diff --git a/effects/CMakeLists.txt b/effects/CMakeLists.txt
index 8ba07e6a55..abbbba4941 100644
--- a/effects/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/effects/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ set(kwin_effect_OWN_LIBS
 set(kwin_effect_KDE_LIBS
     ${KDE4_KDEUI_LIBS}
     ${KDE4_PLASMA_LIBS}
+    ${KDECLARATIVE_LIBRARIES}
+)
+
+set(kwin_effect_QT_LIBS
+    ${QT_QTDECLARATIVE_LIBRARY}
 )
 
 set(kwin_effect_XLIB_LIBS
@@ -34,7 +39,7 @@ endif()
 
 macro( KWIN4_ADD_EFFECT_BACKEND name )
     kde4_add_plugin( ${name} ${ARGN} )
-    target_link_libraries( ${name} ${kwin_effect_OWN_LIBS} ${kwin_effect_KDE_LIBS} ${kwin_effect_XLIB_LIBS} ${kwin_effect_XCB_LIBS})
+    target_link_libraries( ${name} ${kwin_effect_OWN_LIBS} ${kwin_effect_KDE_LIBS} ${kwin_effect_QT_LIBS} ${kwin_effect_XLIB_LIBS} ${kwin_effect_XCB_LIBS})
 endmacro()
 
 # Adds effect plugin with given name. Sources are given after the name
diff --git a/effects/desktopgrid/CMakeLists.txt b/effects/desktopgrid/CMakeLists.txt
index 12618f36bd..ecd106be2f 100644
--- a/effects/desktopgrid/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/effects/desktopgrid/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ kde4_add_kcfg_files(kwin4_effect_builtins_sources desktopgrid/desktopgridconfig.
 install( FILES
     desktopgrid/desktopgrid.desktop
     DESTINATION ${SERVICES_INSTALL_DIR}/kwin )
+install( FILES
+    desktopgrid/main.qml
+    DESTINATION ${DATA_INSTALL_DIR}/kwin/effects/desktopgrid/
+)
 
 #######################################
 # Config
diff --git a/effects/desktopgrid/desktopgrid.cpp b/effects/desktopgrid/desktopgrid.cpp
index 37ea252d8e..232393cd3c 100644
--- a/effects/desktopgrid/desktopgrid.cpp
+++ b/effects/desktopgrid/desktopgrid.cpp
@@ -32,17 +32,16 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #include <kactioncollection.h>
 #include <kdebug.h>
 #include <KDE/KLocalizedString>
+#include <KDE/KStandardDirs>
+#include <kdeclarative.h>
 #include <netwm_def.h>
 #include <QEvent>
 #include <QMouseEvent>
 #include <kglobalsettings.h>
-#include <QtGui/QPainter>
-#include <QGraphicsLinearLayout>
 #include <QtGui/QVector2D>
-#include <Plasma/FrameSvg>
-#include <Plasma/PushButton>
-#include <Plasma/Theme>
-#include <Plasma/WindowEffects>
+#include <QDeclarativeEngine>
+#include <QDeclarativeContext>
+#include <QGraphicsObject>
 
 namespace KWin
 {
@@ -1383,58 +1382,34 @@ bool DesktopGridEffect::isRelevantWithPresentWindows(EffectWindow *w) const
 /************************************************
 * DesktopButtonView
 ************************************************/
-DesktopButtonsView::DesktopButtonsView(QWidget* parent)
-    : QGraphicsView(parent)
+DesktopButtonsView::DesktopButtonsView(QWidget *parent)
+    : QDeclarativeView(parent)
 {
     setWindowFlags(Qt::X11BypassWindowManagerHint);
     setAttribute(Qt::WA_TranslucentBackground);
-    setFrameShape(QFrame::NoFrame);
     QPalette pal = palette();
     pal.setColor(backgroundRole(), Qt::transparent);
     setPalette(pal);
-    setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(Qt::ScrollBarAlwaysOff);
-    setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(Qt::ScrollBarAlwaysOff);
-
-    // setup the scene
-    QGraphicsScene* scene = new QGraphicsScene(this);
-    m_addDesktopButton = new Plasma::PushButton();
-    m_addDesktopButton->setIcon(KIcon("list-add"));
-    m_removeDesktopButton = new Plasma::PushButton();
-    m_removeDesktopButton->setIcon(KIcon("list-remove"));
-    scene->addItem(m_addDesktopButton);
-    scene->addItem(m_removeDesktopButton);
-    connect(m_addDesktopButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), SIGNAL(addDesktop()));
-    connect(m_removeDesktopButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), SIGNAL(removeDesktop()));
-
-    QGraphicsLinearLayout *layout = new QGraphicsLinearLayout;
-    layout->addItem(m_addDesktopButton);
-    layout->addItem(m_removeDesktopButton);
-
-    QGraphicsWidget *form = new QGraphicsWidget;
-    form->setLayout(layout);
-    form->setGeometry(0, 0, 64 * 2, 64);
-    scene->addItem(form);
-
-    m_frame = new Plasma::FrameSvg(this);
-    if (Plasma::Theme::defaultTheme()->currentThemeHasImage("translucent/dialogs/background")) {
-        m_frame->setImagePath("translucent/dialogs/background");
-    } else {
-        m_frame->setImagePath("dialogs/background");
+    foreach (const QString &importPath, KGlobal::dirs()->findDirs("module", "imports")) {
+        engine()->addImportPath(importPath);
+    }
+    KDeclarative kdeclarative;
+    kdeclarative.setDeclarativeEngine(engine());
+    kdeclarative.initialize();
+    kdeclarative.setupBindings();
+
+    rootContext()->setContextProperty("add", QVariant(true));
+    rootContext()->setContextProperty("remove", QVariant(true));
+    setSource(QUrl(KStandardDirs::locate("data", QLatin1String("kwin/effects/desktopgrid/main.qml"))));
+    if (QObject *item = rootObject()->findChild<QObject*>("addButton")) {
+        connect(item, SIGNAL(clicked()), SIGNAL(addDesktop()));
+    }
+    if (QObject *item = rootObject()->findChild<QObject*>("removeButton")) {
+        connect(item, SIGNAL(clicked()), SIGNAL(removeDesktop()));
     }
-    m_frame->setCacheAllRenderedFrames(true);
-    m_frame->setEnabledBorders(Plasma::FrameSvg::AllBorders);
-    qreal left, top, right, bottom;
-    m_frame->getMargins(left, top, right, bottom);
-    qreal width = form->size().width() + left + right;
-    qreal height = form->size().height() + top + bottom;
-    m_frame->resizeFrame(QSizeF(width, height));
-    Plasma::WindowEffects::enableBlurBehind(winId(), true, m_frame->mask());
-    form->setPos(left, top);
-    scene->setSceneRect(QRectF(QPointF(0, 0), QSizeF(width, height)));
-    setScene(scene);
 }
 
-void DesktopButtonsView::windowInputMouseEvent(QMouseEvent* e)
+void DesktopButtonsView::windowInputMouseEvent(QMouseEvent *e)
 {
     if (e->type() == QEvent::MouseMove) {
         mouseMoveEvent(e);
@@ -1449,19 +1424,12 @@ void DesktopButtonsView::windowInputMouseEvent(QMouseEvent* e)
 
 void DesktopButtonsView::setAddDesktopEnabled(bool enable)
 {
-    m_addDesktopButton->setEnabled(enable);
+    rootContext()->setContextProperty("add", QVariant(enable));
 }
 
 void DesktopButtonsView::setRemoveDesktopEnabled(bool enable)
 {
-    m_removeDesktopButton->setEnabled(enable);
-}
-
-void DesktopButtonsView::drawBackground(QPainter* painter, const QRectF& rect)
-{
-    Q_UNUSED(rect)
-    painter->setRenderHint(QPainter::Antialiasing);
-    m_frame->paintFrame(painter);
+    rootContext()->setContextProperty("remove", QVariant(enable));
 }
 
 } // namespace
diff --git a/effects/desktopgrid/desktopgrid.h b/effects/desktopgrid/desktopgrid.h
index 83976a518f..b78404f8bc 100644
--- a/effects/desktopgrid/desktopgrid.h
+++ b/effects/desktopgrid/desktopgrid.h
@@ -25,38 +25,25 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #include <kwineffects.h>
 #include <kshortcut.h>
 #include <QObject>
+#include <QDeclarativeView>
 #include <QTimeLine>
-#include <QGraphicsView>
-
-namespace Plasma
-{
-class PushButton;
-class FrameSvg;
-}
 
 namespace KWin
 {
 
 class PresentWindowsEffectProxy;
 
-class DesktopButtonsView : public QGraphicsView
+class DesktopButtonsView : public QDeclarativeView
 {
     Q_OBJECT
 public:
-    explicit DesktopButtonsView(QWidget* parent = 0);
+    explicit DesktopButtonsView(QWidget *parent = 0);
     void windowInputMouseEvent(QMouseEvent* e);
     void setAddDesktopEnabled(bool enable);
     void setRemoveDesktopEnabled(bool enable);
-    virtual void drawBackground(QPainter* painter, const QRectF& rect);
-
 Q_SIGNALS:
     void addDesktop();
     void removeDesktop();
-
-private:
-    Plasma::PushButton* m_addDesktopButton;
-    Plasma::PushButton* m_removeDesktopButton;
-    Plasma::FrameSvg* m_frame;
 };
 
 class DesktopGridEffect
diff --git a/effects/desktopgrid/main.qml b/effects/desktopgrid/main.qml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9c4591d6c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/effects/desktopgrid/main.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/********************************************************************
+ KWin - the KDE window manager
+ This file is part of the KDE project.
+
+Copyright (C) 2013 Martin Gräßlin <mgraesslin@kde.org>
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*********************************************************************/
+import QtQuick 1.1
+import org.kde.plasma.components 0.1 as Plasma
+
+Item {
+    Plasma.ButtonRow {
+        anchors.fill: parent
+        exclusive: false
+        Plasma.Button {
+            id: removeButton
+            objectName: "removeButton"
+            enabled: remove
+            width: 64
+            height: 64
+            iconSource: "list-remove"
+        }
+        Plasma.Button {
+            id: addButton
+            objectName: "addButton"
+            enabled: add
+            width: 64
+            height: 64
+            iconSource: "list-add"
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/effects/presentwindows/CMakeLists.txt b/effects/presentwindows/CMakeLists.txt
index 5da922dd52..94f6236bea 100644
--- a/effects/presentwindows/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/effects/presentwindows/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ kde4_add_kcfg_files(kwin4_effect_builtins_sources presentwindows/presentwindowsc
 install( FILES
     presentwindows/presentwindows.desktop
     DESTINATION ${SERVICES_INSTALL_DIR}/kwin )
+install( FILES
+    presentwindows/main.qml
+    DESTINATION ${DATA_INSTALL_DIR}/kwin/effects/presentwindows/
+)
 
 #######################################
 # Config
diff --git a/effects/presentwindows/main.qml b/effects/presentwindows/main.qml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e456a48a30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/effects/presentwindows/main.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/********************************************************************
+ KWin - the KDE window manager
+ This file is part of the KDE project.
+
+Copyright (C) 2013 Martin Gräßlin <mgraesslin@kde.org>
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*********************************************************************/
+import QtQuick 1.1
+import org.kde.plasma.components 0.1 as Plasma
+
+Item {
+    Plasma.Button {
+        id: closeButton
+        objectName: "closeButton"
+        enabled: armed
+        width: 32
+        height: 32
+        iconSource: "window-close"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/effects/presentwindows/presentwindows.cpp b/effects/presentwindows/presentwindows.cpp
index 62b1a32705..0091c9fb57 100755
--- a/effects/presentwindows/presentwindows.cpp
+++ b/effects/presentwindows/presentwindows.cpp
@@ -26,25 +26,24 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #include <kaction.h>
 #include <KDE/KIcon>
 #include <KDE/KLocalizedString>
+#include <KDE/KStandardDirs>
 #include <kdebug.h>
 #include <kglobalsettings.h>
+#include <kdeclarative.h>
 
 #include <kwinglutils.h>
 
 #include <QMouseEvent>
-#include <QtGui/QPainter>
-#include <QGraphicsLinearLayout>
-#include <Plasma/FrameSvg>
-#include <Plasma/PushButton>
-#include <Plasma/Theme>
-#include <Plasma/WindowEffects>
 #include <netwm_def.h>
 
 #include <math.h>
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <QApplication>
+#include <QDeclarativeContext>
+#include <QDeclarativeEngine>
 #include <QDesktopWidget>
+#include <QGraphicsObject>
 #include <QTimer>
 #include <QVector2D>
 #include <QVector4D>
@@ -1927,51 +1926,29 @@ void PresentWindowsEffect::screenCountChanged()
 /************************************************
 * CloseWindowView
 ************************************************/
-CloseWindowView::CloseWindowView(QWidget* parent)
-    : QGraphicsView(parent)
+CloseWindowView::CloseWindowView(QWidget *parent)
+    : QDeclarativeView(parent)
     , m_armTimer(new QTimer(this))
 {
     setWindowFlags(Qt::X11BypassWindowManagerHint);
     setAttribute(Qt::WA_TranslucentBackground);
-    setFrameShape(QFrame::NoFrame);
     QPalette pal = palette();
     pal.setColor(backgroundRole(), Qt::transparent);
     setPalette(pal);
-    setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(Qt::ScrollBarAlwaysOff);
-    setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(Qt::ScrollBarAlwaysOff);
-
-    // setup the scene
-    QGraphicsScene* scene = new QGraphicsScene(this);
-    m_closeButton = new Plasma::PushButton();
-    m_closeButton->setIcon(KIcon("window-close"));
-    scene->addItem(m_closeButton);
-    connect(m_closeButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), SIGNAL(close()));
-
-    QGraphicsLinearLayout *layout = new QGraphicsLinearLayout;
-    layout->addItem(m_closeButton);
-
-    QGraphicsWidget *form = new QGraphicsWidget;
-    form->setLayout(layout);
-    form->setGeometry(0, 0, 32, 32);
-    scene->addItem(form);
-
-    m_frame = new Plasma::FrameSvg(this);
-    if (Plasma::Theme::defaultTheme()->currentThemeHasImage("translucent/dialogs/background")) {
-        m_frame->setImagePath("translucent/dialogs/background");
-    } else {
-        m_frame->setImagePath("dialogs/background");
+    foreach (const QString &importPath, KGlobal::dirs()->findDirs("module", "imports")) {
+        engine()->addImportPath(importPath);
+    }
+    KDeclarative kdeclarative;
+    kdeclarative.setDeclarativeEngine(engine());
+    kdeclarative.initialize();
+    kdeclarative.setupBindings();
+
+    rootContext()->setContextProperty("armed", QVariant(false));
+
+    setSource(QUrl(KStandardDirs::locate("data", QLatin1String("kwin/effects/presentwindows/main.qml"))));
+    if (QObject *item = rootObject()->findChild<QObject*>("closeButton")) {
+        connect(item, SIGNAL(clicked()), SIGNAL(close()));
     }
-    m_frame->setCacheAllRenderedFrames(true);
-    m_frame->setEnabledBorders(Plasma::FrameSvg::AllBorders);
-    qreal left, top, right, bottom;
-    m_frame->getMargins(left, top, right, bottom);
-    qreal width = form->size().width() + left + right;
-    qreal height = form->size().height() + top + bottom;
-    m_frame->resizeFrame(QSizeF(width, height));
-    Plasma::WindowEffects::enableBlurBehind(winId(), true, m_frame->mask());
-    form->setPos(left, top);
-    scene->setSceneRect(QRectF(QPointF(0, 0), QSizeF(width, height)));
-    setScene(scene);
 
     // setup the timer - attempt to prevent accidental clicks
     m_armTimer->setSingleShot(true);
@@ -1979,9 +1956,9 @@ CloseWindowView::CloseWindowView(QWidget* parent)
     connect(m_armTimer, SIGNAL(timeout()), SLOT(arm()));
 }
 
-void CloseWindowView::windowInputMouseEvent(QMouseEvent* e)
+void CloseWindowView::windowInputMouseEvent(QMouseEvent *e)
 {
-    if (!isEnabled())
+    if (m_armTimer->isActive())
         return;
     if (e->type() == QEvent::MouseMove) {
         mouseMoveEvent(e);
@@ -1994,25 +1971,17 @@ void CloseWindowView::windowInputMouseEvent(QMouseEvent* e)
     }
 }
 
-void CloseWindowView::drawBackground(QPainter* painter, const QRectF& rect)
-{
-    Q_UNUSED(rect)
-    painter->setRenderHint(QPainter::Antialiasing);
-    m_frame->paintFrame(painter);
-}
-
 void CloseWindowView::arm()
 {
-    setEnabled(true);
+    rootContext()->setContextProperty("armed", QVariant(true));
 }
 
 void CloseWindowView::disarm()
 {
-    setEnabled(false);
+    rootContext()->setContextProperty("armed", QVariant(false));
     m_armTimer->start();
 }
 
-
 } // namespace
 
 #include "presentwindows.moc"
diff --git a/effects/presentwindows/presentwindows.h b/effects/presentwindows/presentwindows.h
index e856226bf2..ed2807eb9c 100644
--- a/effects/presentwindows/presentwindows.h
+++ b/effects/presentwindows/presentwindows.h
@@ -26,26 +26,18 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 #include <kwineffects.h>
 #include <kshortcut.h>
-#include <QGraphicsView>
+#include <QDeclarativeView>
 
 class QTimer;
-namespace Plasma
-{
-class PushButton;
-class FrameSvg;
-}
 
 namespace KWin
 {
-
-class CloseWindowView : public QGraphicsView
+class CloseWindowView : public QDeclarativeView
 {
     Q_OBJECT
 public:
-    explicit CloseWindowView(QWidget* parent = 0);
+    explicit CloseWindowView(QWidget *parent = 0);
     void windowInputMouseEvent(QMouseEvent* e);
-    virtual void drawBackground(QPainter* painter, const QRectF& rect);
-
     void disarm();
 public slots:
     void arm();
@@ -54,8 +46,6 @@ Q_SIGNALS:
     void close();
 
 private:
-    Plasma::PushButton* m_closeButton;
-    Plasma::FrameSvg* m_frame;
     QTimer* m_armTimer;
 };