diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/movemanipulator.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/movemanipulator.cpp
index 4242e829853..ea78035612e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/movemanipulator.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/movemanipulator.cpp
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ void MoveManipulator::begin(const QPointF &beginPoint)
 
     setDirectUpdateInNodeInstances(true);
 
-    m_rewriterTransaction = m_view->beginRewriterTransaction(QByteArrayLiteral("MoveManipulator::begin"));
+    beginRewriterTransaction();
 }
 
 
@@ -426,6 +426,7 @@ void MoveManipulator::moveBy(double deltaX, double deltaY)
 void MoveManipulator::beginRewriterTransaction()
 {
     m_rewriterTransaction = m_view->beginRewriterTransaction(QByteArrayLiteral("MoveManipulator::beginRewriterTransaction"));
+    m_rewriterTransaction.ignoreSemanticChecks();
 }
 
 void MoveManipulator::endRewriterTransaction()
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/resizemanipulator.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/resizemanipulator.cpp
index 2e8f5f1a88f..d5f197997f3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/resizemanipulator.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/resizemanipulator.cpp
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ void ResizeManipulator::begin(const QPointF &/*beginPoint*/)
         m_beginFromItemToSceneTransform = m_resizeController.formEditorItem()->qmlItemNode().instanceSceneTransform();
         m_beginToParentTransform = m_resizeController.formEditorItem()->qmlItemNode().instanceTransform();
         m_rewriterTransaction = m_view->beginRewriterTransaction(QByteArrayLiteral("ResizeManipulator::begin"));
+        m_rewriterTransaction.ignoreSemanticChecks();
         m_snapper.updateSnappingLines(m_resizeController.formEditorItem());
         m_beginBottomRightPoint = m_beginToParentTransform.map(m_resizeController.formEditorItem()->qmlItemNode().instanceBoundingRect().bottomRight());