diff --git a/DataControlPlugin.hh b/DataControlPlugin.hh
index 00c0b467997fcad1dcd2f099c98f86edbdb88252..84335432954a08fbd12840fbaf874f2fe514d7e8 100644
--- a/DataControlPlugin.hh
+++ b/DataControlPlugin.hh
@@ -392,6 +392,9 @@ class DataControlPlugin : public QObject, BaseInterface, ToolboxInterface, KeyIn
         /// Print information about all open objects to the console
         void printObjectInfoToLog();
 
+        /// Get all elements of the given group
+        IdList getGroupElements(int _groupId);
+
 /** @} */
 
   public slots:
diff --git a/DataControlPluginScripting.cc b/DataControlPluginScripting.cc
index bf091d1138e904d62208b38c252915d13549f23c..9aa73182540989f65b9013bd7a78ccd83a192cfa 100644
--- a/DataControlPluginScripting.cc
+++ b/DataControlPluginScripting.cc
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ void DataControlPlugin::setDescriptions(){
   emit setSlotDescription("objectDelete(int)",tr("Delete an object"),
                           QStringList(tr("objectId")), QStringList(tr("Delete the given object.")));
 
+  emit setSlotDescription("getGroupElements(int)",tr("Get elements of a group"),
+                           QStringList(tr("groupId")), QStringList(tr("Id of the group.")));
+
   emit setSlotDescription("copyObject(int)",tr("Create a copy of an object"),
                           QStringList(tr("objectId")), QStringList(tr("Object to copy.")));
 
@@ -638,3 +641,23 @@ bool DataControlPlugin::addObjectToGroup(int _objectId, int _groupId)
    }
    return false;
 }
+
+//******************************************************************************
+/** \brief get all objects of an given group
+ *
+ * get all objects of an given group with id _groupId
+ *
+ * @return id list of group elements
+*/
+
+IdList DataControlPlugin::getGroupElements(int _groupId)
+{
+  BaseObject* group = 0;
+  PluginFunctions::getObject(_groupId,group);
+  IdList result;
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < group->childCount(); ++i)
+    result.push_back(group->child(i)->id());
+
+  return result;
+}
diff --git a/tests/group.ofs b/tests/group.ofs
index b56518316e904bef8c1897e2dd2fe36325798f28..a344e42adc655507a06af51363d87b0b7ad07d0b 100644
--- a/tests/group.ofs
+++ b/tests/group.ofs
@@ -88,4 +88,28 @@ if (datacontrol.addObjectToGroup(id3,id2))
 {
   print("Could add an object to an object which is not a Group.")
   core.exitFailure();
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+//Get group elements
+id1 = primitivesgenerator.addSphere()
+id2 = primitivesgenerator.addSphere()
+elements = [id1,id2]
+groupid = datacontrol.groupObjects(elements)
+resuldList = datacontrol.getGroupElements(groupid)
+
+if (resuldList.length != elements.length)
+{
+  print("error: getGroupElements")
+  print("number of received elements is: "+elements.length+" expected was: "+resuldList.length)
+  core.exitFailure();
+}
+for (i = 0; i < resultId; ++i)
+{
+   if (resuldList[i] != groupId[i])
+  {
+    print("error: getGroupElements")
+    print("id of received object differs")
+    print("expected was: "+groupId[i]+" result is: "+resuldIdList[i])
+    core.exitFailure();
+  }
+}