There isn't a direct replacement at the moment. In the Cordia based port it is removed completely IIRC. The closest would be gtk_icon_view_new_with_model. http://maemo.org/api_refs/5.0/beta/h...new-with-model The "mode" part relies on custom feature from the Maemo-GTK patch. I'm not 100% sure what it does, but: Debian solution: Make the function and enum available, add support for setting property but don't ever actually do anything: http://deriv.debian.net/patches/libh....3-1+0m5.patch This is what I'm doing for now with the new port until it is at least buildable.