diff -r bf810176ddb8 -r e5f4d8af567e ui/gtk/image.c
--- a/ui/gtk/image.c	Mon Feb 12 21:13:23 2024 +0100
+++ b/ui/gtk/image.c	Sun Jun 09 15:43:08 2024 +0200
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     }
 }
 
-// **** new functions ****
+// **** deprecated2****
 
 static UiIcon* get_icon(const char *name, int size, int scale) {
 #ifdef UI_SUPPORTS_SCALE
@@ -70,24 +70,58 @@
     if(info) {
         UiIcon *icon = malloc(sizeof(UiIcon));
         icon->info = info;
+        icon->pixbuf = NULL;
         return icon;
     }
     return NULL;
 }
 
-/*
-UiIcon* ui_icon(const char *name, int size) {
+UiIcon* ui_icon(const char* name, size_t size) {
     return get_icon(name, size, ui_get_scalefactor());
 }
-*/
+
+UiIcon* ui_imageicon(const char* file) {
+    GError *error = NULL;
+    GdkPixbuf *pixbuf = gdk_pixbuf_new_from_file(file, &error);
+    if(!pixbuf) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "UiError: Cannot load image: %s\n", file);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    
+    UiIcon *icon = malloc(sizeof(UiIcon));
+    icon->info = NULL;
+    icon->pixbuf = pixbuf;
+    return icon;
+}
+
+void ui_icon_free(UiIcon* icon) {
+    if(icon->info) {
+        g_object_unref(icon->info);
+    }
+    if(icon->pixbuf) {
+        g_object_unref(icon->pixbuf);
+    }
+    free(icon);
+}
+
+UiIcon* ui_foldericon(size_t size) {
+    return ui_icon("folder", size);
+}
+
+UiIcon* ui_fileicon(size_t size) {
+    return ui_icon("application-x-generic", size);
+}
 
 UiIcon* ui_icon_unscaled(const char *name, int size) {
     return get_icon(name, size, 1);
 }
 
-void ui_free_icon(UiIcon *icon) {
-    g_object_unref(icon->info);
-    free(icon);
+GdkPixbuf* ui_icon_pixbuf(UiIcon *icon) {
+    if(!icon->pixbuf) {
+        GError *error = NULL;
+        icon->pixbuf = gtk_icon_info_load_icon(icon->info, &error);
+    }
+    return icon->pixbuf;
 }
 
 UiImage* ui_icon_image(UiIcon *icon) {