diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmltextgenerator.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmltextgenerator.cpp
index 9534752282a..3349a5df54b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmltextgenerator.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmltextgenerator.cpp
@@ -49,9 +49,16 @@ inline static QString properColorName(const QColor &color)
         return QString::asprintf("#%02x%02x%02x%02x", color.alpha(), color.red(), color.green(), color.blue());
 }
 
-inline static QString doubleToString(double d)
+inline static QString doubleToString(const PropertyName &propertyName, double d)
 {
-    QString string = QString::number(d, 'f', 3);
+    static QVector<PropertyName> lowPrecisionProperties
+        = {"width", "height", "x", "y", "rotation", "scale", "opacity"};
+    int precision = 5;
+    if (propertyName.contains("anchors") || propertyName.contains("font")
+        || lowPrecisionProperties.contains(propertyName))
+        precision = 3;
+
+    QString string = QString::number(d, 'f', precision);
     if (string.contains(QLatin1Char('.'))) {
         while (string.at(string.length()- 1) == QLatin1Char('0'))
             string.chop(1);
@@ -142,7 +149,7 @@ QString QmlTextGenerator::toQml(const AbstractProperty &property, int indentDept
 
             case QMetaType::Float:
             case QMetaType::Double:
-                return doubleToString(value.toDouble());
+                return doubleToString(property.name(), value.toDouble());
             case QMetaType::Int:
             case QMetaType::LongLong:
             case QMetaType::UInt: