diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/formeditorwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/formeditorwidget.cpp
index cde79f3dd96ec7d6124f9f38ebdb1fbb62d8456d..6c125bc5d4b6a585affbc5028a6fa39ff37eb6a1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/formeditorwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/formeditorwidget.cpp
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ FormEditorWidget::FormEditorWidget(FormEditorView *view)
     m_selectOnlyContentItemsAction->setShortcut(Qt::Key_S);
     m_selectOnlyContentItemsAction->setShortcutContext(Qt::WidgetWithChildrenShortcut);
     m_selectOnlyContentItemsAction->setCheckable(true);
-    m_selectOnlyContentItemsAction->setChecked(true);
+    m_selectOnlyContentItemsAction->setChecked(false);
     m_selectOnlyContentItemsAction->setIcon(QPixmap(":/icon/selection/selectonlycontentitems.png"));
 
     addAction(m_selectOnlyContentItemsAction.data());
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/selectiontool.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/selectiontool.cpp
index 7c42af95bb436009701ceb566441c022eea866a8..b4175612f6afd4d8527f50770c6bfc4f368811ed 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/selectiontool.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/selectiontool.cpp
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ SelectionTool::SelectionTool(FormEditorView *editorView)
     m_singleSelectionManipulator(editorView),
     m_selectionIndicator(editorView->scene()->manipulatorLayerItem()),
     m_resizeIndicator(editorView->scene()->manipulatorLayerItem()),
-    m_selectOnlyContentItems(true)
+    m_selectOnlyContentItems(false)
 {
 //    view()->setCursor(Qt::CrossCursor);
 }