diff --git a/src/gui/Base/AutoDirectionLayout.qml b/src/gui/Base/AutoDirectionLayout.qml
index d14c911b..2cd8ab7b 100644
--- a/src/gui/Base/AutoDirectionLayout.qml
+++ b/src/gui/Base/AutoDirectionLayout.qml
@@ -4,18 +4,8 @@ import QtQuick 2.12
 import QtQuick.Layouts 1.12
 
 HGridLayout {
-    readonly property real summedImplicitWidth: {
-        let sum = 0
-
-        for (let i = 0; i < visibleChildren.length; i++) {
-            const item = visibleChildren[i]
-
-            if (item)
-                sum += (item.width > 0 ? item.implicitWidth : 0) +columnSpacing
-        }
-
-        return sum
-    }
+    readonly property real summedImplicitWidth:
+        utils.sumChildrenImplicitWidths(visibleChildren, columnSpacing)
 
 
     flow:
diff --git a/src/gui/Utils.qml b/src/gui/Utils.qml
index d4525b55..e05cc88e 100644
--- a/src/gui/Utils.qml
+++ b/src/gui/Utils.qml
@@ -498,4 +498,17 @@ QtObject {
             userId, "send_file", [roomId, path], onSuccess, onError,
         )
     }
+
+    function sumChildrenImplicitWidths(visibleChildren, spacing=0) {
+        let sum = 0
+
+        for (let i = 0; i < visibleChildren.length; i++) {
+            const item = visibleChildren[i]
+
+            if (item)
+                sum += (item.width > 0 ? item.implicitWidth : 0) + spacing
+        }
+
+        return sum
+    }
 }