diff --git a/Polyhedron/demo/Polyhedron/MainWindow.cpp b/Polyhedron/demo/Polyhedron/MainWindow.cpp
index 4b249927209..65640091a2d 100644
--- a/Polyhedron/demo/Polyhedron/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/Polyhedron/demo/Polyhedron/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -194,6 +194,9 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget* parent)
   connect(scene, SIGNAL(selectionChanged(int)),
           this, SLOT(selectSceneItem(int)));
 
+  connect(scene, SIGNAL(itemPicked(const QModelIndex &)),
+          this, SLOT(recenterSceneView(const QModelIndex &)));
+
   connect(sceneView->selectionModel(), 
           SIGNAL(selectionChanged ( const QItemSelection & , const QItemSelection & ) ),
           this, SLOT(updateInfo()));
@@ -1726,3 +1729,14 @@ void MainWindow::make_new_group()
     Scene_group_item * group = new Scene_group_item("New group");
     scene->add_group(group);
 }
+
+void MainWindow::recenterSceneView(const QModelIndex &id)
+{
+    if(id.isValid())
+    {
+        // mapFromSource is necessary to convert the QModelIndex received
+        // from the Scene into a valid QModelIndex in the view, beacuse of
+        // the proxymodel
+        sceneView->scrollTo(proxyModel->mapFromSource(id));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Polyhedron/demo/Polyhedron/MainWindow.h b/Polyhedron/demo/Polyhedron/MainWindow.h
index 53f58c2352e..aed8e451855 100644
--- a/Polyhedron/demo/Polyhedron/MainWindow.h
+++ b/Polyhedron/demo/Polyhedron/MainWindow.h
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #include <QFileInfo>
 #include <QStringList>
 #include <QSet>
-
 class Scene;
 class Viewer;
 class QTreeView;
@@ -211,6 +210,9 @@ protected Q_SLOTS:
    * frame of the viewer to the new selected item's and calls updateGL().
    */
   void selectionChanged();
+  //! Scrolls to the new selected item.
+  void recenterSceneView(const QModelIndex &id);
+
   /*!
    * Invoques a context menu for the currently selected item at the requested
    * position.
diff --git a/Polyhedron/demo/Polyhedron/Scene.cpp b/Polyhedron/demo/Polyhedron/Scene.cpp
index d570ade1c71..da2149772a1 100644
--- a/Polyhedron/demo/Polyhedron/Scene.cpp
+++ b/Polyhedron/demo/Polyhedron/Scene.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ Scene::Scene(QObject* parent)
     if(ms_splatting==0)
         ms_splatting  = new GlSplat::SplatRenderer();
     ms_splattingCounter++;
+    picked = false;
 
 
 }
@@ -480,6 +481,15 @@ glDepthFunc(GL_LEQUAL);
         ms_splatting->finalize();
 
     }
+
+    //scrolls the sceneView to the selected item's line.
+    if(picked)
+        Q_EMIT(itemPicked(index_map.key(mainSelectionIndex())));
+    if(with_names)
+        picked = true;
+    else
+        picked = false;
+
 }
 
 // workaround for Qt-4.2 (see above)
diff --git a/Polyhedron/demo/Polyhedron/Scene.h b/Polyhedron/demo/Polyhedron/Scene.h
index f257b45bd17..4c92cfc4de2 100644
--- a/Polyhedron/demo/Polyhedron/Scene.h
+++ b/Polyhedron/demo/Polyhedron/Scene.h
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ public Q_SLOTS:
 
 Q_SIGNALS:
   //generated automatically by moc
+  void itemPicked(const QModelIndex &);
   void newItem(int);
   void updated_bbox();
   void updated();
@@ -270,6 +271,7 @@ private:
   int item_A;
   //!Index of the item_B.
   int item_B;
+  bool picked;
   static GlSplat::SplatRenderer* ms_splatting;
   static int ms_splattingCounter;
   QMap<QModelIndex, int> index_map;