diff --git a/src/pymodaq_gui/examples/icons.py b/src/pymodaq_gui/examples/icons.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..22a5a050
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pymodaq_gui/examples/icons.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import sys
+
+from qtpy.QtWidgets import (QApplication, QGridLayout, QPushButton, QStyle,
+                             QWidget, QVBoxLayout)
+from qtpy.QtGui import QIcon
+
+
+class Icons():
+    def __init__(self, widget: QWidget):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.widget = widget
+
+        Ncol = 10
+
+        icons_style = sorted([attr for attr in dir(QStyle.StandardPixmap) if (attr.startswith("SP_"))])
+
+        icons_theme = sorted([icon_enum.name for icon_enum in QIcon.ThemeIcon])
+
+        self.widget.setLayout(QVBoxLayout())
+
+        layout_style = QGridLayout()
+        for n, name in enumerate(icons_style):
+            btn = QPushButton(name)
+
+            pixmapi = getattr(QStyle.StandardPixmap, name)
+            icon = self.widget.style().standardIcon(pixmapi)
+            btn.setIcon(icon)
+            layout_style.addWidget(btn, int(n/Ncol), int(n%Ncol))
+
+        layout_theme = QGridLayout()
+        for n, name in enumerate(icons_theme):
+            icon = QIcon.fromTheme(getattr(QIcon.ThemeIcon, name))
+            btn = QPushButton(name)
+            btn.setIcon(icon)
+            layout_theme.addWidget(btn, int(n/Ncol), int(n%Ncol))
+
+        self.widget.layout().addLayout(layout_style)
+        self.widget.layout().addLayout(layout_theme)
+
+
+app = QApplication(sys.argv)
+
+w = Icons(QWidget())
+w.widget.show()
+
+app.exec()
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diff --git a/src/pymodaq_gui/managers/action_manager.py b/src/pymodaq_gui/managers/action_manager.py
index 92035092..f98d8f01 100644
--- a/src/pymodaq_gui/managers/action_manager.py
+++ b/src/pymodaq_gui/managers/action_manager.py
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ def create_icon(icon_name: Union[str, Path]):
         if pixmap.isNull(): 
             if hasattr(QtGui.QIcon,'ThemeIcon') and hasattr(QtGui.QIcon.ThemeIcon, icon_name): # Test if icon is in Qt's library
                 icon = QtGui.QIcon.fromTheme(getattr(QtGui.QIcon.ThemeIcon, icon_name))
+            elif hasattr(QtWidgets.QStyle.StandardPixmap, icon_name):
+                pixmapi = getattr(QtWidgets.QStyle.StandardPixmap, icon_name)
+                icon = QtWidgets.QWidget().style().standardIcon(pixmapi)
         else:
             icon = QtGui.QIcon()
             icon.addPixmap(QtGui.QPixmap(pixmap), QtGui.QIcon.Normal, QtGui.QIcon.Off)
diff --git a/src/pymodaq_gui/utils/icons.py b/src/pymodaq_gui/utils/icons.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 4ece862b..00000000
--- a/src/pymodaq_gui/utils/icons.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-import sys
-
-from qtpy.QtWidgets import (QApplication, QGridLayout, QPushButton, QStyle,
-                             QWidget)
-
-
-class Window(QWidget):
-    def __init__(self):
-        super().__init__()
-
-        icons = sorted([attr for attr in dir(QStyle.StandardPixmap) if attr.startswith("SP_")])
-        layout = QGridLayout()
-
-        for n, name in enumerate(icons):
-            btn = QPushButton(name)
-
-            pixmapi = getattr(QStyle.StandardPixmap, name)
-            icon = self.style().standardIcon(pixmapi)
-            btn.setIcon(icon)
-            layout.addWidget(btn, int(n/4), int(n%4))
-
-        self.setLayout(layout)
-
-
-app = QApplication(sys.argv)
-
-w = Window()
-w.show()
-
-app.exec()
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