diff --git a/src/private/multisplitter/Widget.h b/src/private/multisplitter/Widget.h
index 21b3639c..2fa77888 100644
--- a/src/private/multisplitter/Widget.h
+++ b/src/private/multisplitter/Widget.h
@@ -15,12 +15,14 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "multisplitter_export.h"
+#include "Item_p.h"
 
 #include <QRect>
 #include <QSize>
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QObject>
 #include <qglobal.h>
+#include <QSizePolicy>
 
 #include <memory>
 
@@ -98,6 +100,39 @@ public:
     ///@brief returns an id for corelation purposes for saving layouts
     QString id() const;
 
+    template <typename T>
+    static QSize widgetMinSize(const T *w)
+    {
+        const int minW = w->minimumWidth() > 0 ? w->minimumWidth()
+                                               : w->minimumSizeHint().width();
+
+        const int minH = w->minimumHeight() > 0 ? w->minimumHeight()
+                                                : w->minimumSizeHint().height();
+
+        return QSize(minW, minH).expandedTo(Item::hardcodedMinimumSize);
+    }
+
+    template <typename T>
+    static QSize widgetMaxSize(const T *w)
+    {
+        // The max size is usually QWidget::maximumSize(), but we also honour the QSizePolicy::Fixed+sizeHint() case
+        // as widgets don't need to have QWidget::maximumSize() to have a max size honoured
+
+        const QSize min = widgetMinSize(w);
+        QSize max = w->maximumSize();
+        max = boundedMaxSize(min, max); // for safety against weird values
+
+        const QSizePolicy policy = w->sizePolicy();
+
+        if (policy.verticalPolicy() == QSizePolicy::Fixed || policy.verticalPolicy() == QSizePolicy::Maximum)
+            max.setHeight(qMin(max.height(), w->sizeHint().height()));
+        if (policy.horizontalPolicy() == QSizePolicy::Fixed || policy.horizontalPolicy() == QSizePolicy::Maximum)
+            max.setWidth(qMin(max.width(), w->sizeHint().width()));
+
+        max = boundedMaxSize(min, max); // for safety against weird values
+        return max;
+    }
+
 protected:
     static QSize boundedMaxSize(QSize min, QSize max);
 
diff --git a/src/private/multisplitter/Widget_qwidget.cpp b/src/private/multisplitter/Widget_qwidget.cpp
index 6138f201..31df5262 100644
--- a/src/private/multisplitter/Widget_qwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/private/multisplitter/Widget_qwidget.cpp
@@ -111,37 +111,6 @@ void Widget_qwidget::move(int x, int y)
     m_thisWidget->move(x, y);
 }
 
-QSize Widget_qwidget::widgetMinSize(const QWidget *w)
-{
-    const int minW = w->minimumWidth() > 0 ? w->minimumWidth()
-                                           : w->minimumSizeHint().width();
-
-    const int minH = w->minimumHeight() > 0 ? w->minimumHeight()
-                                            : w->minimumSizeHint().height();
-
-    return QSize(minW, minH).expandedTo(Item::hardcodedMinimumSize);
-}
-
-QSize Widget_qwidget::widgetMaxSize(const QWidget *w)
-{
-    // The max size is usually QWidget::maximumSize(), but we also honour the QSizePolicy::Fixed+sizeHint() case
-    // as widgets don't need to have QWidget::maximumSize() to have a max size honoured
-
-    const QSize min = widgetMinSize(w);
-    QSize max = w->maximumSize();
-    max = boundedMaxSize(min, max); // for safety against weird values
-
-    const QSizePolicy policy = w->sizePolicy();
-
-    if (policy.verticalPolicy() == QSizePolicy::Fixed || policy.verticalPolicy() == QSizePolicy::Maximum)
-        max.setHeight(qMin(max.height(), w->sizeHint().height()));
-    if (policy.horizontalPolicy() == QSizePolicy::Fixed || policy.horizontalPolicy() == QSizePolicy::Maximum)
-        max.setWidth(qMin(max.width(), w->sizeHint().width()));
-
-    max = boundedMaxSize(min, max); // for safety against weird values
-    return max;
-}
-
 void Widget_qwidget::setSize(int width, int height)
 {
     m_thisWidget->resize(QSize(width, height));
diff --git a/src/private/multisplitter/Widget_qwidget.h b/src/private/multisplitter/Widget_qwidget.h
index fd0e60cd..1c9f85a9 100644
--- a/src/private/multisplitter/Widget_qwidget.h
+++ b/src/private/multisplitter/Widget_qwidget.h
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ public:
     QPoint mapFromGlobal(QPoint p) const override;
     QPoint mapToGlobal(QPoint p) const override;
 
-    static QSize widgetMinSize(const QWidget *w);
-    static QSize widgetMaxSize(const QWidget *w);
 private:
     QWidget *const m_thisWidget;
     Q_DISABLE_COPY(Widget_qwidget)