
     include/subcomponentmanager.h
     include/textmodifier.h
     include/variantproperty.h
@@ -530,6 +531,7 @@ extend_qtc_plugin(QmlDesigner
     model/rewriteactioncompressor.cpp model/rewriteactioncompressor.h
     model/rewriterview.cpp
     model/signalhandlerproperty.cpp
+    model/stylesheetmerger.cpp
     model/textmodifier.cpp
     model/texttomodelmerger.cpp model/texttomodelmerger.h
     model/variantproperty.cpp
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/designercore-lib.pri b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/designercore-lib.pri
index 5e99009cdb3..7fc663f4af0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/designercore-lib.pri
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/designercore-lib.pri
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ SOURCES += $$PWD/model/abstractview.cpp \
     $$PWD/instances/puppetdialog.cpp \
     $$PWD/model/qmltimeline.cpp \
     $$PWD/model/qmltimelinekeyframegroup.cpp \
-    $$PWD/model/annotation.cpp
+    $$PWD/model/annotation.cpp \
+    $$PWD/model/stylesheetmerger.cpp
 
 HEADERS += $$PWD/include/qmldesignercorelib_global.h \
     $$PWD/include/abstractview.h \
@@ -160,7 +161,8 @@ HEADERS += $$PWD/include/qmldesignercorelib_global.h \
     $$PWD/instances/puppetdialog.h \
     $$PWD/include/qmltimeline.h \
     $$PWD/include/qmltimelinekeyframegroup.h \
-    $$PWD/include/annotation.h
+    $$PWD/include/annotation.h \
+    $$PWD/include/stylesheetmerger.h
 
 FORMS += \
     $$PWD/instances/puppetdialog.ui
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/stylesheetmerger.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/stylesheetmerger.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f752e504191
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/stylesheetmerger.h
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2020 The Qt Company Ltd.
+** Contact: https://www.qt.io/licensing/
+**
+** This file is part of Qt Creator.
+**
+** Commercial License Usage
+** Licensees holding valid commercial Qt licenses may use this file in
+** accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the
+** Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in
+** a written agreement between you and The Qt Company. For licensing terms
+** and conditions see https://www.qt.io/terms-conditions. For further
+** information use the contact form at https://www.qt.io/contact-us.
+**
+** GNU General Public License Usage
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU
+** General Public License version 3 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation with exceptions as appearing in the file LICENSE.GPL3-EXCEPT
+** included in the packaging of this file. Please review the following
+** information to ensure the GNU General Public License requirements will
+** be met: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html.
+**
+****************************************************************************/
+#ifndef STYLESHEETMERGER_H
+#define STYLESHEETMERGER_H
+
+#include <QString>
+#include <QHash>
+#include <modelnode.h>
+
+namespace QmlDesigner {
+
+class AbstractView;
+
+struct ReparentInfo {
+    QString generatedId;
+    QString templateId;
+    QString templateParentId;
+    int parentIndex;
+    bool alreadyReparented;
+};
+
+class StylesheetMerger {
+public:
+    StylesheetMerger(AbstractView*, AbstractView*);
+    void merge();
+private:
+    void preprocessStyleSheet();
+    bool idExistsInBothModels(const QString& id);
+    void replaceNode(ModelNode&, ModelNode&);
+    void replaceRootNode(ModelNode& templateRootNode);
+    void applyStyleProperties(ModelNode &templateNode, const ModelNode &styleNode);
+    void adjustNodeIndex(ModelNode &node);
+    void setupIdRenamingHash();
+    ModelNode createReplacementNode(const ModelNode &styleNode, ModelNode &modelNode);
+    void syncNodeProperties(ModelNode &outputNode, const ModelNode &inputNode, bool skipDuplicates = false);
+    void syncNodeListProperties(ModelNode &outputNode, const ModelNode &inputNode, bool skipDuplicates = false);
+    void syncId(ModelNode &outputNode, ModelNode &inputNode);
+    void syncBindingProperties(ModelNode &outputNode, const ModelNode &inputNode);
+    void syncAuxiliaryProperties(ModelNode &outputNode, const ModelNode &inputNode);
+    void syncVariantProperties(ModelNode &outputNode, const ModelNode &inputNode);
+
+    AbstractView *m_templateView;
+    AbstractView *m_styleView;
+    QHash<QString, ReparentInfo> m_reparentInfoHash;
+    QHash<QString, QString> m_idReplacementHash;
+};
+
+}
+#endif // STYLESHEETMERGER_H
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/stylesheetmerger.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/stylesheetmerger.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..29990a5eca3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/stylesheetmerger.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,404 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2020 The Qt Company Ltd.
+** Contact: https://www.qt.io/licensing/
+**
+** This file is part of Qt Creator.
+**
+** Commercial License Usage
+** Licensees holding valid commercial Qt licenses may use this file in
+** accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the
+** Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in
+** a written agreement between you and The Qt Company. For licensing terms
+** and conditions see https://www.qt.io/terms-conditions. For further
+** information use the contact form at https://www.qt.io/contact-us.
+**
+** GNU General Public License Usage
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU
+** General Public License version 3 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation with exceptions as appearing in the file LICENSE.GPL3-EXCEPT
+** included in the packaging of this file. Please review the following
+** information to ensure the GNU General Public License requirements will
+** be met: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html.
+**
+****************************************************************************/
+#include "stylesheetmerger.h"
+
+#include <abstractview.h>
+#include <bindingproperty.h>
+#include <modelmerger.h>
+#include <nodeabstractproperty.h>
+#include <nodelistproperty.h>
+#include <nodemetainfo.h>
+#include <nodeproperty.h>
+#include <variantproperty.h>
+
+#include <QQueue>
+#include <QRegularExpression>
+
+namespace QmlDesigner {
+
+static void splitIdInBaseNameAndNumber(const QString &id, QString *baseId, int *number)
+{
+
+    int counter = 0;
+    while (counter < id.count()) {
+        bool canConvertToInteger = false;
+        int newNumber = id.rightRef(counter +1).toInt(&canConvertToInteger);
+        if (canConvertToInteger)
+            *number = newNumber;
+        else
+            break;
+
+        counter++;
+    }
+
+    *baseId = id.left(id.count() - counter);
+}
+
+void StylesheetMerger::syncNodeProperties(ModelNode &outputNode, const ModelNode &inputNode, bool skipDuplicates)
+{
+    foreach (const NodeProperty &nodeProperty, inputNode.nodeProperties()) {
+        ModelNode oldNode = nodeProperty.modelNode();
+        if (m_templateView->hasId(oldNode.id()) && skipDuplicates)
+            continue;
+        ModelNode newNode = createReplacementNode(oldNode, oldNode);
+        // cache the property name as removing it will invalidate it
+        PropertyName propertyName = nodeProperty.name();
+        // remove property first to prevent invalid reparenting situation
+        outputNode.removeProperty(propertyName);
+        outputNode.nodeProperty(propertyName).reparentHere(newNode);
+    }
+}
+
+void StylesheetMerger::syncNodeListProperties(ModelNode &outputNode, const ModelNode &inputNode, bool skipDuplicates)
+{
+    foreach (const NodeListProperty &nodeListProperty, inputNode.nodeListProperties()) {
+        foreach (ModelNode node, nodeListProperty.toModelNodeList()) {
+            if (m_templateView->hasId(node.id()) && skipDuplicates)
+                continue;
+            ModelNode newNode = createReplacementNode(node, node);
+            outputNode.nodeListProperty(nodeListProperty.name()).reparentHere(newNode);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void StylesheetMerger::syncVariantProperties(ModelNode &outputNode, const ModelNode &inputNode)
+{
+    foreach (const VariantProperty &variantProperty, inputNode.variantProperties()) {
+        outputNode.variantProperty(variantProperty.name()).setValue(variantProperty.value());
+    }
+}
+
+void StylesheetMerger::syncAuxiliaryProperties(ModelNode &outputNode, const ModelNode &inputNode)
+{
+    auto tmp = inputNode.auxiliaryData();
+    for (auto iter = tmp.begin(); iter != tmp.end(); ++iter)
+        outputNode.setAuxiliaryData(iter.key(), iter.value());
+}
+
+void StylesheetMerger::syncBindingProperties(ModelNode &outputNode, const ModelNode &inputNode)
+{
+    foreach (const BindingProperty &bindingProperty, inputNode.bindingProperties()) {
+        outputNode.bindingProperty(bindingProperty.name()).setExpression(bindingProperty.expression());
+    }
+}
+
+void StylesheetMerger::syncId(ModelNode &outputNode, ModelNode &inputNode)
+{
+    if (!inputNode.id().isEmpty()) {
+        QString id = inputNode.id();
+        QString renamedId = m_idReplacementHash.value(inputNode.id());
+        inputNode.setIdWithoutRefactoring(renamedId);
+        outputNode.setIdWithoutRefactoring(id);
+    }
+}
+
+void StylesheetMerger::setupIdRenamingHash()
+{
+    foreach (const ModelNode &node, m_templateView->rootModelNode().allSubModelNodesAndThisNode()) {
+        if (!node.id().isEmpty()) {
+            QString newId = node.id();
+            QString baseId;
+            int number = 1;
+            splitIdInBaseNameAndNumber(newId, &baseId, &number);
+
+            while (m_templateView->hasId(newId) || m_idReplacementHash.values().contains(newId)) {
+                newId = "stylesheet_auto_merge_" + baseId + QString::number(number);
+                number++;
+            }
+
+            m_idReplacementHash.insert(node.id(), newId);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+ModelNode StylesheetMerger::createReplacementNode(const ModelNode& styleNode, ModelNode &modelNode)
+{
+    QList<QPair<PropertyName, QVariant> > propertyList;
+    QList<QPair<PropertyName, QVariant> > variantPropertyList;
+    foreach (const VariantProperty &variantProperty, modelNode.variantProperties()) {
+        propertyList.append(QPair<PropertyName, QVariant>(variantProperty.name(), variantProperty.value()));
+    }
+    NodeMetaInfo nodeMetaInfo = m_templateView->model()->metaInfo(styleNode.type());
+    ModelNode newNode(m_templateView->createModelNode(styleNode.type(), nodeMetaInfo.majorVersion(), nodeMetaInfo.minorVersion(),
+                                            propertyList, variantPropertyList, styleNode.nodeSource(), styleNode.nodeSourceType()));
+
+    syncAuxiliaryProperties(newNode, modelNode);
+    syncBindingProperties(newNode, modelNode);
+    syncId(newNode, modelNode);
+    syncNodeProperties(newNode, modelNode);
+    syncNodeListProperties(newNode, modelNode);
+
+    return newNode;
+}
+
+StylesheetMerger::StylesheetMerger(AbstractView *templateView, AbstractView *styleView)
+    : m_templateView(templateView)
+    , m_styleView(styleView)
+{
+}
+
+bool StylesheetMerger::idExistsInBothModels(const QString& id)
+{
+    return m_templateView->hasId(id) && m_styleView->hasId(id);
+}
+
+QPoint pointForModelNode(const ModelNode &node)
+{
+    int x = 0;
+    if (node.hasVariantProperty("x"))
+        x = node.variantProperty("x").value().toInt();
+
+    int y = 0;
+    if (node.hasVariantProperty("y"))
+        y = node.variantProperty("y").value().toInt();
+
+    return QPoint(x, y);
+}
+
+QPoint parentPosition(const ModelNode &node)
+{
+    QPoint p;
+
+    ModelNode currentNode = node;
+    while (currentNode.hasParentProperty()) {
+        currentNode = currentNode.parentProperty().parentModelNode();
+        p += pointForModelNode(currentNode);
+    }
+
+    return p;
+}
+
+void StylesheetMerger::preprocessStyleSheet()
+{
+    for (ModelNode currentStyleNode : m_styleView->rootModelNode().directSubModelNodes()) {
+        QString id = currentStyleNode.id();
+
+        if (!idExistsInBothModels(id))
+            continue;
+
+        ModelNode templateNode = m_templateView->modelNodeForId(id);
+        NodeAbstractProperty templateParentProperty = templateNode.parentProperty();
+        if (!templateNode.hasParentProperty()
+            || templateParentProperty.parentModelNode().isRootNode())
+            continue;
+
+        ModelNode templateParentNode = templateParentProperty.parentModelNode();
+        const QString parentId = templateParentNode.id();
+        if (!idExistsInBothModels(parentId))
+            continue;
+
+        // Only get the position properties as the node should have a global
+        // position in the style sheet.
+        const QPoint oldGlobalPos = pointForModelNode(currentStyleNode);
+
+        ModelNode newStyleParent = m_styleView->modelNodeForId(parentId);
+        NodeListProperty newParentProperty = newStyleParent.defaultNodeListProperty();
+        newParentProperty.reparentHere(currentStyleNode);
+
+        // Get the parent position in global coordinates.
+        QPoint parentGlobalPos = parentPosition(currentStyleNode);
+
+        const QPoint newGlobalPos = oldGlobalPos - parentGlobalPos;
+
+        currentStyleNode.variantProperty("x").setValue(newGlobalPos.x());
+        currentStyleNode.variantProperty("y").setValue(newGlobalPos.y());
+
+        int templateParentIndex = templateParentProperty.isNodeListProperty()
+                                  ? templateParentProperty.indexOf(templateNode) : -1;
+        int styleParentIndex = newParentProperty.indexOf(currentStyleNode);
+        if (templateParentIndex >= 0 && styleParentIndex != templateParentIndex)
+            newParentProperty.slide(styleParentIndex, templateParentIndex);
+    }
+}
+
+void StylesheetMerger::replaceNode(ModelNode &replacedNode, ModelNode &newNode)
+{
+    NodeListProperty replacedNodeParent;
+    ModelNode parentModelNode = replacedNode.parentProperty().parentModelNode();
+    if (replacedNode.parentProperty().isNodeListProperty())
+        replacedNodeParent = replacedNode.parentProperty().toNodeListProperty();
+    bool isNodeProperty = false;
+
+    PropertyName reparentName;
+    for (NodeProperty prop : parentModelNode.nodeProperties()) {
+        if (prop.modelNode().id() == replacedNode.id()) {
+            isNodeProperty = true;
+            reparentName = prop.name();
+        }
+    }
+    ReparentInfo info;
+    info.parentIndex = replacedNodeParent.isValid() ? replacedNodeParent.indexOf(replacedNode) : -1;
+    info.templateId = replacedNode.id();
+    info.templateParentId = parentModelNode.id();
+    info.generatedId = newNode.id();
+
+    if (!isNodeProperty) {
+        replacedNodeParent.reparentHere(newNode);
+        replacedNode.destroy();
+        info.alreadyReparented = true;
+    } else {
+        parentModelNode.removeProperty(reparentName);
+        parentModelNode.nodeProperty(reparentName).reparentHere(newNode);
+    }
+    m_reparentInfoHash.insert(newNode.id(), info);
+}
+
+void StylesheetMerger::replaceRootNode(ModelNode& templateRootNode)
+{
+    ModelMerger merger(m_templateView);
+    QString rootId = templateRootNode.id();
+    // If we shall replace the root node of the template with the style,
+    // we first replace the whole model.
+    ModelNode rootReplacer = m_styleView->modelNodeForId(rootId);
+    merger.replaceModel(rootReplacer);
+
+    // Then reset the id to the old root's one.
+    ModelNode newRoot = m_templateView->rootModelNode();
+    newRoot.setIdWithoutRefactoring(rootId);
+}
+
+// Move the newly created nodes to the correct position in the parent node
+void StylesheetMerger::adjustNodeIndex(ModelNode &node)
+{
+    if (!m_reparentInfoHash.contains(node.id()))
+        return;
+
+    ReparentInfo info = m_reparentInfoHash.value(node.id());
+    if (info.parentIndex < 0)
+        return;
+
+    if (!node.parentProperty().isNodeListProperty())
+        return;
+
+    NodeListProperty parentListProperty = node.parentProperty().toNodeListProperty();
+    int currentIndex = parentListProperty.indexOf(node);
+    if (currentIndex == info.parentIndex)
+        return;
+
+    parentListProperty.slide(currentIndex, info.parentIndex);
+}
+
+void StylesheetMerger::applyStyleProperties(ModelNode &templateNode, const ModelNode &styleNode)
+{
+    QRegExp regEx("[a-z]", Qt::CaseInsensitive);
+    foreach (const VariantProperty &variantProperty, styleNode.variantProperties()) {
+        // check for existing bindings with that property name
+        if (templateNode.hasBindingProperty(variantProperty.name())) {
+            // if the binding does not contain any alpha letters (i.e. binds to a term rather than a property,
+            // replace it with the corresponding variant property.
+            if (!templateNode.bindingProperty(variantProperty.name()).expression().contains(regEx)) {
+                templateNode.removeProperty(variantProperty.name());
+                templateNode.variantProperty(variantProperty.name()).setValue(variantProperty.value());
+            }
+        } else {
+            templateNode.variantProperty(variantProperty.name()).setValue(variantProperty.value());
+        }
+    }
+    syncBindingProperties(templateNode, styleNode);
+    syncNodeProperties(templateNode, styleNode, true);
+    syncNodeListProperties(templateNode, styleNode, true);
+}
+
+static void removePropertyIfExists(ModelNode node, const PropertyName &propertyName)
+{
+    if (node.hasProperty(propertyName))
+        node.removeProperty(propertyName);
+
+}
+
+void StylesheetMerger::merge()
+{
+    ModelNode templateRootNode = m_templateView->rootModelNode();
+    ModelNode styleRootNode = m_styleView->rootModelNode();
+
+    // first, build up the hierarchy in the style sheet as we have it in the template
+    preprocessStyleSheet();
+
+    // build a hash of generated replacement ids
+    setupIdRenamingHash();
+
+    //in case we are replacing the root node, just do that and exit
+    if (m_styleView->hasId(templateRootNode.id())) {
+        replaceRootNode(templateRootNode);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    QQueue<ModelNode> replacementNodes;
+
+    QList<ModelNode> directRootSubNodes = styleRootNode.directSubModelNodes();
+    if (directRootSubNodes.length() == 0 && m_templateView->hasId(styleRootNode.id())) {
+        // if the style sheet has only one node, just replace that one
+        replacementNodes.enqueue(styleRootNode);
+    }
+    // otherwise, the nodes to replace are the direct sub nodes of the style sheet's root
+    for (ModelNode subNode : styleRootNode.allSubModelNodes()) {
+        if (m_templateView->hasId(subNode.id())) {
+            replacementNodes.enqueue(subNode);
+        }
+    }
+
+    for (ModelNode currentNode : replacementNodes) {
+
+        bool hasPos = false;
+
+        // create the replacement nodes for the styled nodes
+        {
+            RewriterTransaction transaction(m_templateView, "create-replacement-node");
+
+            ModelNode replacedNode = m_templateView->modelNodeForId(currentNode.id());
+            hasPos = replacedNode.hasProperty("x") || replacedNode.hasProperty("y");
+
+            ModelNode replacementNode = createReplacementNode(currentNode, replacedNode);
+
+            replaceNode(replacedNode, replacementNode);
+            transaction.commit();
+        }
+        // sync the properties from the stylesheet
+        {
+            RewriterTransaction transaction(m_templateView, "sync-style-node-properties");
+            ModelNode templateNode = m_templateView->modelNodeForId(currentNode.id());
+            applyStyleProperties(templateNode, currentNode);
+            adjustNodeIndex(templateNode);
+
+            /* This we want to do if the parent node in the style is not in the template */
+            if (!currentNode.hasParentProperty() ||
+                    !m_templateView->modelNodeForId(currentNode.parentProperty().parentModelNode().id()).isValid()) {
+
+                if (!hasPos) { //If template had postition retain it
+                    removePropertyIfExists(templateNode, "x");
+                    removePropertyIfExists(templateNode, "y");
+                }
+                if (templateNode.hasProperty("anchors.fill")) {
+                    /* Unfortuntly there are cases were width and height have to be defined - see Button
+                     * Most likely we need options for this */
+                    //removePropertyIfExists(templateNode, "width");
+                    //removePropertyIfExists(templateNode, "height");
+                }
+            }
+
+        }
+    }
+}
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerplugin.qbs b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerplugin.qbs
index 810eb4d62c5..2e695b90e13 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerplugin.qbs
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerplugin.qbs
@@ -297,6 +297,7 @@ Project {
                 "include/rewriterview.h",
                 "include/rewritingexception.h",
                 "include/signalhandlerproperty.h",
+                "include/stylesheetmerger.h",
                 "include/viewmanager.h",
                 "include/subcomponentmanager.h",
                 "include/textmodifier.h",
@@ -378,6 +379,7 @@ Project {
                 "model/documentmessage.cpp",
                 "model/rewriterview.cpp",
                 "model/signalhandlerproperty.cpp",
+                "model/stylesheetmerger.cpp",
                 "model/textmodifier.cpp",
                 "model/texttomodelmerger.cpp",
                 "model/texttomodelmerger.h",
diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/coretests/coretests.pro b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/coretests/coretests.pro
index 8a86681e62c..dd0f071b0e9 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/coretests/coretests.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/coretests/coretests.pro
@@ -61,8 +61,10 @@ SOURCES += \
     ../testview.cpp \
     testrewriterview.cpp \
     tst_testcore.cpp
+
 HEADERS += \
     ../testview.h \
     testrewriterview.h \
     tst_testcore.h
+
 RESOURCES += ../data/testfiles.qrc
diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/coretests/tst_testcore.cpp b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/coretests/tst_testcore.cpp
index 266dc92508f..cb47a5f2fd4 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/coretests/tst_testcore.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/coretests/tst_testcore.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <QScopedPointer>
 #include <QLatin1String>
 #include <QGraphicsObject>
+#include <QQueue>
 #include <QTest>
 #include <QVariant>
 
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@
 #include <nodeinstanceview.h>
 #include <nodeinstance.h>
 #include <subcomponentmanager.h>
+#include <stylesheetmerger.h>
 #include <QDebug>
 
 #include "../testview.h"
@@ -3704,6 +3706,131 @@ void tst_TestCore::testCopyModelRewriter1()
     QCOMPARE(textEdit1.toPlainText(), expected);
 }
 
+static void adjustPreservedProperties(const ModelNode& replacedNode, ModelNode& newNode) {
+    QSet<PropertyName> preservedProperties;
+    preservedProperties.insert("x");
+    preservedProperties.insert("y");
+    preservedProperties.insert("width");
+    preservedProperties.insert("height");
+    preservedProperties.insert("anchors");
+   // preservedProperties.insert("text ");
+
+    for (VariantProperty originalProperty : replacedNode.variantProperties()) {
+        VariantProperty prop;
+        if (preservedProperties.contains(originalProperty.name())) {
+            newNode.variantProperty(originalProperty.name()).setValue(originalProperty.value());
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+static QString readQmlFromFile(const QString& fileName)
+{
+    QFile qmlFile(fileName);
+    qmlFile.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly | QIODevice::Text);
+    QString qmlFileContents = QString::fromUtf8(qmlFile.readAll());
+    return qmlFileContents;
+}
+
+void tst_TestCore::testMergeModelRewriter1_data()
+{
+    QTest::addColumn<QString>("qmlTemplateString");
+    QTest::addColumn<QString>("qmlStyleString");
+    QTest::addColumn<QString>("qmlExpectedString");
+
+    QString simpleTemplateQmlContents = readQmlFromFile(QString(TESTSRCDIR) + "/../data/merging/SimpleTemplate.qml");
+    QString simpleStyleQmlContents = readQmlFromFile(QString(TESTSRCDIR) + "/../data/merging/SimpleStyle.qml");
+    QString simpleExpectedQmlContents = readQmlFromFile(QString(TESTSRCDIR) + "/../data/merging/SimpleExpected.qml");
+
+    QString complexTemplateQmlContents = readQmlFromFile(QString(TESTSRCDIR) + "/../data/merging/ComplexTemplate.qml");
+    QString complexStyleQmlContents = readQmlFromFile(QString(TESTSRCDIR) + "/../data/merging/ComplexStyle.qml");
+    QString complexExpectedQmlContents = readQmlFromFile(QString(TESTSRCDIR) + "/../data/merging/ComplexExpected.qml");
+
+    QString emptyTemplateQmlContents = readQmlFromFile(QString(TESTSRCDIR) + "/../data/merging/EmptyTemplate.qml");
+    QString emptyStyleQmlContents = readQmlFromFile(QString(TESTSRCDIR) + "/../data/merging/EmptyStyle.qml");
+    QString emptyExpectedQmlContents = readQmlFromFile(QString(TESTSRCDIR) + "/../data/merging/EmptyExpected.qml");
+
+    QString rootReplacementTemplateQmlContents = readQmlFromFile(QString(TESTSRCDIR) + "/../data/merging/RootReplacementTemplate.qml");
+    QString rootReplacementStyleQmlContents = readQmlFromFile(QString(TESTSRCDIR) + "/../data/merging/RootReplacementStyle.qml");
+    QString rootReplacementExpectedQmlContents = readQmlFromFile(QString(TESTSRCDIR) + "/../data/merging/RootReplacementExpected.qml");
+
+    QString switchTemplateQmlContents = readQmlFromFile(QString(TESTSRCDIR) + "/../data/merging/SwitchTemplate.qml");
+    QString switchStyleQmlContents = readQmlFromFile(QString(TESTSRCDIR) + "/../data/merging/SwitchStyle.qml");
+    QString switchExpectedQmlContents = readQmlFromFile(QString(TESTSRCDIR) + "/../data/merging/SwitchExpected.qml");
+
+    QString sliderTemplateQmlContents = readQmlFromFile(QString(TESTSRCDIR) + "/../data/merging/SliderTemplate.qml");
+    QString sliderStyleQmlContents = readQmlFromFile(QString(TESTSRCDIR) + "/../data/merging/SliderStyle.qml");
+    QString sliderExpectedQmlContents = readQmlFromFile(QString(TESTSRCDIR) + "/../data/merging/SliderExpected.qml");
+
+    QString listViewTemplateQmlContents = readQmlFromFile(QString(TESTSRCDIR) + "/../data/merging/ListViewTemplate.qml");
+    QString listViewStyleQmlContents = readQmlFromFile(QString(TESTSRCDIR) + "/../data/merging/ListViewStyle.qml");
+    QString listViewExpectedQmlContents = readQmlFromFile(QString(TESTSRCDIR) + "/../data/merging/ListViewExpected.qml");
+
+    QString buttonTemplateQmlContents = readQmlFromFile(QString(TESTSRCDIR) + "/../data/merging/ButtonTemplate.qml");
+    QString buttonInlineStyleQmlContents = readQmlFromFile(QString(TESTSRCDIR) + "/../data/merging/ButtonStyleInline.qml");
+    QString buttonInlineExpectedQmlContents = readQmlFromFile(QString(TESTSRCDIR) + "/../data/merging/ButtonInlineExpected.qml");
+
+    QString buttonAbsoluteTemplateQmlContents = readQmlFromFile(QString(TESTSRCDIR) + "/../data/merging/ButtonAbsoluteTemplate.qml");
+    QString buttonOutlineStyleQmlContents = readQmlFromFile(QString(TESTSRCDIR) + "/../data/merging/ButtonStyleOutline.qml");
+    QString buttonOutlineExpectedQmlContents = readQmlFromFile(QString(TESTSRCDIR) + "/../data/merging/ButtonOutlineExpected.qml");
+
+    QTest::newRow("Simple style replacement") << simpleTemplateQmlContents << simpleStyleQmlContents << simpleExpectedQmlContents;
+       //QTest::newRow("Complex style replacement") << complexTemplateQmlContents << complexStyleQmlContents << complexExpectedQmlContents;
+    QTest::newRow("Empty stylesheet") << emptyTemplateQmlContents << emptyStyleQmlContents << emptyExpectedQmlContents;
+    QTest::newRow("Root node replacement") << rootReplacementTemplateQmlContents << rootReplacementStyleQmlContents << rootReplacementExpectedQmlContents;
+    QTest::newRow("Switch styling") << switchTemplateQmlContents << switchStyleQmlContents << switchExpectedQmlContents;
+    QTest::newRow("Slider styling") << sliderTemplateQmlContents << sliderStyleQmlContents << sliderExpectedQmlContents;
+    QTest::newRow("List View styling") << listViewTemplateQmlContents << listViewStyleQmlContents << listViewExpectedQmlContents;
+    QTest::newRow("Button Inline styling") << buttonTemplateQmlContents << buttonInlineStyleQmlContents << buttonInlineExpectedQmlContents;
+
+    QTest::newRow("Button Outline styling") << buttonAbsoluteTemplateQmlContents << buttonOutlineStyleQmlContents << buttonOutlineExpectedQmlContents;
+
+}
+
+void tst_TestCore::testMergeModelRewriter1()
+{
+    QFETCH(QString, qmlTemplateString);
+    QFETCH(QString, qmlStyleString);
+    QFETCH(QString, qmlExpectedString);
+
+    QPlainTextEdit textEdit1;
+    textEdit1.setPlainText(qmlTemplateString);
+    NotIndentingTextEditModifier textModifier1(&textEdit1);
+
+    QScopedPointer<Model> templateModel(Model::create("QtQuick.Item", 2, 1));
+    QVERIFY(templateModel.data());
+
+    QScopedPointer<TestView> templateView(new TestView(templateModel.data()));
+    templateModel->attachView(templateView.data());
+
+    // read in 1
+    QScopedPointer<TestRewriterView> templateRewriterView(new TestRewriterView());
+    templateRewriterView->setTextModifier(&textModifier1);
+    templateModel->attachView(templateRewriterView.data());
+
+    ModelNode templateRootNode = templateView->rootModelNode();
+    QVERIFY(templateRootNode.isValid());
+
+    QPlainTextEdit textEdit2;
+    textEdit2.setPlainText(qmlStyleString);
+    NotIndentingTextEditModifier textModifier2(&textEdit2);
+
+    QScopedPointer<Model> styleModel(Model::create("QtQuick.Item", 2, 1));
+    QVERIFY(styleModel.data());
+
+    QScopedPointer<TestView> styleView(new TestView(styleModel.data()));
+    styleModel->attachView(styleView.data());
+
+    // read in 2
+    QScopedPointer<TestRewriterView> styleRewriterView(new TestRewriterView());
+    styleRewriterView->setTextModifier(&textModifier2);
+    styleModel->attachView(styleRewriterView.data());
+
+    StylesheetMerger merger(templateView.data(), styleView.data());
+    merger.merge();
+
+    QCOMPARE(textEdit1.toPlainText().trimmed(), qmlExpectedString.trimmed());
+}
+
 void tst_TestCore::testCopyModelRewriter2()
 {
    const QLatin1String qmlString1("\n"
@@ -3756,37 +3883,35 @@ void tst_TestCore::testCopyModelRewriter2()
     textEdit1.setPlainText(qmlString1);
     NotIndentingTextEditModifier textModifier1(&textEdit1);
 
-    QScopedPointer<Model> model1(Model::create("QtQuick.Item", 2, 1));
-    QVERIFY(model1.data());
+    QScopedPointer<Model> templateModel(Model::create("QtQuick.Item", 2, 1));
+    QVERIFY(templateModel.data());
 
-    QScopedPointer<TestView> view1(new TestView(model1.data()));
-    model1->attachView(view1.data());
+    QScopedPointer<TestView> view1(new TestView(templateModel.data()));
+    templateModel->attachView(view1.data());
 
     // read in 1
     QScopedPointer<TestRewriterView> testRewriterView1(new TestRewriterView());
     testRewriterView1->setTextModifier(&textModifier1);
-    model1->attachView(testRewriterView1.data());
+    templateModel->attachView(testRewriterView1.data());
 
     ModelNode rootNode1 = view1->rootModelNode();
     QVERIFY(rootNode1.isValid());
     QCOMPARE(rootNode1.type(), QmlDesigner::TypeName("QtQuick.Rectangle"));
 
-
-        // read in 2
-
+    // read in 2
     QPlainTextEdit textEdit2;
     textEdit2.setPlainText(qmlString2);
     NotIndentingTextEditModifier textModifier2(&textEdit2);
 
-    QScopedPointer<Model> model2(Model::create("QtQuick.Item", 2, 1));
-    QVERIFY(model2.data());
+    QScopedPointer<Model> styleModel(Model::create("QtQuick.Item", 2, 1));
+    QVERIFY(styleModel.data());
 
-    QScopedPointer<TestView> view2(new TestView(model2.data()));
-    model2->attachView(view2.data());
+    QScopedPointer<TestView> view2(new TestView(styleModel.data()));
+    styleModel->attachView(view2.data());
 
-    QScopedPointer<TestRewriterView> testRewriterView2(new TestRewriterView());
-    testRewriterView2->setTextModifier(&textModifier2);
-    model2->attachView(testRewriterView2.data());
+    QScopedPointer<TestRewriterView> styleRewriterView(new TestRewriterView());
+    styleRewriterView->setTextModifier(&textModifier2);
+    styleModel->attachView(styleRewriterView.data());
 
     ModelNode rootNode2 = view2->rootModelNode();
     QVERIFY(rootNode2.isValid());
diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/coretests/tst_testcore.h b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/coretests/tst_testcore.h
index 92f3b171618..92d4ac00aa9 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/coretests/tst_testcore.h
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/coretests/tst_testcore.h
@@ -184,6 +184,8 @@ private slots:
     void testRewriterTransactionRewriter();
     void testCopyModelRewriter1();
     void testCopyModelRewriter2();
+    void testMergeModelRewriter1_data();
+    void testMergeModelRewriter1();
     void testSubComponentManager();
     void testAnchorsAndRewriting();
     void testAnchorsAndRewritingCenter();
diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/ButtonAbsoluteTemplate.qml b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/ButtonAbsoluteTemplate.qml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..88d66014ac3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/ButtonAbsoluteTemplate.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+import QtQuick 2.10
+import QtQuick.Templates 2.1 as T
+
+T.Button {
+    id: control
+
+    implicitWidth: Math.max(
+                       background ? background.implicitWidth : 0,
+                       contentItem.implicitWidth + leftPadding + rightPadding)
+    implicitHeight: Math.max(
+                        background ? background.implicitHeight : 0,
+                        contentItem.implicitHeight + topPadding + bottomPadding)
+    leftPadding: 4
+    rightPadding: 4
+
+    text: "My Button"
+
+    background: Item {
+        implicitWidth: buttonNormal.width
+        implicitHeight: buttonNormal.height
+        opacity: enabled ? 1 : 0.3
+
+        Rectangle {
+
+            id: buttonNormal
+            color: "#d4d4d4"
+            width: 100 //Bit of black magic to define the default size
+            height: 40
+
+            border.color: "gray"
+            border.width: 1
+            radius: 2
+            anchors.fill: parent //binding has to be preserved
+
+            Text {
+                id: normalText
+                x: 26
+                y: 14 //id only required to preserve binding
+                text: control.text //binding has to be preserved
+                //anchors.fill: parent
+                color: "gray"
+
+                horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter
+                verticalAlignment: Text.AlignVCenter
+                elide: Text.ElideRight
+            }
+        }
+
+        Rectangle {
+            id: buttonPressed
+            color: "#d4d4d4"
+            width: 100 //Bit of black magic to define the default size
+            height: 40
+
+            border.color: "gray"
+            border.width: 1
+            radius: 2
+            anchors.fill: parent //binding has to be preserved
+
+            Text {
+                x: 26
+                y: 14
+                id: pressedText //id only required to preserve binding
+                text: control.text //binding has to be preserved
+                //anchors.fill: parent
+                color: "black"
+
+                horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter // should not be preserved
+                verticalAlignment: Text.AlignVCenter //  should not be preserved
+                elide: Text.ElideRight // should not be preserved
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    contentItem: Item {}
+
+    states: [
+        State {
+            name: "normal"
+            when: !control.down
+            PropertyChanges {
+                target: buttonPressed
+                visible: false
+            }
+            PropertyChanges {
+                target: buttonNormal
+                visible: true
+            }
+        },
+        State {
+            name: "down"
+            when: control.down
+            PropertyChanges {
+                target: buttonPressed
+                visible: true
+            }
+            PropertyChanges {
+                target: buttonNormal
+                visible: false
+            }
+        }
+    ]
+}
+
diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/ButtonInlineExpected.qml b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/ButtonInlineExpected.qml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..de131d2e648
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/ButtonInlineExpected.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+import QtQuick 2.10
+import QtQuick.Templates 2.1 as T
+
+T.Button {
+    id: control
+
+    implicitWidth: Math.max(
+                       background ? background.implicitWidth : 0,
+                       contentItem.implicitWidth + leftPadding + rightPadding)
+    implicitHeight: Math.max(
+                        background ? background.implicitHeight : 0,
+                        contentItem.implicitHeight + topPadding + bottomPadding)
+    leftPadding: 4
+    rightPadding: 4
+
+    text: "My Button"
+
+    background: Item {
+        implicitWidth: buttonNormal.width
+        implicitHeight: buttonNormal.height
+        opacity: enabled ? 1 : 0.3
+
+        Rectangle {
+            id: buttonNormal
+            width: 100
+            height: 60
+            color: "#d4d4d4"
+            radius: 2
+            border.color: "#808080"
+            border.width: 1
+            anchors.fill: parent
+            Text {
+                id: normalText
+                color: "#808080"
+                text: control.text
+                elide: Text.ElideRight
+                anchors.fill: parent
+                horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter
+                verticalAlignment: Text.AlignVCenter
+            }
+        }
+
+        Rectangle {
+            id: buttonPressed
+            width: 100
+            height: 60
+            color: "#69b5ec"
+            radius: 2
+            border.color: "#808080"
+            border.width: 1
+            anchors.fill: parent
+            Text {
+                id: pressedText
+                color: "#000000"
+                text: control.text
+                elide: Text.ElideRight
+                anchors.fill: parent
+                horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter
+                verticalAlignment: Text.AlignVCenter
+            }
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    contentItem: Item {}
+
+    states: [
+        State {
+            name: "normal"
+            when: !control.down
+            PropertyChanges {
+                target: buttonPressed
+                visible: false
+            }
+            PropertyChanges {
+                target: buttonNormal
+                visible: true
+            }
+        },
+        State {
+            name: "down"
+            when: control.down
+            PropertyChanges {
+                target: buttonPressed
+                visible: true
+            }
+            PropertyChanges {
+                target: buttonNormal
+                visible: false
+            }
+        }
+    ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/ButtonOutlineExpected.qml b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/ButtonOutlineExpected.qml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ddbdd780961
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/ButtonOutlineExpected.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+import QtQuick 2.10
+import QtQuick.Templates 2.1 as T
+
+T.Button {
+    id: control
+
+    implicitWidth: Math.max(
+                       background ? background.implicitWidth : 0,
+                       contentItem.implicitWidth + leftPadding + rightPadding)
+    implicitHeight: Math.max(
+                        background ? background.implicitHeight : 0,
+                        contentItem.implicitHeight + topPadding + bottomPadding)
+    leftPadding: 4
+    rightPadding: 4
+
+    text: "My Button"
+
+    background: Item {
+        implicitWidth: buttonNormal.width
+        implicitHeight: buttonNormal.height
+        opacity: enabled ? 1 : 0.3
+
+        Rectangle {
+            id: buttonNormal
+            width: 100
+            height: 60
+            color: "#d4d4d4"
+            radius: 2
+            border.color: "#808080"
+            border.width: 1
+            anchors.fill: parent
+            Text {
+                id: normalText
+                x: 20
+                y: 20
+                color: "#808080"
+                text: control.text
+                elide: Text.ElideRight
+                anchors.fill: parent
+                horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter
+                verticalAlignment: Text.AlignVCenter
+            }
+        }
+
+        Rectangle {
+            id: buttonPressed
+            width: 100
+            height: 60
+            color: "#69b5ec"
+            radius: 2
+            border.color: "#808080"
+            border.width: 1
+            anchors.fill: parent
+            Text {
+                id: pressedText
+                x: 20
+                y: 40
+                color: "#000000"
+                text: control.text
+                elide: Text.ElideRight
+                anchors.fill: parent
+                horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter
+                verticalAlignment: Text.AlignVCenter
+            }
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    contentItem: Item {}
+
+    states: [
+        State {
+            name: "normal"
+            when: !control.down
+            PropertyChanges {
+                target: buttonPressed
+                visible: false
+            }
+            PropertyChanges {
+                target: buttonNormal
+                visible: true
+            }
+        },
+        State {
+            name: "down"
+            when: control.down
+            PropertyChanges {
+                target: buttonPressed
+                visible: true
+            }
+            PropertyChanges {
+                target: buttonNormal
+                visible: false
+            }
+        }
+    ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/ButtonStyleInline.qml b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/ButtonStyleInline.qml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f33450bf7c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/ButtonStyleInline.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+import QtQuick 2.12
+
+
+Rectangle {
+    id: artboard
+    width: 640
+    height: 480
+    color: "#ee4040"
+
+    Rectangle {
+
+        id: buttonNormal
+        x: 286
+        y: 62
+        color: "#d4d4d4"
+        width: 100 //Bit of black magic to define the default size
+        height: 60
+
+        border.color: "gray"
+        border.width: 1
+        radius: 2
+
+        Text {
+            id: normalText //id only required to preserve binding
+            //binding has to be preserved
+            anchors.fill: parent //binding has to be preserved
+            color: "gray"
+            text: "Normal"
+
+            horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter
+            //luckily enums are interpreted as variant properties and not bindings
+            verticalAlignment: Text.AlignVCenter
+            elide: Text.ElideRight
+        }
+    }
+
+    Rectangle {
+        id: buttonPressed
+        x: 123
+        y: 62
+        color: "#69b5ec"
+        width: 100 //Bit of black magic to define the default size
+        height: 60
+
+        border.color: "gray"
+        border.width: 1
+        radius: 2
+
+        Text {
+            id: pressedText //id only required to preserve binding
+            //binding has to be preserved
+            anchors.fill: parent
+            color: "black"
+            text: "pressed"
+
+            horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter // should not be preserved -
+            //luckily enums are interpreted as variant properties and not bindings
+            verticalAlignment: Text.AlignVCenter //  should not be preserved
+            elide: Text.ElideRight // should not be preserved
+        }
+    }
+
+    Text {
+        id: element
+        x: 1
+        y: 362
+        color: "#eaeaea"
+        text: qsTrId("Some stuff for reference that is thrown away")
+        font.pixelSize: 32
+    }
+
+
+}
+
+/*##^##
+Designer {
+    D{i:0;formeditorColor:"#000000"}
+}
+##^##*/
diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/ButtonStyleOutline.qml b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/ButtonStyleOutline.qml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a9a7021383b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/ButtonStyleOutline.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+import QtQuick 2.12
+
+
+Rectangle {
+    id: artboard
+    width: 640
+    height: 480
+    color: "#ee4040"
+
+    Rectangle {
+
+        id: buttonNormal
+        x: 286
+        y: 62
+        color: "#d4d4d4"
+        width: 100 //Bit of black magic to define the default size
+        height: 60
+
+        border.color: "gray"
+        border.width: 1
+        radius: 2
+    }
+
+    Text {
+            x: 319
+            y: 86
+            id: normalText //id only required to preserve binding
+            //binding has to be preserved
+
+            color: "gray"
+            text: "Normal"
+
+            horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter
+            //luckily enums are interpreted as variant properties and not bindings
+            verticalAlignment: Text.AlignVCenter
+            elide: Text.ElideRight
+        }
+
+    Rectangle {
+        id: buttonPressed
+        x: 123
+        y: 62
+        color: "#69b5ec"
+        width: 100 //Bit of black magic to define the default size
+        height: 60
+
+        border.color: "gray"
+        border.width: 1
+        radius: 2
+    }
+
+    Text {
+            x: 154
+            y: 86
+            id: pressedText //id only required to preserve binding
+            //binding has to be preserved
+            //anchors.fill: parent
+            color: "black"
+            text: "pressed"
+
+            horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter // should not be preserved -
+            //luckily enums are interpreted as variant properties and not bindings
+            verticalAlignment: Text.AlignVCenter //  should not be preserved
+            elide: Text.ElideRight // should not be preserved
+        }
+
+    Text {
+        id: element
+        x: 1
+        y: 362
+        color: "#eaeaea"
+        text: qsTrId("Some stuff for reference that is thrown away")
+        font.pixelSize: 32
+    }
+
+
+}
+
+/*##^##
+Designer {
+    D{i:0;formeditorColor:"#000000"}
+}
+##^##*/
diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/ButtonTemplate.qml b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/ButtonTemplate.qml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cd4b376a578
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/ButtonTemplate.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+import QtQuick 2.10
+import QtQuick.Templates 2.1 as T
+
+T.Button {
+    id: control
+
+    implicitWidth: Math.max(
+                       background ? background.implicitWidth : 0,
+                       contentItem.implicitWidth + leftPadding + rightPadding)
+    implicitHeight: Math.max(
+                        background ? background.implicitHeight : 0,
+                        contentItem.implicitHeight + topPadding + bottomPadding)
+    leftPadding: 4
+    rightPadding: 4
+
+    text: "My Button"
+
+    background: Item {
+        implicitWidth: buttonNormal.width
+        implicitHeight: buttonNormal.height
+        opacity: enabled ? 1 : 0.3
+
+        Rectangle {
+
+            id: buttonNormal
+            color: "#d4d4d4"
+            width: 100 //Bit of black magic to define the default size
+            height: 40
+
+            border.color: "gray"
+            border.width: 1
+            radius: 2
+            anchors.fill: parent //binding has to be preserved
+
+            Text {
+                id: normalText //id only required to preserve binding
+                text: control.text //binding has to be preserved
+                anchors.fill: parent
+                color: "gray"
+
+                horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter
+                verticalAlignment: Text.AlignVCenter
+                elide: Text.ElideRight
+            }
+        }
+
+        Rectangle {
+            id: buttonPressed
+            color: "#d4d4d4"
+            width: 100 //Bit of black magic to define the default size
+            height: 40
+
+            border.color: "gray"
+            border.width: 1
+            radius: 2
+            anchors.fill: parent //binding has to be preserved
+
+            Text {
+                id: pressedText //id only required to preserve binding
+                text: control.text //binding has to be preserved
+                anchors.fill: parent
+                color: "black"
+
+                horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter // should not be preserved
+                verticalAlignment: Text.AlignVCenter //  should not be preserved
+                elide: Text.ElideRight // should not be preserved
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    contentItem: Item {}
+
+    states: [
+        State {
+            name: "normal"
+            when: !control.down
+            PropertyChanges {
+                target: buttonPressed
+                visible: false
+            }
+            PropertyChanges {
+                target: buttonNormal
+                visible: true
+            }
+        },
+        State {
+            name: "down"
+            when: control.down
+            PropertyChanges {
+                target: buttonPressed
+                visible: true
+            }
+            PropertyChanges {
+                target: buttonNormal
+                visible: false
+            }
+        }
+    ]
+}
+
diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/ComplexExpected.qml b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/ComplexExpected.qml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eb0ca78fad5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/ComplexExpected.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import QtQuick 2.1
+
+Rectangle {
+    id: root
+    x: 10;
+    y: 10;
+    Rectangle {
+        id: rectangle0
+        x: 10
+        y: 10
+        width: 200
+        height: 150
+
+        Image {
+            id: rectangle1
+            x: 10
+            y: 10
+            width: 100
+            height: 150
+            source: "qt/icon.png"
+        }
+    }
+
+    Rectangle {
+        id: rectangle2
+        x: 100;
+        y: 100;
+        anchors.fill: root
+    }
+
+    Rectangle {
+        id: rectangle3
+        x: 140;
+        y: 180;
+        gradient: Gradient {
+            GradientStop {
+                position: 0
+                color: "white"
+            }
+            GradientStop {
+                position: 1
+                color: "black"
+            }
+        }
+        Image {
+            id: rectangle4
+            x: 10
+            y: 20
+            width: 200
+            height: 50
+            Rectangle {
+                id: rectangle5
+                x: 10
+                y: 20
+                width: 200
+                height: 50
+            }
+            source: "qt/realcool.jpg"
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/ComplexStyle.qml b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/ComplexStyle.qml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9bf50d8f0fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/ComplexStyle.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import QtQuick 2.1
+
+Item {
+    Rectangle {
+        id: rectangle0
+        Image {
+            id: rectangle1
+            x: 10
+            y: 10
+            height: 150
+            width: 100
+            source: "qt/icon.png"
+        }
+    }
+    Rectangle {
+        id: rectangle3
+        x: 140;
+        y: 180;
+        gradient: Gradient {
+            GradientStop {
+                position: 0
+                color: "white"
+            }
+            GradientStop {
+                position: 1
+                color: "black"
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    Rectangle {
+        id: rectangle5
+        x: 10
+        y: 20
+        width: 200
+        height: 50
+    }
+    Image {
+        id: rectangle4
+        x: 10;
+        y: 10;
+        height: 150
+        width: 100
+        source: "qt/realcool.jpg"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/ComplexTemplate.qml b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/ComplexTemplate.qml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..058b9698238
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/ComplexTemplate.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import QtQuick 2.1
+
+Rectangle {
+    id: root
+    x: 10;
+    y: 10;
+    Rectangle {
+        id: rectangle0
+        x: 10;
+        y: 10;
+        height: 150
+        width: 200
+    }
+    Rectangle {
+        id: rectangle2
+        x: 100;
+        y: 100;
+        anchors.fill: root
+    }
+    Rectangle {
+        id: rectangle3
+        x: 140;
+        y: 180;
+        gradient: Gradient {
+            GradientStop {
+                position: 0
+                color: "black"
+            }
+            GradientStop {
+                position: 1
+                color: "white"
+            }
+        }
+        Rectangle {
+            id: rectangle4
+            x: 10
+            y: 20
+            width: 200
+            height: 50
+            Rectangle {
+                id: rectangle5
+                x: 10
+                y: 20
+                width: 200
+                height: 50
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/EmptyStyleExpected.qml b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/EmptyStyleExpected.qml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..122ccd87671
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/EmptyStyleExpected.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+// Test that an empty style sheet will leave the original template untouched.
+import QtQuick 2.1
+
+Rectangle {
+    id: root
+    x: 10;
+    y: 10;
+    Rectangle {
+        id: rectangle0
+        x: 10;
+        y: 10;
+        height: 150
+        width: 200
+    }
+    Rectangle {
+        id: rectangle2
+        x: 100;
+        y: 100;
+        anchors.fill: root
+    }
+    Rectangle {
+        id: rectangle3
+        x: 140;
+        y: 180;
+        gradient: Gradient {
+            GradientStop {
+                position: 0
+                color: "white"
+            }
+            GradientStop {
+                position: 1
+                color: "black"
+            }
+        }
+        Rectangle {
+            id: rectangle4
+            x: 10
+            y: 20
+            width: 200
+            height: 50
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/EmptyStyleStyle.qml b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/EmptyStyleStyle.qml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8040be26976
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/EmptyStyleStyle.qml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+import QtQuick 2.1
diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/EmptyStyleTemplate.qml b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/EmptyStyleTemplate.qml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..122ccd87671
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/EmptyStyleTemplate.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+// Test that an empty style sheet will leave the original template untouched.
+import QtQuick 2.1
+
+Rectangle {
+    id: root
+    x: 10;
+    y: 10;
+    Rectangle {
+        id: rectangle0
+        x: 10;
+        y: 10;
+        height: 150
+        width: 200
+    }
+    Rectangle {
+        id: rectangle2
+        x: 100;
+        y: 100;
+        anchors.fill: root
+    }
+    Rectangle {
+        id: rectangle3
+        x: 140;
+        y: 180;
+        gradient: Gradient {
+            GradientStop {
+                position: 0
+                color: "white"
+            }
+            GradientStop {
+                position: 1
+                color: "black"
+            }
+        }
+        Rectangle {
+            id: rectangle4
+            x: 10
+            y: 20
+            width: 200
+            height: 50
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/ListViewExpected.qml b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/ListViewExpected.qml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a8da56b1dff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/ListViewExpected.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+import QtQuick 2.10
+
+ListView {
+    id: view
+    width: listViewBackground.width
+    height: listViewBackground.height
+    highlight: Rectangle {
+        id: listViewHighLight
+        width: view.width
+        height: 120
+        color: "#343434"
+        radius: 4
+        border.color: "#0d52a4"
+        border.width: 8
+    }
+
+    highlightMoveDuration: 0
+
+    children: [
+        Item {
+             z: -1
+             anchors.fill: parent
+
+            Rectangle {
+                id: listViewBackground
+                width: 420
+                height: 420
+                color: "#69b5ec"
+                anchors.fill: parent
+            }
+        }
+    ]
+
+    model: ListModel {
+        ListElement {
+            name: "Music"
+        }
+        ListElement {
+            name: "Movies"
+        }
+        ListElement {
+            name: "Camera"
+        }
+        ListElement {
+            name: "Map"
+        }
+        ListElement {
+            name: "Calendar"
+        }
+        ListElement {
+            name: "Messaging"
+        }
+        ListElement {
+            name: "Todo List"
+        }
+        ListElement {
+            name: "Contacts"
+        }
+        ListElement {
+            name: "Settings"
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    delegate: Item {
+        id: delegate
+        width: ListView.view.width
+        height: delegateNormal.height
+
+        Rectangle {
+            id: delegateNormal
+            width: 420
+            height: 120
+            visible: true
+            color: "#bdbdbd"
+            radius: 4
+            anchors.fill: parent
+            anchors.margins: 12
+            Text {
+                id: labelNormal
+                color: "#343434"
+                text: name
+                anchors.top: parent.top
+                anchors.margins: 24
+                anchors.horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter
+            }
+        }
+
+
+        Rectangle {
+            id: delegateHighlighted
+            width: 420
+            height: 120
+            visible: false
+            color: "#8125eb29"
+            radius: 4
+            anchors.fill: parent
+            anchors.margins: 12
+            Text {
+                id: labelHighlighted
+                color: "#efefef"
+                text: name
+                anchors.top: parent.top
+                anchors.margins: 52
+                anchors.horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter
+            }
+        }
+
+        MouseArea {
+            anchors.fill: parent
+            onClicked: delegate.ListView.view.currentIndex = index
+        }
+
+
+        states: [
+            State {
+                name: "Highlighted"
+
+                when: delegate.ListView.isCurrentItem
+                PropertyChanges {
+                    target: delegateHighlighted
+                    visible: true
+                }
+
+                PropertyChanges {
+                    target: delegateNormal
+                    visible: false
+                }
+
+
+            }
+        ]
+    }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/ListViewStyle.qml b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/ListViewStyle.qml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4e68326f0a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/ListViewStyle.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+import QtQuick 2.12
+
+
+Rectangle {
+    id: artboard
+    width: 800
+    height: 600
+    color: "#ee4040"
+
+    Rectangle {
+        id: listViewBackground
+        x: 19
+        y: 34
+        width: 420
+        height: 420
+
+        color: "#69b5ec"
+
+    }
+
+    Rectangle {
+        id: delegateNormal
+        x: 19
+        y: 51
+        color: "#bdbdbd"
+
+        height: 120
+
+        width: 420
+
+        radius: 4
+        Text {
+            id: labelNormal //id required for binding preservation
+            color: "#343434"
+            text: "some text"
+            anchors.top: parent.top
+            anchors.horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter
+
+            anchors.margins: 24
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    Rectangle {
+        id: delegateHighlighted
+        x: 19
+        y: 177
+        color: "#8125eb29"
+        height: 120
+
+        width: 420
+
+        radius: 4
+        Text {
+            id: labelHighlighted //id required for binding preservation
+            color: "#efefef"
+            text: "some text"
+            anchors.top: parent.top
+            anchors.horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter
+
+            anchors.margins: 52
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    Rectangle {
+        id: listViewHighLight
+        x: 19
+        y: 323
+        width: 420
+        height: 120
+        color: "#343434"
+        radius: 4
+        border.color: "#0d52a4"
+        border.width: 8
+    }
+
+
+
+}
+
+
diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/ListViewTemplate.qml b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/ListViewTemplate.qml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6c59ca4d395
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/ListViewTemplate.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+import QtQuick 2.10
+
+ListView {
+    id: view
+    width: listViewBackground.width
+    height: listViewBackground.height
+
+    highlightMoveDuration: 0
+
+    children: [
+        Item {
+             z: -1
+             anchors.fill: parent
+
+            Rectangle {
+                id: listViewBackground
+                width: 420
+                height: 420
+
+                color: "#d80e0e"
+                anchors.fill: parent // hsa to be preserved
+            }
+        }
+    ]
+
+    model: ListModel {
+        ListElement {
+            name: "Music"
+        }
+        ListElement {
+            name: "Movies"
+        }
+        ListElement {
+            name: "Camera"
+        }
+        ListElement {
+            name: "Map"
+        }
+        ListElement {
+            name: "Calendar"
+        }
+        ListElement {
+            name: "Messaging"
+        }
+        ListElement {
+            name: "Todo List"
+        }
+        ListElement {
+            name: "Contacts"
+        }
+        ListElement {
+            name: "Settings"
+        }
+    }
+
+    highlight: Rectangle {
+        id: listViewHighLight
+        width: view.width // has to be preserved
+        height: 120
+        color: "#343434"
+        radius: 4
+        border.color: "#0d52a4"
+        border.width: 8
+    }
+
+    delegate: Item {
+        id: delegate
+        width: ListView.view.width
+        height: delegateNormal.height
+
+        Rectangle {
+            id: delegateNormal
+            color: "#bdbdbd"
+            anchors.fill: parent
+            height: 140
+            anchors.margins: 12
+            visible: true
+            radius: 4
+            Text {
+                id: labelNormal //id required for binding preservation
+                color: "#343434"
+                anchors.top: parent.top
+                anchors.horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter
+
+                text: name
+                anchors.margins: 24
+            }
+        }
+
+        Rectangle {
+            id: delegateHighlighted
+            color: "#36bdbdbd"
+            anchors.fill: parent
+            anchors.margins: 12
+            visible: false
+            radius: 4
+            Text {
+                id: labelHighlighted //id required for binding preservation
+                color: "#efefef"
+                anchors.top: parent.top
+                anchors.horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter
+
+                text: name
+                anchors.margins: 32
+            }
+        }
+
+
+        MouseArea {
+            anchors.fill: parent
+            onClicked: delegate.ListView.view.currentIndex = index
+        }
+        states: [
+            State {
+                name: "Highlighted"
+
+                when: delegate.ListView.isCurrentItem
+                PropertyChanges {
+                    target: delegateHighlighted
+                    visible: true
+                }
+
+                PropertyChanges {
+                    target: delegateNormal
+                    visible: false
+                }
+
+
+            }
+        ]
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/RootReplacementExpected.qml b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/RootReplacementExpected.qml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..02f75103f4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/RootReplacementExpected.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import QtQuick 2.1
+
+Item {
+    id: root
+
+    Rectangle {
+        id: rectangle0
+        Image {
+            id: rectangle1
+            x: 10
+            y: 10
+            width: 100
+            height: 150
+            source: "qt/icon.png"
+        }
+    }
+
+    Image {
+        id: rectangle4
+        x: 10
+        y: 10
+        width: 100
+        height: 150
+        source: "qt/realcool.jpg"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/RootReplacementStyle.qml b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/RootReplacementStyle.qml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0432a21b78b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/RootReplacementStyle.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import QtQuick 2.1
+
+Item {
+    id: root
+    Rectangle {
+        id: rectangle0
+        Image {
+            id: rectangle1
+            x: 10
+            y: 10
+            height: 150
+            width: 100
+            source: "qt/icon.png"
+        }
+    }
+    Image {
+        id: rectangle4
+        x: 10;
+        y: 10;
+        height: 150
+        width: 100
+        source: "qt/realcool.jpg"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/RootReplacementTemplate.qml b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/RootReplacementTemplate.qml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0524162afaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/RootReplacementTemplate.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import QtQuick 2.1
+
+Rectangle {
+    id: root
+    x: 10;
+    y: 10;
+    Rectangle {
+        id: rectangle1
+        x: 10;
+        y: 10;
+        height: 150
+        width: 200
+    }
+    Rectangle {
+        id: rectangle2
+        x: 100;
+        y: 100;
+        anchors.fill: root
+    }
+    Rectangle {
+        id: rectangle3
+        x: 140;
+        y: 180;
+        gradient: Gradient {
+            GradientStop {
+                position: 0
+                color: "white"
+            }
+            GradientStop {
+                position: 1
+                color: "black"
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/SimpleExpected.qml b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/SimpleExpected.qml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9b7c6ff02bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/SimpleExpected.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import QtQuick 2.1
+
+Rectangle {
+    id: root
+    x: 10;
+    y: 10;
+    Image {
+        id: rectangle1
+        x: 10
+        y: 10
+        width: 100
+        height: 150
+        source: "qt/icon.png"
+    }
+
+    Rectangle {
+        id: rectangle2
+        x: 100;
+        y: 100;
+        anchors.fill: root
+    }
+    Rectangle {
+        id: rectangle3
+        x: 140;
+        y: 180;
+        gradient: Gradient {
+            GradientStop {
+                position: 0
+                color: "white"
+            }
+            GradientStop {
+                position: 1
+                color: "black"
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/SimpleStyle.qml b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/SimpleStyle.qml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..92e2e4cc5f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/SimpleStyle.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import QtQuick 2.1
+
+ Image {
+     id: rectangle1
+     x: 10;
+     y: 10;
+     height: 150
+     width: 100
+     source: "qt/icon.png"
+ }
diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/SimpleTemplate.qml b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/SimpleTemplate.qml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..22ac72ed94e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/SimpleTemplate.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import QtQuick 2.1
+
+Rectangle {
+    id: root
+    x: 10;
+    y: 10;
+    Rectangle {
+        id: rectangle1
+        x: 10;
+        y: 10;
+        height: 150
+        width: 200
+    }
+    Rectangle {
+        id: rectangle2
+        x: 100;
+        y: 100;
+        anchors.fill: root
+    }
+    Rectangle {
+        id: rectangle3
+        x: 140;
+        y: 180;
+        gradient: Gradient {
+            GradientStop {
+                position: 0
+                color: "white"
+            }
+            GradientStop {
+                position: 1
+                color: "black"
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+
diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/SliderExpected.qml b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/SliderExpected.qml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..aa80d5d355e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/SliderExpected.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import QtQuick 2.6
+import QtQuick.Controls 2.0
+
+Slider {
+    id: control
+    value: 0.5
+
+    background: Item {
+        x: control.leftPadding
+        y: control.topPadding + control.availableHeight / 2 - height / 2
+        implicitWidth: sliderGroove.width
+        implicitHeight: sliderGroove.height
+        height:  implicitHeight
+        width: control.availableWidth
+
+        Rectangle {
+            id: sliderGroove
+            width: 200
+            height: 6
+            color: "#bdbebf"
+            radius: 2
+            anchors.fill: parent
+        }
+
+        Item {
+            width: control.visualPosition * sliderGroove.width // should be preserved
+            height: sliderGrooveLeft.height
+            clip: true
+
+            Rectangle {
+                id: sliderGrooveLeft
+                width: 200
+                height: 6
+                color: "#21be2b"
+                radius: 2
+            }
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    handle: Item {
+        x: control.leftPadding + control.visualPosition * (control.availableWidth - width)
+        y: control.topPadding + control.availableHeight / 2 - height / 2
+
+        implicitWidth: handleNormal.width
+        implicitHeight: handleNormal.height
+        Rectangle {
+            id: handleNormal
+            width: 32
+            height: 32
+            visible: !control.pressed
+            color: "#f6f6f6"
+            radius: 13
+            border.color: "#bdbebf"
+        }
+
+        Rectangle {
+            id: handlePressed
+            width: 32
+            height: 32
+            visible: control.pressed
+            color: "#221bdb"
+            radius: 13
+            border.color: "#bdbebf"
+        }
+
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/SliderStyle.qml b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/SliderStyle.qml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8af1ab1e3f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/SliderStyle.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import QtQuick 2.12
+
+
+Item {
+    id: artboard
+    width: 640
+    height: 480
+
+    Rectangle {
+        id: sliderGroove
+        x: 78
+        y: 127
+        width: 200
+        height: 6
+        color: "#bdbebf"
+    }
+
+    Rectangle {
+        id: sliderGrooveLeft
+        x: 78
+        y: 165
+        width: 200
+        height: 6
+        color: "#21be2b"
+        radius: 2
+    }
+
+    Rectangle {
+        id: handleNormal
+        x: 130
+        y: 74
+        width: 32
+        height: 32
+        radius: 13
+        color: "#f6f6f6"
+        border.color: "#bdbebf"
+    }
+    Rectangle {
+        id: handlePressed
+        x: 78
+        y: 74
+        width: 32
+        height: 32
+        radius: 13
+        color:  "#221bdb"
+        border.color: "#bdbebf"
+    }
+
+    Text {
+        id: element
+        x: 8
+        y: 320
+        color: "#eaeaea"
+        text: qsTrId("Some stuff for reference that is thrown away")
+        font.pixelSize: 32
+    }
+
+
+}
+
+/*##^##
+Designer {
+    D{i:0;formeditorColor:"#000000"}
+}
+##^##*/
diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/SliderTemplate.qml b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/SliderTemplate.qml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f78a00ef665
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/SliderTemplate.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import QtQuick 2.6
+import QtQuick.Controls 2.0
+
+Slider {
+    id: control
+    value: 0.5
+
+    background: Item {
+        x: control.leftPadding
+        y: control.topPadding + control.availableHeight / 2 - height / 2
+        implicitWidth: sliderGroove.width
+        implicitHeight: sliderGroove.height
+        height:  implicitHeight
+        width: control.availableWidth
+        Rectangle {
+            id: sliderGroove
+
+            width: 200
+            height: 4
+
+            anchors.fill: parent // has to be preserved
+            radius: 2
+            color: "#bdbebf"
+        }
+
+        Item {
+            width: control.visualPosition * sliderGroove.width // should be preserved
+            height: sliderGrooveLeft.height
+            clip: true
+
+            Rectangle {
+                id: sliderGrooveLeft
+                width: 200
+                height: 4
+                color: "#21be2b"
+                radius: 2
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    handle: Item {
+        x: control.leftPadding + control.visualPosition * (control.availableWidth - width)
+        y: control.topPadding + control.availableHeight / 2 - height / 2
+
+        implicitWidth: handleNormal.width
+        implicitHeight: handleNormal.height
+        Rectangle {
+            id: handleNormal
+            width: 26
+            height: 26
+            radius: 13
+            color: "#f6f6f6"
+            visible: !control.pressed //has to be preserved
+            border.color: "#bdbebf"
+        }
+        Rectangle {
+            id: handlePressed
+            width: 26
+            height: 26
+            radius: 13
+            visible: control.pressed //has to be preserved
+            color:  "#f0f0f0"
+            border.color: "#bdbebf"
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/SwitchExpected.qml b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/SwitchExpected.qml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7cb59ec1036
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/SwitchExpected.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+import QtQuick 2.10
+import QtQuick.Templates 2.1 as T
+import TemplateMerging 1.0
+
+T.Switch {
+    id: control
+
+    implicitWidth: background.implicitWidth
+    implicitHeight: background.implicitHeight
+
+    text: "test"
+    indicator: Rectangle {
+        id: switchIndicator
+        x: control.leftPadding
+        y: 34
+        width: 64
+        height: 44
+        color: "#e9e9e9"
+        radius: 16
+        border.color: "#dddddd"
+        anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
+        Rectangle {
+            id: switchHandle
+            width: 31
+            height: 44
+            color: "#e9e9e9"
+            radius: 16
+            border.color: "#808080"
+        }
+    }
+
+    background: Item {
+        implicitWidth: switchBackground.width
+        implicitHeight: switchBackground.height
+
+        Rectangle {
+            id: switchBackground
+            width: 144
+            height: 52
+            color: "#c2c2c2"
+            border.color: "#808080"
+            anchors.fill: parent
+
+            Text {
+                text: "background"
+                anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
+                anchors.right: parent.right
+                anchors.rightMargin: 12
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    leftPadding: 4
+
+    contentItem: Item  { //designer want to edit the label as part of background
+    }
+
+
+    states: [
+        State {
+            name: "off"
+            when: !control.checked && !control.down
+        },
+        State {
+            name: "on"
+            when: control.checked && !control.down
+
+            PropertyChanges {
+                target: switchIndicator
+                color: "#1713de"
+                border.color: "#1713de"
+            }
+
+            PropertyChanges {
+                target: switchHandle
+                x: parent.width - width
+            }
+        },
+        State {
+            name: "off_down"
+            when: !control.checked && control.down
+
+            PropertyChanges {
+                target: switchIndicator
+                color: "#e9e9e9"
+            }
+
+            PropertyChanges {
+                target: switchHandle
+                color: "#d2d2d2"
+                border.color: "#d2d2d2"
+            }
+        },
+        State {
+            name: "on_down"
+            when: control.checked && control.down
+
+            PropertyChanges {
+                target: switchHandle
+                x: parent.width - width
+                color: "#e9e9e9"
+            }
+
+            PropertyChanges {
+                target: switchIndicator
+                color: "#030381"
+                border.color: "#030381"
+            }
+        }
+    ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/SwitchStyle.qml b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/SwitchStyle.qml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9f8cffc9b70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/SwitchStyle.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import QtQuick 2.12
+
+Item {
+    width: 640
+    height: 480
+
+    Rectangle {
+        id: switchIndicator
+        x: 219
+        y: 34
+        width: 64
+        height: 44
+
+        color: "#e9e9e9"
+
+        radius: 16
+        border.color: "#dddddd"
+
+        Rectangle {
+            id: switchHandle //id is required for states
+
+            width: 31
+            height: 44
+            radius: 16
+            color: "#e9e9e9"
+            border.color: "#808080"
+        }
+    }
+
+    Rectangle {
+        id: switchBackground
+        x: 346
+        y: 27
+        width: 144
+        height: 52
+        color: "#c2c2c2"
+        border.color: "#808080"
+
+        Text {
+            id: switchBackgroundText
+            text: "background"
+            anchors.right: parent.right
+
+            anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
+            anchors.rightMargin: 12
+        }
+    }
+
+    Text {
+        id: element
+        x: 1
+        y: 362
+        color: "#eaeaea"
+        text: qsTrId("Some stuff for reference that is thrown away")
+        font.pixelSize: 32
+    }
+
+    Rectangle { //This is ignored when merging
+        id: weirdStuff02
+        x: 8
+        y: 87
+        width: 624
+        height: 200
+        color: "#ffffff"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/SwitchTemplate.qml b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/SwitchTemplate.qml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d45756494b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/data/merging/SwitchTemplate.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+import QtQuick 2.10
+import QtQuick.Templates 2.1 as T
+import TemplateMerging 1.0
+
+T.Switch {
+    id: control
+
+    implicitWidth: background.implicitWidth
+    implicitHeight: background.implicitHeight
+
+    text: "test"
+
+    background: Item {
+        implicitWidth: switchBackground.width
+        implicitHeight: switchBackground.height
+        Rectangle {
+            id: switchBackground
+            color: "#ef1d1d"
+            border.color: "#808080"
+            width: 12 * 6.0
+            height: 12 * 3.8
+            anchors.fill: parent // has to be preserved
+            Text {
+                id: switchBackgroundText
+                anchors.right: parent.right // does have to be preserved -- how to handle this? - anchors preference from style if not "root"?
+
+                anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter // does have to be preserved -- how to handle this? - anchors preference from style if not "root"?
+                text: control.text // has to be preserved
+                anchors.rightMargin: 12 * 5
+            }
+            Rectangle {
+                id: nonSenseRectangle
+                width: 5 * 12.0
+                height: 6 * 49.0
+                color: "#ff0000"
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    leftPadding: 4
+
+    contentItem: Item  { //designer want to edit the label as part of background
+    }
+
+
+    indicator: Rectangle {
+        id: switchIndicator
+        width: 58
+        height: 31
+        x: control.leftPadding // has to be preserved
+        color: "#e9e9e9"
+        anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter // has to be preserved
+        radius: 16
+        border.color: "#dddddd"
+
+        Rectangle {
+            id: switchHandle //id is required for states
+
+            width: 31
+            height: 31
+            radius: 16
+            color: "#e9e9e9"
+            border.color: "#808080"
+        }
+    }
+    states: [
+        State {
+            name: "off"
+            when: !control.checked && !control.down
+        },
+        State {
+            name: "on"
+            when: control.checked && !control.down
+
+            PropertyChanges {
+                target: switchIndicator
+                color: "#1713de"
+                border.color: "#1713de"
+            }
+
+            PropertyChanges {
+                target: switchHandle
+                x: parent.width - width
+            }
+        },
+        State {
+            name: "off_down"
+            when: !control.checked && control.down
+
+            PropertyChanges {
+                target: switchIndicator
+                color: "#e9e9e9"
+            }
+
+            PropertyChanges {
+                target: switchHandle
+                color: "#d2d2d2"
+                border.color: "#d2d2d2"
+            }
+        },
+        State {
+            name: "on_down"
+            when: control.checked && control.down
+
+            PropertyChanges {
+                target: switchHandle
+                x: parent.width - width
+                color: "#e9e9e9"
+            }
+
+            PropertyChanges {
+                target: switchIndicator
+                color: "#030381"
+                border.color: "#030381"
+            }
+        }
+    ]
+}
+
+