diff --git a/src/Gui/DlgSettingsColorGradientImp.cpp b/src/Gui/DlgSettingsColorGradientImp.cpp
index 30f6bbb71e..ad5e09c77a 100644
--- a/src/Gui/DlgSettingsColorGradientImp.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/DlgSettingsColorGradientImp.cpp
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ using namespace Gui::Dialog;
  *  Constructs a DlgSettingsColorGradientImp as a child of 'parent', with the
  *  name 'name' and widget flags set to 'f'.
  */
-DlgSettingsColorGradientImp::DlgSettingsColorGradientImp( QWidget* parent, Qt::WindowFlags fl )
+DlgSettingsColorGradientImp::DlgSettingsColorGradientImp(const App::ColorGradient& cg,
+                                                         QWidget* parent, Qt::WindowFlags fl)
   : QDialog( parent, fl )
   , ui(new Ui_DlgSettingsColorGradient)
 {
@@ -59,6 +60,10 @@ DlgSettingsColorGradientImp::DlgSettingsColorGradientImp( QWidget* parent, Qt::W
     // assure that the LineEdit is as wide to contain numbers with 4 digits and 6 decimals
     QFontMetrics fm(ui->floatLineEditMax->font());
     ui->floatLineEditMax->setMinimumWidth(QtTools::horizontalAdvance(fm, QString::fromLatin1("-8000.000000")));
+
+    setColorModelNames(cg.getColorModelNames());
+    setProfile(cg.getProfile());
+    setupConnections();
 }
 
 /**
@@ -69,6 +74,11 @@ DlgSettingsColorGradientImp::~DlgSettingsColorGradientImp()
     // no need to delete child widgets, Qt does it all for us
 }
 
+void DlgSettingsColorGradientImp::setupConnections()
+{
+
+}
+
 App::ColorGradientProfile DlgSettingsColorGradientImp::getProfile() const
 {
     App::ColorGradientProfile profile;
diff --git a/src/Gui/DlgSettingsColorGradientImp.h b/src/Gui/DlgSettingsColorGradientImp.h
index f4598ce4fc..ac6ffa2d72 100644
--- a/src/Gui/DlgSettingsColorGradientImp.h
+++ b/src/Gui/DlgSettingsColorGradientImp.h
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ class DlgSettingsColorGradientImp : public QDialog
     Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
-    DlgSettingsColorGradientImp(QWidget* parent = nullptr, Qt::WindowFlags fl = Qt::WindowFlags());
+    DlgSettingsColorGradientImp(const App::ColorGradient& cg,
+                                QWidget* parent = nullptr,
+                                Qt::WindowFlags fl = Qt::WindowFlags());
     ~DlgSettingsColorGradientImp();
 
     void accept();
@@ -54,18 +56,18 @@ public:
     App::ColorGradientProfile getProfile() const;
     void setProfile(const App::ColorGradientProfile& pro);
     //@}
-    /** @name Color model */
-    //@{
-    void setColorModelNames(const std::vector<std::string>&);
-    //@}
     /** @name Parameter range and scale */
     //@{
     void setNumberOfDecimals(int);
     int numberOfDecimals() const;
     //@}
+
 private:
+    void setupConnections();
+
     /** @name Color model */
     //@{
+    void setColorModelNames(const std::vector<std::string>&);
     void setColorModel(std::size_t tModel);
     std::size_t colorModel() const;
     //@}
@@ -89,6 +91,9 @@ private:
     int numberOfLabels() const;
     //@}
 
+Q_SIGNALS:
+    void colorModelChanged();
+
 private:
     std::unique_ptr<Ui_DlgSettingsColorGradient> ui;
     QDoubleValidator* validator;
diff --git a/src/Gui/SoFCColorGradient.cpp b/src/Gui/SoFCColorGradient.cpp
index 713e06f628..0c0c37837e 100644
--- a/src/Gui/SoFCColorGradient.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/SoFCColorGradient.cpp
@@ -297,15 +297,13 @@ bool SoFCColorGradient::isVisible (float fVal) const
 void SoFCColorGradient::customize(SoFCColorBarBase* parentNode)
 {
     QWidget* parent = Gui::getMainWindow()->activeWindow();
-    Gui::Dialog::DlgSettingsColorGradientImp dlg(parent);
-    dlg.setColorModelNames(_cColGrad.getColorModelNames());
-    App::ColorGradientProfile profile = _cColGrad.getProfile();
-    dlg.setProfile(profile);
+    Gui::Dialog::DlgSettingsColorGradientImp dlg(_cColGrad, parent);
+  //App::ColorGradientProfile profile = _cColGrad.getProfile();
     dlg.setNumberOfDecimals(_precision);
 
     QPoint pos(QCursor::pos());
-    pos += QPoint((int)(-1.1 * dlg.width()), (int)(-0.1 * dlg.height()));
-    dlg.move( pos );
+    pos += QPoint(int(-1.1 * dlg.width()), int(-0.1 * dlg.height()));
+    dlg.move(pos);
 
     if (dlg.exec() == QDialog::Accepted) {
         App::ColorGradientProfile profileMod = dlg.getProfile();