import Qt 4.6 Rectangle { width: 400; height: 400 Item { x: 10; y: 10 Rectangle { id: myRect objectName: "MyRect" x: 5 width: 100; height: 100 color: "red" } } MouseArea { id: clickable anchors.fill: parent } Item { x: -100; y: -50 Item { id: newParent objectName: "NewParent" x: 248; y: 360 } } states: State { name: "reparented" when: clickable.pressed ParentChange { target: myRect parent: newParent } } }