diff --git a/src/helpers.cpp b/src/helpers.cpp
index 1306b570..160d5d6f 100644
--- a/src/helpers.cpp
+++ b/src/helpers.cpp
@@ -4,10 +4,20 @@
 #include <QTextEdit>
 #include <QFileInfo>
 #include <QCryptographicHash>
+#include <QTreeWidget>
+#include <QString>
+#include <QAbstractItemView>
+
+
+static QAbstractItemView::ScrollMode scrollMode()
+{
+    const bool use_scrollperpixel = true;
+    return use_scrollperpixel ? QAbstractItemView::ScrollPerPixel : QAbstractItemView::ScrollPerItem;
+}
+
 
 namespace qhelpers
 {
-
     // TODO: wouldn't it be enough to setFont on the QWidget?
 
     void normalizeFont(QPlainTextEdit *edit)
@@ -34,4 +44,37 @@ namespace qhelpers
         return QFileInfo(filename).fileName() + "_" + fullHash.toHex().left(10);
     }
 
+    void adjustColumns(QTreeWidget *tw)
+    {
+        int count = tw->columnCount();
+        for (int i = 0; i != count; ++i)
+        {
+            tw->resizeColumnToContents(i);
+        }
+    }
+
+    void appendRow(QTreeWidget *tw, const QString &str, const QString &str2,
+                               const QString &str3, const QString &str4, const QString &str5)
+    {
+        QTreeWidgetItem *tempItem = new QTreeWidgetItem();
+        // Fill dummy hidden column
+        tempItem->setText(0, "0");
+        tempItem->setText(1, str);
+        if (!str2.isNull())
+            tempItem->setText(2, str2);
+        if (!str3.isNull())
+            tempItem->setText(3, str3);
+        if (!str4.isNull())
+            tempItem->setText(4, str4);
+        if (!str5.isNull())
+            tempItem->setText(5, str5);
+
+        tw->insertTopLevelItem(0, tempItem);
+    }
+
+    void setVerticalScrollMode(QTreeWidget *tw)
+    {
+        tw->setVerticalScrollMode(scrollMode());
+    }
+
 } // end namespace
diff --git a/src/helpers.h b/src/helpers.h
index 47c80579..5933694a 100644
--- a/src/helpers.h
+++ b/src/helpers.h
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 #ifndef QHELPERS_H
 #define QHELPERS_H
 
+#include <QString>
+
 class QPlainTextEdit;
 class QTextEdit;
 class QString;
+class QTreeWidget;
 
 namespace qhelpers
 {
@@ -11,6 +14,13 @@ namespace qhelpers
     void normalizeEditFont(QTextEdit *edit);
 
     QString uniqueProjectName(const QString &filename);
+
+    void adjustColumns(QTreeWidget *tw);
+
+    void appendRow(QTreeWidget *tw, const QString &str, const QString &str2 = QString(),
+                   const QString &str3 = QString(), const QString &str4 = QString(), const QString &str5 = QString());
+
+    void setVerticalScrollMode(QTreeWidget* tw);
 }
 
 #endif // HELPERS_H