wysota,

Thanks for your help. I don't think I have fully managed to communicate what I am doing, because part of what you were saying really didn't apply, but your mention of the sceneBoundingRect function helped, because this code:

Qt Code: 
  1. QRectF	  rect;
  2. 	QPointF   point1, point2;
  3.  
  4. 	// JSL - Calculate the location of the position of the item on the icon
  5. 	rect			= sceneBoundingRect();
  6. 	point1			= rect.topLeft();
  7. 	point2			= scene()->itemsBoundingRect().topLeft();
  8. 	drawData.iconPos= point1 - point2;
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seems to be doing the trick. Thanks again. I think I can move on from here.