import Qt 4.7 Rectangle { id: newParent width: 400; height: 400 Item { scale: .5 rotation: 15 x: 10; y: 10 Rectangle { id: myRect objectName: "MyRect" x: 5 width: 100; height: 100 color: "red" } } MouseArea { id: clickable anchors.fill: parent } states: State { name: "reparented" when: clickable.pressed ParentChange { target: myRect parent: newParent } } }