diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/crumblebar.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/crumblebar.cpp
index 383279bcf4b..770ca520215 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/crumblebar.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/crumblebar.cpp
@@ -137,9 +137,7 @@ Utils::CrumblePath *CrumbleBar::crumblePath()
 
 void CrumbleBar::showSaveDialog()
 {
-    DesignerSettings settings = QmlDesignerPlugin::instance()->settings();
-
-    if (settings.value(DesignerSettingsKey::ALWAYS_SAFE_IN_CRUMBLEBAR).toBool()) {
+    if (DesignerSettings::getValue(DesignerSettingsKey::ALWAYS_SAFE_IN_CRUMBLEBAR).toBool()) {
         Core::DocumentManager::saveModifiedDocumentSilently(currentDesignDocument()->editor()->document());
     } else {
         bool alwaysSave;
@@ -151,6 +149,7 @@ void CrumbleBar::showSaveDialog()
                                                     tr("Always save when leaving subcomponent"),
                                                     &alwaysSave);
 
+        DesignerSettings settings = QmlDesignerPlugin::instance()->settings();
         settings.insert(DesignerSettingsKey::ALWAYS_SAFE_IN_CRUMBLEBAR, alwaysSave);
         QmlDesignerPlugin::instance()->setSettings(settings);
     }
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/debugview/debugview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/debugview/debugview.cpp
index df5d935ba6e..50556a42cc3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/debugview/debugview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/debugview/debugview.cpp
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@ const QString lineBreak = QStringLiteral("<br>");
 
 bool isDebugViewEnabled()
 {
-    return QmlDesigner::QmlDesignerPlugin::instance()->settings().value(
+    return QmlDesigner::DesignerSettings::getValue(
         QmlDesigner::DesignerSettingsKey::ENABLE_DEBUGVIEW).toBool();
 }
 
 bool isDebugViewShown()
 {
-    return QmlDesigner::QmlDesignerPlugin::instance()->settings().value(
+    return QmlDesigner::DesignerSettings::getValue(
         QmlDesigner::DesignerSettingsKey::SHOW_DEBUGVIEW).toBool();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/formeditorscene.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/formeditorscene.cpp
index 26cc35f1d67..b833dc52515 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/formeditorscene.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/formeditorscene.cpp
@@ -91,14 +91,12 @@ FormEditorItem* FormEditorScene::itemForQmlItemNode(const QmlItemNode &qmlItemNo
 
 double FormEditorScene::canvasWidth() const
 {
-    DesignerSettings settings = QmlDesignerPlugin::instance()->settings();
-    return settings.value(DesignerSettingsKey::CANVASWIDTH).toDouble();
+    return DesignerSettings::getValue(DesignerSettingsKey::CANVASWIDTH).toDouble();
 }
 
 double FormEditorScene::canvasHeight() const
 {
-    DesignerSettings settings = QmlDesignerPlugin::instance()->settings();
-    return settings.value(DesignerSettingsKey::CANVASHEIGHT).toDouble();
+    return DesignerSettings::getValue(DesignerSettingsKey::CANVASHEIGHT).toDouble();
 }
 
 QList<FormEditorItem*> FormEditorScene::itemsForQmlItemNodes(const QList<QmlItemNode> &nodeList) const
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/formeditorwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/formeditorwidget.cpp
index 73a99217e51..57c326b937e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/formeditorwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/formeditorwidget.cpp
@@ -331,14 +331,12 @@ ToolBox *FormEditorWidget::toolBox() const
 
 double FormEditorWidget::spacing() const
 {
-    DesignerSettings settings = QmlDesignerPlugin::instance()->settings();
-    return settings.value(DesignerSettingsKey::ITEMSPACING).toDouble();
+    return DesignerSettings::getValue(DesignerSettingsKey::ITEMSPACING).toDouble();
 }
 
 double FormEditorWidget::containerPadding() const
 {
-    DesignerSettings settings = QmlDesignerPlugin::instance()->settings();
-    return settings.value(DesignerSettingsKey::CONTAINERPADDING).toDouble();
+    return DesignerSettings::getValue(DesignerSettingsKey::CONTAINERPADDING).toDouble();
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/texteditor/texteditorview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/texteditor/texteditorview.cpp
index 233d58bbfd4..2901ea87661 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/texteditor/texteditorview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/texteditor/texteditorview.cpp
@@ -210,15 +210,13 @@ void TextEditorView::reformatFile()
 
     QByteArray editorState = m_widget->textEditor()->saveState();
 
-    DesignerSettings settings = QmlDesignerPlugin::instance()->settings();
-
     auto document =
             qobject_cast<QmlJSEditor::QmlJSEditorDocument *>(Core::EditorManager::instance()->currentDocument());
 
     /* Reformat document if we have a .ui.qml file */
     if (document
             && document->filePath().toString().endsWith(".ui.qml")
-            && settings.value(DesignerSettingsKey::REFORMAT_UI_QML_FILES).toBool()) {
+            &&  DesignerSettings::getValue(DesignerSettingsKey::REFORMAT_UI_QML_FILES).toBool()) {
 
         const QString &newText = QmlJS::reformat(document->semanticInfo().document);
         QTextCursor tc(document->document());
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designersettings.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designersettings.cpp
index 9e06deab976..5008948f075 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designersettings.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designersettings.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 
 #include "designersettings.h"
 
+#include <qmldesignerplugin.h>
+
 #include <QSettings>
 
 namespace QmlDesigner {
@@ -96,4 +98,10 @@ void DesignerSettings::toSettings(QSettings *settings) const
     settings->endGroup();
 }
 
+QVariant DesignerSettings::getValue(const QByteArray &key)
+{
+    DesignerSettings settings = QmlDesignerPlugin::instance()->settings();
+    return settings.value(key);
+}
+
 } // namespace QmlDesigner
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designersettings.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designersettings.h
index 0756be0d974..72698609937 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designersettings.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designersettings.h
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ public:
 
     void fromSettings(QSettings *);
     void toSettings(QSettings *) const;
+    static QVariant getValue(const QByteArray &key);
 private:
     void restoreValue(QSettings *settings, const QByteArray &key,
         const QVariant &defaultValue = QVariant());
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/documentwarningwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/documentwarningwidget.cpp
index 56246a09a87..be0be89c361 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/documentwarningwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/documentwarningwidget.cpp
@@ -198,8 +198,7 @@ void DocumentWarningWidget::emitGotoCodeClicked(const DocumentMessage &message)
 
 bool DocumentWarningWidget::warningsEnabled() const
 {
-    DesignerSettings settings = QmlDesignerPlugin::instance()->settings();
-    return settings.value(DesignerSettingsKey::WARNING_FOR_FEATURES_IN_DESIGNER).toBool();
+    return DesignerSettings::getValue(DesignerSettingsKey::WARNING_FOR_FEATURES_IN_DESIGNER).toBool();
 }
 
 void DocumentWarningWidget::ignoreCheckBoxToggled(bool b)
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerplugin.cpp
index c35a0e8eaa2..b42304e7f5b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerplugin.cpp
@@ -138,14 +138,12 @@ static bool useTextEditInDesignMode()
 
 static bool warningsForQmlFilesInsteadOfUiQmlEnabled()
 {
-    DesignerSettings settings = QmlDesignerPlugin::instance()->settings();
-    return settings.value(DesignerSettingsKey::WARNING_FOR_QML_FILES_INSTEAD_OF_UIQML_FILES).toBool();
+    return DesignerSettings::getValue(DesignerSettingsKey::WARNING_FOR_QML_FILES_INSTEAD_OF_UIQML_FILES).toBool();
 }
 
 static bool showWarningsForFeaturesInDesigner()
 {
-    DesignerSettings settings = QmlDesignerPlugin::instance()->settings();
-    return settings.value(DesignerSettingsKey::WARNING_FOR_FEATURES_IN_DESIGNER).toBool();
+    return DesignerSettings::getValue(DesignerSettingsKey::WARNING_FOR_FEATURES_IN_DESIGNER).toBool();
 }
 
 QmlDesignerPlugin::QmlDesignerPlugin()