diff --git a/common/view/view_group.cpp b/common/view/view_group.cpp
index f7ff19da96..8f1eb82b03 100644
--- a/common/view/view_group.cpp
+++ b/common/view/view_group.cpp
@@ -73,6 +73,14 @@ void VIEW_GROUP::Clear()
     updateBbox();
 }
 
+void VIEW_GROUP::FreeItems()
+{
+    BOOST_FOREACH( VIEW_ITEM* item, m_items )
+    {
+        delete item;
+    }
+    m_items.clear();
+}
 
 unsigned int VIEW_GROUP::GetSize() const
 {
@@ -125,15 +133,6 @@ void VIEW_GROUP::ViewGetLayers( int aLayers[], int& aCount ) const
 }
 
 
-void VIEW_GROUP::ViewUpdate( int aUpdateFlags, bool aForceImmediateRedraw )
-{
-    BOOST_FOREACH( VIEW_ITEM* item, m_items )
-    {
-        item->ViewUpdate( aUpdateFlags, aForceImmediateRedraw );
-    }
-}
-
-
 void VIEW_GROUP::updateBbox()
 {
     // Save the used VIEW, as it used nulled during Remove()
diff --git a/include/view/view_group.h b/include/view/view_group.h
index 4439234e0d..1f50da5046 100644
--- a/include/view/view_group.h
+++ b/include/view/view_group.h
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ public:
     virtual void ViewGetLayers( int aLayers[], int& aCount ) const;
 
     /// @copydoc VIEW_ITEM::ViewUpdate()
-    virtual void ViewUpdate( int aUpdateFlags, bool aForceImmediateRedraw );
+    //virtual void ViewUpdate( int aUpdateFlags, bool aForceImmediateRedraw );
 
     /**
      * Function SetLayer()
@@ -134,6 +134,13 @@ public:
         m_layer = aLayer;
     }
 
+    void FreeItems();
+
+    KiGfx::VIEW *GetView() const
+    {
+        return m_view;
+    }
+
 protected:
     /// These functions cannot be used with VIEW_GROUP as they are intended only to work with
     /// singular VIEW_ITEMs (there is only one-to-one relation between item/layer combination and