import QtQuick 2.0 Rectangle { width: 400; height: 400 Item { scale: .5 rotation: 15 transformOrigin: "Center" x: 10; y: 10 Rectangle { id: myRect objectName: "MyRect" x: 5 width: 100; height: 100 transformOrigin: "BottomLeft" color: "red" } } MouseArea { id: clickable anchors.fill: parent } Item { x: 200; y: 200 rotation: 52; scale: 2 Item { id: newParent x: 100; y: 100 } } states: State { name: "reparented" when: clickable.pressed ParentChange { target: myRect parent: newParent } } }