diff --git a/Modules/QtWidgets/include/QmitkStdMultiWidget.h b/Modules/QtWidgets/include/QmitkStdMultiWidget.h
index 874a08f7f5..03966cdc5b 100644
--- a/Modules/QtWidgets/include/QmitkStdMultiWidget.h
+++ b/Modules/QtWidgets/include/QmitkStdMultiWidget.h
@@ -1,167 +1,165 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
 Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
 All rights reserved.
 
 This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
 even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
 A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 
 See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
 
 ===================================================================*/
 
 #ifndef QMITKSTDMULTIWIDGET_H
 #define QMITKSTDMULTIWIDGET_H
 
 // qt widgets module
 #include "MitkQtWidgetsExports.h"
 #include "QmitkAbstractMultiWidget.h"
 
 /**
 * @brief The 'QmitkStdMultiWidget' is a 'QmitkAbstractMultiWidget' that is used to display multiple render windows at once.
 *        Render windows are predefined in a 2x2 design with 3 different 2D view planes and a 3D render window.
 */
 class MITKQTWIDGETS_EXPORT QmitkStdMultiWidget : public QmitkAbstractMultiWidget
 {
   Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
 
   QmitkStdMultiWidget(QWidget *parent = nullptr,
                       Qt::WindowFlags f = 0,
                       mitk::RenderingManager *renderingManager = nullptr,
                       mitk::BaseRenderer::RenderingMode::Type renderingMode = mitk::BaseRenderer::RenderingMode::Standard,
                       const QString &name = "stdmulti");
 
   ~QmitkStdMultiWidget() override;
 
   virtual void InitializeMultiWidget() override;
 
   virtual QmitkRenderWindow* GetRenderWindow(const QString& widgetName) const override;
   virtual QmitkRenderWindow* GetRenderWindow(const mitk::BaseRenderer::ViewDirection& viewDirection) const override;
 
   virtual void SetSelectedPosition(const mitk::Point3D& newPosition, const QString& widgetName) override;
   virtual const mitk::Point3D GetSelectedPosition(const QString& widgetName) const override;
 
   virtual void SetCrosshairVisibility(bool) override;
   virtual bool GetCrosshairVisibility() const override;
 
   virtual void ResetCrosshair() override;
 
   virtual void SetWidgetPlaneMode(int mode) override;
 
   mitk::SliceNavigationController* GetTimeNavigationController();
 
   void AddPlanesToDataStorage();
   void RemovePlanesFromDataStorage();
 
   /** \brief Listener to the CrosshairPositionEvent
 
     Ensures the CrosshairPositionEvent is handled only once and at the end of the Qt-Event loop
   */
   void HandleCrosshairPositionEvent();
 
   /**
    * @brief Convenience method to get a render window widget.
    * @param   Number of the widget (0-3)
    * @return  The render window widget
    */
   QmitkRenderWindow* GetRenderWindow(unsigned int number) const;
   QmitkRenderWindow* GetRenderWindow1() const;
   QmitkRenderWindow* GetRenderWindow2() const;
   QmitkRenderWindow* GetRenderWindow3() const;
   QmitkRenderWindow* GetRenderWindow4() const;
 
   /**
   * @brief Convenience method to get a widget plane.
   * @param   Number of the widget plane (1-3)
   * @return  The widget plane as data node
   */
   mitk::DataNode::Pointer GetWidgetPlane(unsigned int number) const;
   mitk::DataNode::Pointer GetWidgetPlane1() const;
   mitk::DataNode::Pointer GetWidgetPlane2() const;
   mitk::DataNode::Pointer GetWidgetPlane3() const;
 
   /**
   * @brief SetDecorationColor Set the color of the decoration of the 4 widgets.
   *
   * This is used to color the frame of the renderwindow and the corner annatation.
   * For the first 3 widgets, this color is a property of the helper object nodes
   * which contain the respective plane geometry. For widget 4, this is a member,
   * since there is no data node for this widget.
   */
   void SetDecorationColor(unsigned int widgetNumber, mitk::Color color);
   /**
    * @brief GetDecorationColorForWidget Get the color for annotation, crosshair and rectangle.
    * @param widgetNumber Number of the renderwindow (0-3).
    * @return Color in mitk format.
    */
   mitk::Color GetDecorationColor(unsigned int widgetNumber);
 
 public Q_SLOTS:
 
   // mouse events
   virtual void mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent*) override;
   virtual void moveEvent(QMoveEvent* e) override;
   virtual void wheelEvent(QWheelEvent* e) override;
 
   /// Receives the signal from HandleCrosshairPositionEvent, executes the StatusBar update
   void HandleCrosshairPositionEventDelayed();
 
   void Fit();
 
   void AddDisplayPlaneSubTree();
 
   void EnsureDisplayContainsPoint(mitk::BaseRenderer *renderer, const mitk::Point3D &p);
 
   void SetWidgetPlaneVisibility(const char *widgetName, bool visible, mitk::BaseRenderer *renderer = nullptr);
 
   void SetWidgetPlanesVisibility(bool visible, mitk::BaseRenderer *renderer = nullptr);
 
 Q_SIGNALS:
 
   void WheelMoved(QWheelEvent *);
   void Moved();
 
 private:
 
   virtual void SetLayoutImpl() override;
   virtual void SynchronizeImpl() override { }
   virtual void SetInteractionSchemeImpl() override { }
 
   void CreateRenderWindowWidgets();
 
   mitk::SliceNavigationController* m_TimeNavigationController;
 
   /**
   * @brief The 3 helper objects which contain the plane geometry.
   */
   mitk::DataNode::Pointer m_PlaneNode1;
   mitk::DataNode::Pointer m_PlaneNode2;
   mitk::DataNode::Pointer m_PlaneNode3;
 
-  int m_PlaneMode;
-
   /**
    * @brief m_ParentNodeForGeometryPlanes This helper object is added to the datastorage
    * and contains the 3 planes for displaying the image geometry (crosshair and 3D planes).
    */
   mitk::DataNode::Pointer m_ParentNodeForGeometryPlanes;
 
   /**
    * @brief m_DecorationColorWidget4 color for annotation and rectangle of widget 4.
    *
    * For other widgets1-3, the color is a property of the respective data node.
    * There is no node for widget 4, hence, we need an extra member.
    */
   mitk::Color m_DecorationColorWidget4;
 
   bool m_PendingCrosshairPositionEvent;
 
 };
 
 #endif // QMITKSTDMULTIWIDGET_H