Useful Gnome trick for developers
So, I realized today that the Gnome “Search for Files” -tool is an excellent help when one is trying to find suitable images from gnome-icon-theme.
Basically, open the dialog, set your path to /location/of/cvs/gnome-icon-theme/NxN/ (where N is 24 for example if you want to find icons for toolbar size) and search for a string in the filename. The icons have rather descriptive names, so this works surprisingly well. The added bonus is you can just drag and drop the image to Glade or Gimp if you are making mockups.
Also it is possible to set the search patch by dragging the folder from Nautilus to the path field in the search tool. Nice!
Just thought someone might find this useful 