import QtQuick 2.0 Item { width: 500 height: 500 Rectangle { width: 300 height: 300 color: "grey" x: 100 y: 100 MouseArea { id: mouseArea objectName: "mouseArea" anchors.fill: parent hoverEnabled: true onPressed: mouse.accepted = false //onContainsMouseChanged: print("containsMouse changed =", containsMouse) Rectangle { visible: parent.containsMouse color: "red" width: 10; height: 10 } } } }