diff --git a/plugins/ui-designer-core/src/com/intellij/designer/model/RadComponent.java b/plugins/ui-designer-core/src/com/intellij/designer/model/RadComponent.java
index 38115576a7f7..8a5e150916de 100644
--- a/plugins/ui-designer-core/src/com/intellij/designer/model/RadComponent.java
+++ b/plugins/ui-designer-core/src/com/intellij/designer/model/RadComponent.java
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ public abstract class RadComponent extends PropertiesContainer {
 
   public void accept(RadComponentVisitor visitor, boolean forward) {
     if (visitor.visit(this)) {
-      List<RadComponent> children = getChildren();
+      List<RadComponent> children = getChildrenForAccept(visitor);
       if (forward) {
         for (RadComponent child : children) {
           child.accept(visitor, forward);
@@ -271,6 +271,10 @@ public abstract class RadComponent extends PropertiesContainer {
     }
   }
 
+  protected List<RadComponent> getChildrenForAccept(RadComponentVisitor visitor) {
+    return getChildren();
+  }
+
   //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   //
   // Operations