diff --git a/src/layouts/QskLayoutConstraint.cpp b/src/layouts/QskLayoutConstraint.cpp
index dfe023b8..578c9431 100644
--- a/src/layouts/QskLayoutConstraint.cpp
+++ b/src/layouts/QskLayoutConstraint.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "QskLayoutConstraint.h"
 #include "QskControl.h"
 #include "QskSizePolicy.h"
+#include "QskFunctions.h"
 
 #include <functional>
 
@@ -58,6 +59,42 @@ static inline qreal qskAdjustedValue(
     return value;
 }
 
+static inline QSizeF qskExpandedSize( const QQuickItem* item, const QSizeF& constraint )
+{
+    using namespace QskLayoutConstraint;
+
+    const auto policy = sizePolicy( item );
+
+    QSizeF size = constraint;
+
+    const bool vGrow = ( policy.policy( Qt::Vertical ) & QskSizePolicy::GrowFlag );
+    const bool hGrow = ( policy.policy( Qt::Horizontal ) & QskSizePolicy::GrowFlag );
+
+    if ( !vGrow || !hGrow )
+    {
+        const auto hint = sizeHint( item, Qt::PreferredSize, constraint );
+
+        if ( !vGrow )
+            size.setHeight( hint.height() );
+
+        if ( !hGrow )
+            size.setWidth( hint.width() );
+    }
+
+    if ( !size.isValid() )
+    {
+        const auto hint = sizeHint( item, Qt::MaximumSize, size );
+
+        if ( size.width() == -1 )
+            size.setWidth( hint.width() );
+
+        if ( size.height() == -1 )
+            size.setHeight( hint.height() );
+    }
+
+    return size;
+}
+
 QskLayoutConstraint::Type QskLayoutConstraint::constraintType( const QQuickItem* item )
 {
     Type constraintType = Unconstrained;
@@ -267,7 +304,8 @@ QSizeF QskLayoutConstraint::boundedSize( const QQuickItem* item, const QSizeF& s
     return QSizeF( width, height );
 }
 
-QSizeF QskLayoutConstraint::adjustedSize( const QQuickItem* item, const QSizeF& targetSize )
+QSizeF QskLayoutConstraint::adjustedSize(
+    const QQuickItem* item, const QSizeF& targetSize )
 {
     const auto policy = sizePolicy( item );
 
@@ -375,3 +413,34 @@ QSizeF QskLayoutConstraint::sizeHint( const QQuickItem* item,
 
     return hint;
 }
+
+QRectF QskLayoutConstraint::itemRect( const QQuickItem* item,
+    const QRectF& rect, Qt::Alignment alignment )
+{
+    QSizeF size = qskExpandedSize( item, QSizeF( -1, -1 ) );
+
+    switch( constraintType( item ) )
+    {
+        case HeightForWidth:
+        {   
+            if ( size.width() > rect.width() )
+                size = qskExpandedSize( item, QSizeF( rect.width(), -1 ) );
+
+            break;
+        }
+        case WidthForHeight:
+        {
+            if ( size.height() > rect.height() )
+                size = qskExpandedSize( item, QSizeF( -1, rect.height() ) );
+
+            break;
+        }
+        default:
+            break;
+    }
+
+    size = size.boundedTo( rect.size() );
+
+    return qskAlignedRectF( rect, size.width(), size.height(), alignment );
+}
+
diff --git a/src/layouts/QskLayoutConstraint.h b/src/layouts/QskLayoutConstraint.h
index 13f3ce97..48d28d7b 100644
--- a/src/layouts/QskLayoutConstraint.h
+++ b/src/layouts/QskLayoutConstraint.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class QskSizePolicy;
 class QskControl;
 class QQuickItem;
 class QSizeF;
+class QRectF;
 
 namespace std { template< typename T > class function; }
 
@@ -44,12 +45,14 @@ namespace QskLayoutConstraint
 
     // bounded by Qt::MinimumSize/Qt::MaximumSize
     QSK_EXPORT QSizeF boundedSize( const QQuickItem*, const QSizeF& );
-
     QSK_EXPORT QSizeF adjustedSize( const QQuickItem*, const QSizeF& );
 
     QSK_EXPORT QSizeF sizeHint(
         const QQuickItem*, Qt::SizeHint, const QSizeF& constraint );
 
+    QSK_EXPORT QRectF itemRect(
+        const QQuickItem*, const QRectF&, Qt::Alignment );
+
     // QGridLayoutEngine internally uses FLT_MAX
     const qreal unlimited = std::numeric_limits< float >::max();
 }