import QtQuick 2.0 Item { id: root property bool success: false ListModel { id: theModel ListElement { name: "Apple" } } property var firstDelegate; Repeater { id: repeater model: theModel delegate: Item { property var myVarProperty: name; Component.onCompleted: firstDelegate = this; } } Component.onCompleted: { repeater.model = null; firstDelegate.myVarProperty = 42; success = (firstDelegate.myVarProperty === 42); } }