import QtQuick 2.0 Item { width: 300 height: 300 Item { anchors.centerIn: parent Rectangle { objectName: "childrenRectProxy" x: container.childrenRect.x y: container.childrenRect.y width: container.childrenRect.width height: container.childrenRect.height color: "red" opacity: 0.5 } Item { id: container Rectangle { x: -100 y: -100 width: 10 height: 10 color: "red" } Rectangle { x: -60 y: -60 width: 10 height: 10 color: "red" } } Rectangle { id: origin width: 5 height: 5 color: "black" } } }