2 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/widgets/widgets/qmainwindow.cpp b/src/widgets/widgets/qmainwindow.cpp
index 436fb65dd2..0df83189ba 100644
--- a/src/widgets/widgets/qmainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/widgets/qmainwindow.cpp
@@ -629,6 +629,22 @@ void QMainWindow::setCentralWidget(QWidget *widget)
     d->layout->setCentralWidget(widget);
 }
 
+/*!
+    Removes the central widget from this main window.
+
+    The ownership of the removed widget is passed to the caller.
+
+    \since Qt 5.2
+*/
+QWidget *QMainWindow::takeCentralWidget()
+{
+    Q_D(QMainWindow);
+    QWidget *oldcentralwidget = d->layout->centralWidget();
+    oldcentralwidget->setParent(0);
+    d->layout->setCentralWidget(0);
+    return oldcentralwidget;
+}
+
 #ifndef QT_NO_DOCKWIDGET
 /*!
     Sets the given dock widget \a area to occupy the specified \a
diff --git a/src/widgets/widgets/qmainwindow.h b/src/widgets/widgets/qmainwindow.h
index d9edf711e0..8411bf9f6b 100644
--- a/src/widgets/widgets/qmainwindow.h
+++ b/src/widgets/widgets/qmainwindow.h
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ public:
     QWidget *centralWidget() const;
     void setCentralWidget(QWidget *widget);
 
+    QWidget *takeCentralWidget();
+
 #ifndef QT_NO_DOCKWIDGET
     void setCorner(Qt::Corner corner, Qt::DockWidgetArea area);
     Qt::DockWidgetArea corner(Qt::Corner corner) const;