import Qt 4.7 Rectangle { id: myRectangle property color sourceColor: "blue" width: 400; height: 400 color: "red" Rectangle { id: rect2 objectName: "rect2" width: parent.width + 2 height: 200 color: "yellow" } states: [ State { name: "blue" PropertyChanges { target: rect2 width:50 height: 40 } }, State { name: "green" PropertyChanges { target: rect2 width: myRectangle.width / 2 height: myRectangle.width / 4 } }] }