diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/stylehelper.cpp b/src/libs/utils/stylehelper.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/coreplugin/stylehelper.cpp
rename to src/libs/utils/stylehelper.cpp
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/stylehelper.h b/src/libs/utils/stylehelper.h
similarity index 97%
rename from src/plugins/coreplugin/stylehelper.h
rename to src/libs/utils/stylehelper.h
index 4c29af0253c9425f33fb9da94265652d7ce89d6b..e42ab67bcd7aa0db12b3cecf0e12a58d99b3d32d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/stylehelper.h
+++ b/src/libs/utils/stylehelper.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #ifndef STYLEHELPER_H
 #define STYLEHELPER_H
 
-#include "core_global.h"
+#include "utils_global.h"
 
 #include <QtCore/QRect>
 #include <QtGui/QPainter>
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
 // Helper class holding all custom color values
 
-class CORE_EXPORT StyleHelper
+class QTCREATOR_UTILS_EXPORT StyleHelper
 {
 public:
     // Height of the project explorer navigation bar
diff --git a/src/libs/utils/utils.pro b/src/libs/utils/utils.pro
index 0a90231f4affd4223a5e0787a64d027944b9e5a5..4efe18705bc2fc5ccb554ab39da891f11535bcc7 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/utils.pro
+++ b/src/libs/utils/utils.pro
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ SOURCES += reloadpromptutils.cpp \
     parameteraction.cpp \
     treewidgetcolumnstretcher.cpp \
     checkablemessagebox.cpp \
-    styledbar.cpp
+    styledbar.cpp \
+    stylehelper.cpp
 
 win32 { 
     SOURCES += abstractprocess_win.cpp \
@@ -69,7 +70,8 @@ HEADERS += utils_global.h \
     treewidgetcolumnstretcher.h \
     checkablemessagebox.h \
     qtcassert.h \
-    styledbar.h
+    styledbar.h \
+    stylehelper.h
 
 FORMS += filewizardpage.ui \
     projectintropage.ui \
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/coreplugin.pro b/src/plugins/coreplugin/coreplugin.pro
index ae1874438fa0ed1959e58e21837d687834d467b5..fbe1d6cc6427830d0b05c12eece5d0a9b1598600 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/coreplugin.pro
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/coreplugin.pro
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ SOURCES += mainwindow.cpp \
     coreimpl.cpp \
     basefilewizard.cpp \
     plugindialog.cpp \
-    stylehelper.cpp \
     inavigationwidgetfactory.cpp \
     navigationwidget.cpp \
     manhattanstyle.cpp \
@@ -150,7 +149,6 @@ HEADERS += mainwindow.h \
     coreimpl.h \
     basefilewizard.h \
     plugindialog.h \
-    stylehelper.h \
     inavigationwidgetfactory.h \
     navigationwidget.h \
     manhattanstyle.h \
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/fancytabwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/fancytabwidget.cpp
index cbd669d0239c859bfb9c56b5f0b42026fe7a62a7..1767b88febf5553362c36c7a1e1256a67a241301 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/fancytabwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/fancytabwidget.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 **************************************************************************/
 
 #include "fancytabwidget.h"
-#include "stylehelper.h"
+#include <utils/stylehelper.h>
 
 #include <QDebug>
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/generalsettings.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/generalsettings.cpp
index 5a75f4f9dfd4f6f99fbb171890f4a52507f48580..eb250422b3f1b8b14b9edfe28b79bc4eae70d09a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/generalsettings.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/generalsettings.cpp
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
 
 #include "generalsettings.h"
 
-#include "stylehelper.h"
-#include "utils/qtcolorbutton.h"
+#include <utils/stylehelper.h>
+#include <utils/qtcolorbutton.h>
 #include <utils/consoleprocess.h>
 #include <coreplugin/editormanager/editormanager.h>
 #include <coreplugin/icore.h>
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/mainwindow.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/mainwindow.cpp
index b9c3f2046498817048c9f0bb109efbf2eb1901c3..e84147941095c9e97b239856d81b2458a33376ec 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@
 
 #include "scriptmanager_p.h"
 #include "settingsdialog.h"
-#include "stylehelper.h"
 #include "variablemanager.h"
 #include "versiondialog.h"
 #include "viewmanager.h"
@@ -68,6 +67,7 @@
 #include <coreplugin/findplaceholder.h>
 #include <coreplugin/settingsdatabase.h>
 #include <utils/pathchooser.h>
+#include <utils/stylehelper.h>
 #include <extensionsystem/pluginmanager.h>
 
 #include <QtCore/QDebug>
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/manhattanstyle.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/manhattanstyle.cpp
index 171dac813f2449b1bfc9b664fbafddc2f7736d1c..fda4e51bab2076815d8feef09e7efef42ffb4b9b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/manhattanstyle.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/manhattanstyle.cpp
@@ -29,12 +29,14 @@
 
 #include "manhattanstyle.h"
 
-#include "stylehelper.h"
 #include "styleanimator.h"
 
 #include <QtCore/QDebug>
 #include <QtCore/QLibrary>
 
+#include <utils/qtcassert.h>
+#include <utils/stylehelper.h>
+
 #include <QtGui/QApplication>
 #include <QtGui/QComboBox>
 #include <QtGui/QDialog>
@@ -56,8 +58,6 @@
 #include <QtGui/QToolBar>
 #include <QtGui/QToolButton>
 
-#include <utils/qtcassert.h>
-
 // We define a currently unused state for indicating animations
 #define State_Animating 0x00000040
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/minisplitter.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/minisplitter.cpp
index bd1551cb7e79c789852c22663c1ae367e79dd7b5..2961dec153f806f572a6d919fdbc89d6968ec044 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/minisplitter.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/minisplitter.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
 **************************************************************************/
 
 #include "minisplitter.h"
-#include "stylehelper.h"
+
+#include <utils/stylehelper.h>
 
 #include <QtGui/QPaintEvent>
 #include <QtGui/QPainter>
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/progressmanager/progresspie.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/progressmanager/progresspie.cpp
index 4f8ffa645febe5e580c1a50c6ad7bd018dc0caed..d4a16a525c63682a586b5cfa50c429b142fbe24c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/progressmanager/progresspie.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/progressmanager/progresspie.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
 **************************************************************************/
 
 #include "progresspie.h"
-#include "stylehelper.h"
+
+#include <utils/stylehelper.h>
 
 #include <QtGui/QPainter>
 #include <QtGui/QFont>
diff --git a/src/plugins/find/find_dependencies.pri b/src/plugins/find/find_dependencies.pri
index a64caedc103f51644196d974398ebb44fc4c5f88..7f369f6326a6ff535481cd53aaa6c99e57e4adc9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/find/find_dependencies.pri
+++ b/src/plugins/find/find_dependencies.pri
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 include(../../plugins/coreplugin/coreplugin.pri)
+include(../../libs/utils/utils.pri)
diff --git a/src/plugins/find/findtoolbar.cpp b/src/plugins/find/findtoolbar.cpp
index 0ddd2d259e65943a75e6c50a354a0ca874f69702..4e19745403aaed8845c963c6d74e540def97261c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/find/findtoolbar.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/find/findtoolbar.cpp
@@ -32,15 +32,13 @@
 #include "textfindconstants.h"
 
 #include <coreplugin/coreconstants.h>
-#include <coreplugin/stylehelper.h>
 #include <coreplugin/findplaceholder.h>
 #include <coreplugin/icore.h>
-#include <coreplugin/stylehelper.h>
 #include <coreplugin/actionmanager/actionmanager.h>
 #include <coreplugin/actionmanager/actioncontainer.h>
 #include <coreplugin/actionmanager/command.h>
-
 #include <extensionsystem/pluginmanager.h>
+#include <utils/stylehelper.h>
 
 #include <QtCore/QDebug>
 #include <QtCore/QSettings>
@@ -76,7 +74,6 @@ FindToolBar::FindToolBar(FindPlugin *plugin, CurrentDocumentFind *currentDocumen
 {
     //setup ui
     m_ui.setupUi(this);
-    setProperty("panelwidget", true);
     setFocusProxy(m_ui.findEdit);
     setProperty("topBorder", true);
     m_ui.findEdit->setAttribute(Qt::WA_MacShowFocusRect, false);
@@ -230,56 +227,6 @@ FindToolBar::~FindToolBar()
 {
 }
 
-void FindToolBar::paintEvent(QPaintEvent *event)
-{
-    // Currently from the style
-    // Goal should be to migrate that into a Utils::StyledWidget class
-    Q_UNUSED(event)
-    QPainter painter(this);
-
-    QRect selfRect = rect();
-    QString key;
-    key.sprintf("mh_toolbar %d %d %d", selfRect.width(), selfRect.height(), StyleHelper::baseColor().rgb());;
-
-    QPixmap pixmap;
-    QPainter *p = &painter;
-    if (StyleHelper::usePixmapCache() && !QPixmapCache::find(key, pixmap)) {
-        pixmap = QPixmap(selfRect.size());
-        p = new QPainter(&pixmap);
-        selfRect = QRect(0, 0, selfRect.width(), selfRect.height());
-    }
-
-    // Map offset for global window gradient
-    QPoint offset = window()->mapToGlobal(selfRect.topLeft()) -
-                                                  mapToGlobal(selfRect.topLeft());
-    QRect gradientSpan;
-    gradientSpan = QRect(offset, window()->size());
-    StyleHelper::horizontalGradient(p, gradientSpan, selfRect);
-
-    p->setPen(StyleHelper::borderColor());
-
-    // Note: This is a hack to determine if the
-    // toolbar should draw the top or bottom outline
-    // (needed for the find toolbar for instance)
-    QColor lighter(255, 255, 255, 40);
-    if (property("topBorder").toBool()) {
-        p->drawLine(selfRect.topLeft(), selfRect.topRight());
-        p->setPen(lighter);
-        p->drawLine(selfRect.topLeft() + QPoint(0, 1), selfRect.topRight() + QPoint(0, 1));
-    } else {
-        p->drawLine(selfRect.bottomLeft(), selfRect.bottomRight());
-        p->setPen(lighter);
-        p->drawLine(selfRect.topLeft(), selfRect.topRight());
-    }
-
-    if (StyleHelper::usePixmapCache() && !QPixmapCache::find(key, pixmap)) {
-        painter.drawPixmap(selfRect.topLeft(), pixmap);
-        p->end();
-        delete p;
-        QPixmapCache::insert(key, pixmap);
-    }
-}
-
 bool FindToolBar::eventFilter(QObject *obj, QEvent *event)
 {
     if ((obj == m_ui.findEdit || obj == m_findCompleter->popup())
@@ -320,7 +267,7 @@ bool FindToolBar::eventFilter(QObject *obj, QEvent *event)
             m_currentDocumentFind->clearFindScope();
         }
     }
-    return QWidget::eventFilter(obj, event);
+    return Core::Utils::StyledBar::eventFilter(obj, event);
 }
 
 void FindToolBar::updateActions()
@@ -596,7 +543,7 @@ bool FindToolBar::focusNextPrevChild(bool next)
     else if (!next && m_ui.findEdit->hasFocus())
         m_ui.replaceAllButton->setFocus(Qt::TabFocusReason);
     else
-        return QWidget::focusNextPrevChild(next);
+        return Core::Utils::StyledBar::focusNextPrevChild(next);
     return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/find/findtoolbar.h b/src/plugins/find/findtoolbar.h
index ca1b1ba5268996826923e2838af11970f03c38f9..f1cab5e314f636e003b290bed95528f855cf6c56 100644
--- a/src/plugins/find/findtoolbar.h
+++ b/src/plugins/find/findtoolbar.h
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 #include "ifindfilter.h"
 #include "currentdocumentfind.h"
 
+#include <utils/styledbar.h>
+
 #include <QtGui/QStringListModel>
 #include <QtGui/QWidget>
 #include <QtGui/QToolBar>
@@ -44,14 +46,13 @@ namespace Internal {
 
 class FindPlugin;
 
-class FindToolBar : public QWidget
+class FindToolBar : public Core::Utils::StyledBar
 {
     Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
     FindToolBar(FindPlugin *plugin, CurrentDocumentFind *currentDocumentFind);
     ~FindToolBar();
-    void paintEvent(QPaintEvent *event);
 
     void readSettings();
     void writeSettings();
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/buildprogress.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/buildprogress.cpp
index a91c4afff66fbdee51f2567fcfe5ca3db2d61348..582419431be982327ad938a169a4d06100be078b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/buildprogress.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/buildprogress.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 #include "buildprogress.h"
 
-#include <coreplugin/stylehelper.h>
+#include <utils/stylehelper.h>
 
 #include <QtGui/QVBoxLayout>
 #include <QtGui/QHBoxLayout>
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/basefilefind.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/basefilefind.cpp
index f94f6b789c105e0906c123cf96bae26078bdadb1..c43918dfd0b4047003c7fbda670da1dabcfd3249 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/basefilefind.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/basefilefind.cpp
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@
 #include "basefilefind.h"
 
 #include <coreplugin/icore.h>
-#include <coreplugin/stylehelper.h>
 #include <coreplugin/progressmanager/progressmanager.h>
 #include <coreplugin/editormanager/editormanager.h>
 #include <find/textfindconstants.h>
 #include <texteditor/itexteditor.h>
 #include <texteditor/basetexteditor.h>
+#include <utils/stylehelper.h>
 
 #include <QtCore/QDebug>
 #include <QtCore/QDirIterator>
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp
index 4fcd94e2afa650da8beac46e03ae49d6b9dee6f7..63507ae16371a48afacb96bf0c52d7d976482595 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp
@@ -39,14 +39,14 @@
 #include "codecselector.h"
 
 #ifndef TEXTEDITOR_STANDALONE
+#include <aggregation/aggregate.h>
 #include <coreplugin/coreconstants.h>
 #include <coreplugin/editormanager/editormanager.h>
 #include <coreplugin/manhattanstyle.h>
-#include <coreplugin/stylehelper.h>
 #include <extensionsystem/pluginmanager.h>
 #include <find/basetextfind.h>
+#include <utils/stylehelper.h>
 
-#include <aggregation/aggregate.h>
 #endif
 #include <utils/linecolumnlabel.h>
 #include <utils/qtcassert.h>