diff --git a/src/libs/utils/welcomemodetreewidget.cpp b/src/libs/utils/welcomemodetreewidget.cpp
index 1fd3b52a432741f42c5b59d69249e474473330cd..b5cd3489515040255055dcedaecdc91b3e2a821e 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/welcomemodetreewidget.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/utils/welcomemodetreewidget.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "welcomemodetreewidget.h"
 
 #include <QtGui/QLabel>
+#include <QtGui/QAction>
 #include <QtGui/QBoxLayout>
 #include <QtGui/QHeaderView>
 
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ QSize WelcomeModeTreeWidget::sizeHint() const
     return QSize(QTreeWidget::sizeHint().width(), 30 * topLevelItemCount());
 }
 
-QTreeWidgetItem *WelcomeModeTreeWidget::addItem(const QString &label, const QString &data)
+QTreeWidgetItem *WelcomeModeTreeWidget::addItem(const QString &label, const QString &data, const QString &toolTip)
 {
     QTreeWidgetItem *item = new QTreeWidgetItem(this);
     item->setIcon(0, m_d->bullet);
@@ -94,7 +95,10 @@ QTreeWidgetItem *WelcomeModeTreeWidget::addItem(const QString &label, const QStr
     wdg->setLayout(lay);
     setItemWidget(item, 1, wdg);
     item->setData(0, Qt::UserRole, data);
+    if (!toolTip.isEmpty())
+        wdg->setToolTip(toolTip);
     return item;
+
 }
 
 void WelcomeModeTreeWidget::slotAddNewsItem(const QString &title, const QString &description, const QString &link)
@@ -105,7 +109,7 @@ void WelcomeModeTreeWidget::slotAddNewsItem(const QString &title, const QString
     f.setBold(true);
     QString elidedTitle = QFontMetrics(f).elidedText(title, Qt::ElideRight, itemWidth);
     QString data = QString::fromLatin1("<b>%1</b><br />%2").arg(elidedTitle).arg(elidedText);
-    addTopLevelItem(addItem(data,link));
+    addTopLevelItem(addItem(data, link, link));
 }
 
 void WelcomeModeTreeWidget::slotItemClicked(QTreeWidgetItem *item)
diff --git a/src/libs/utils/welcomemodetreewidget.h b/src/libs/utils/welcomemodetreewidget.h
index 61ae5b6de8cbe3ae79b0521d22b31e117a60fdbc..2dc4cc2f92830be524433a6e14ab00108e569ad3 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/welcomemodetreewidget.h
+++ b/src/libs/utils/welcomemodetreewidget.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class QTCREATOR_UTILS_EXPORT WelcomeModeTreeWidget : public QTreeWidget
 public:
     WelcomeModeTreeWidget(QWidget *parent = 0);
     ~WelcomeModeTreeWidget();
-    QTreeWidgetItem *addItem(const QString &label, const QString &data);
+    QTreeWidgetItem *addItem(const QString &label, const QString &data,const QString &toolTip = QString::null);
 
 public slots:
     void slotAddNewsItem(const QString &title, const QString &description, const QString &link);
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectwelcomepagewidget.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectwelcomepagewidget.cpp
index df576678443a88cbe6a98a4778a8d11b673178c5..4df5f9c9a57c9eb0b1fe4f65b46d248ee725c799 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectwelcomepagewidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectwelcomepagewidget.cpp
@@ -119,9 +119,8 @@ void ProjectWelcomePageWidget::updateWelcomePage(const WelcomePageData &welcomeP
     typedef QPair<QString, QString> QStringPair;
     if (welcomePageData.projectList.count() > 0) {
         foreach (const QStringPair &it, welcomePageData.projectList) {
-            QTreeWidgetItem *item = ui->projTreeWidget->addItem(it.second, it.first);
             const QFileInfo fi(it.first);
-            item->setToolTip(1, QDir::toNativeSeparators(fi.absolutePath()));
+            QTreeWidgetItem *item = ui->projTreeWidget->addItem(it.second, it.first, fi.absolutePath());
         }
     } else {
         ui->projTreeWidget->hide();
diff --git a/src/plugins/welcome/communitywelcomepagewidget.cpp b/src/plugins/welcome/communitywelcomepagewidget.cpp
index 5b54f23cb7dd25be88d33785e31b5713587d2cb4..f3048f3b608040ba2ab829acee45838da301b3d4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/welcome/communitywelcomepagewidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/welcome/communitywelcomepagewidget.cpp
@@ -32,11 +32,12 @@
 
 #include "rssfetcher.h"
 
+#include <QtCore/QMap>
 #include <QtGui/QDesktopServices>
+#include <QtGui/QTreeWidgetItem>
 
 namespace Welcome {
 namespace Internal {
-
 CommunityWelcomePageWidget::CommunityWelcomePageWidget(QWidget *parent) :
     QWidget(parent),
     m_rssFetcher(new RSSFetcher(7)),
@@ -54,13 +55,22 @@ CommunityWelcomePageWidget::CommunityWelcomePageWidget(QWidget *parent) :
     //: Add localized feed here only if one exists
     m_rssFetcher->fetch(QUrl(tr("http://labs.trolltech.com/blogs/feed")));
 
-    ui->sitesTreeWidget->addItem(tr("Qt Home"), QLatin1String("http://qt.nokia.com"));
-    ui->sitesTreeWidget->addItem(tr("Qt Labs"), QLatin1String("http://labs.trolltech.com"));
-    ui->sitesTreeWidget->addItem(tr("Qt Git Hosting"), QLatin1String("http://qt.gitorious.org"));
-    ui->sitesTreeWidget->addItem(tr("Qt Centre"), QLatin1String("http://www.qtcentre.org"));
-    ui->sitesTreeWidget->addItem(tr("Qt for Symbian at Forum Nokia"), QLatin1String("http://discussion.forum.nokia.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=196"));
+    QMap<QString, QString> sites;
+    sites[tr("Qt Home")] = QLatin1String("http://qt.nokia.com");
+    sites[tr("Qt Labs")] = QLatin1String("http://labs.qt.nokia.com");
+    sites[tr("Qt Git Hosting")] = QLatin1String("http://qt.gitorious.org");
+    sites[tr("Qt Centre")] = QLatin1String("http://www.qtcentre.org");
+    sites[tr("Qt for Symbian at Forum Nokia")] =  QLatin1String("http://discussion.forum.nokia.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=196");
+
+    QMapIterator<QString, QString> it(sites);
+    while (it.hasNext()) {
+        it.next();
+        ui->sitesTreeWidget->addItem(it.key(), it.value(), it.value());
+    }
+
 }
 
+
 CommunityWelcomePageWidget::~CommunityWelcomePageWidget()
 {
     delete m_rssFetcher;