diff --git a/tabbox/tabboxhandler.cpp b/tabbox/tabboxhandler.cpp
index bddfcbb49b..6062ad36db 100644
--- a/tabbox/tabboxhandler.cpp
+++ b/tabbox/tabboxhandler.cpp
@@ -192,6 +192,143 @@ void TabBoxHandlerPrivate::endHighlightWindows(bool abort)
     XDeleteProperty(dpy, config.isShowTabBox() && m_declarativeView ? m_declarativeView->winId() : QX11Info::appRootWindow(), atom);
 }
 
+/***********************************************************
+* Based on the implementation of Kopete's
+* contaclistlayoutmanager.cpp by Nikolaj Hald Nielsen and
+* Roman Jarosz
+***********************************************************/
+void TabBoxHandlerPrivate::parseConfig(const QString& fileName)
+{
+    // open the file
+    if (!QFile::exists(fileName)) {
+        kDebug(1212) << "File " << fileName << " does not exist";
+        return;
+    }
+    QDomDocument doc("Layouts");
+    QFile file(fileName);
+    if (!file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly)) {
+        kDebug(1212) << "Error reading file " << fileName;
+        return;
+    }
+    if (!doc.setContent(&file)) {
+        kDebug(1212) << "Error parsing file " << fileName;
+        file.close();
+        return;
+    }
+    file.close();
+
+    QDomElement layouts_element = doc.firstChildElement("tabbox_layouts");
+    QDomNodeList layouts = layouts_element.elementsByTagName("layout");
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < layouts.size(); i++) {
+        QDomNode layout = layouts.item(i);
+        ItemLayoutConfig currentLayout;
+
+        // parse top elements
+        QDomElement element = layout.toElement();
+        QString layoutName = element.attribute("name", "");
+
+        const bool highlightIcon = (element.attribute("highlight_selected_icon", "true").compare("true", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0);
+        currentLayout.setHighlightSelectedIcons(highlightIcon);
+
+        const bool grayscaleIcon = (element.attribute("grayscale_deselected_icon", "false").compare("true", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0);
+        currentLayout.setGrayscaleDeselectedIcons(grayscaleIcon);
+
+        // rows
+        QDomNodeList rows = element.elementsByTagName("row");
+        for (int j = 0; j < rows.size(); j++) {
+            QDomNode rowNode = rows.item(j);
+
+            ItemLayoutConfigRow row;
+
+            QDomNodeList elements = rowNode.toElement().elementsByTagName("element");
+            for (int k = 0; k < elements.size(); k++) {
+                QDomNode elementNode = elements.item(k);
+                QDomElement currentElement = elementNode.toElement();
+
+                ItemLayoutConfigRowElement::ElementType type = ItemLayoutConfigRowElement::ElementType(currentElement.attribute(
+                            "type", int(ItemLayoutConfigRowElement::ElementClientName)).toInt());
+                ItemLayoutConfigRowElement currentRowElement;
+                currentRowElement.setType(type);
+
+                // width - used by all types
+                qreal width = currentElement.attribute("width", "0.0").toDouble();
+                currentRowElement.setWidth(width);
+                switch(type) {
+                case ItemLayoutConfigRowElement::ElementEmpty:
+                    row.addElement(currentRowElement);
+                    break;
+                case ItemLayoutConfigRowElement::ElementIcon: {
+                    qreal iconWidth = currentElement.attribute("icon_size", "16.0").toDouble();
+                    currentRowElement.setIconSize(QSizeF(iconWidth, iconWidth));
+                    currentRowElement.setRowSpan(currentElement.attribute("row_span", "true").compare(
+                                                     "true", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0);
+                    row.addElement(currentRowElement);
+                    break;
+                }
+                case ItemLayoutConfigRowElement::ElementClientList: {
+                    currentRowElement.setStretch(currentElement.attribute("stretch", "false").compare(
+                                                     "true", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0);
+                    currentRowElement.setClientListLayoutName(currentElement.attribute("layout_name", ""));
+                    QString layoutMode = currentElement.attribute("layout_mode", "horizontal");
+                    if (layoutMode.compare("horizontal", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0)
+                        currentRowElement.setClientListLayoutMode(TabBoxConfig::HorizontalLayout);
+                    else if (layoutMode.compare("vertical", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0)
+                        currentRowElement.setClientListLayoutMode(TabBoxConfig::VerticalLayout);
+                    else if (layoutMode.compare("tabular", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0)
+                        currentRowElement.setClientListLayoutMode(TabBoxConfig::HorizontalVerticalLayout);
+                    row.addElement(currentRowElement);
+                    break;
+                }
+                default: { // text elements
+                    currentRowElement.setStretch(currentElement.attribute("stretch", "false").compare(
+                                                     "true", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0);
+                    currentRowElement.setSmallTextSize(currentElement.attribute("small", "false").compare(
+                                                           "true", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0);
+                    currentRowElement.setBold(currentElement.attribute("bold", "false").compare(
+                                                  "true", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0);
+                    currentRowElement.setItalic(currentElement.attribute("italic", "false").compare(
+                                                    "true", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0);
+                    currentRowElement.setItalicMinimized(currentElement.attribute("italic_minimized", "true").compare(
+                            "true", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0);
+
+                    currentRowElement.setPrefix(currentElement.attribute("prefix", ""));
+                    currentRowElement.setSuffix(currentElement.attribute("suffix", ""));
+                    currentRowElement.setPrefixMinimized(currentElement.attribute("prefix_minimized", ""));
+                    currentRowElement.setSuffixMinimzed(currentElement.attribute("suffix_minimized", ""));
+
+                    QString halign = currentElement.attribute("horizontal_alignment", "left");
+                    Qt::Alignment alignment;
+                    if (halign.compare("left", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0)
+                        alignment = Qt::AlignLeft;
+                    else if (halign.compare("right", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0)
+                        alignment = Qt::AlignRight;
+                    else
+                        alignment = Qt::AlignCenter;
+                    QString valign = currentElement.attribute("vertical_alignment", "center");
+                    if (valign.compare("top", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0)
+                        alignment = alignment | Qt::AlignTop;
+                    else if (valign.compare("bottom", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0)
+                        alignment = alignment | Qt::AlignBottom;
+                    else
+                        alignment = alignment | Qt::AlignVCenter;
+                    currentRowElement.setAlignment(alignment);
+
+                    row.addElement(currentRowElement);
+                    break;
+                }// case default
+                } // switch type
+            } // for loop elements
+
+            currentLayout.addRow(row);
+        } // for loop rows
+        if (!layoutName.isEmpty()) {
+            tabBoxLayouts.insert(layoutName, currentLayout);
+        }
+    } // for loop layouts
+>>>>>>> KDE/4.8
+}
+
 /***********************************************
 * TabBoxHandler
 ***********************************************/