diff -r b7da29130b0e -r 80e4d18b72f5 src/hbwidgets/itemviews/hbabstractitemview.h
--- a/src/hbwidgets/itemviews/hbabstractitemview.h	Fri Sep 17 08:32:10 2010 +0300
+++ b/src/hbwidgets/itemviews/hbabstractitemview.h	Mon Oct 04 00:38:12 2010 +0300
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 {
     Q_OBJECT
     
-    Q_ENUMS(SelectionMode ScrollHint)  
+    Q_ENUMS(SelectionMode ScrollHint IconLoadPolicy)  
     Q_FLAGS(ItemAnimations)
 
     Q_PROPERTY(bool itemRecycling READ itemRecycling WRITE setItemRecycling)
@@ -50,10 +50,18 @@
     Q_PROPERTY(QString layoutName READ layoutName WRITE setLayoutName)
     Q_PROPERTY(bool uniformItemSizes READ uniformItemSizes WRITE setUniformItemSizes)
     Q_PROPERTY(ItemAnimations enabledAnimations READ enabledAnimations WRITE setEnabledAnimations)
-    Q_PROPERTY(bool longPressEnabled  READ longPressEnabled  WRITE setLongPressEnabled )
+    Q_PROPERTY(bool longPressEnabled  READ longPressEnabled  WRITE setLongPressEnabled)
+    Q_PROPERTY(IconLoadPolicy iconLoadPolicy READ iconLoadPolicy WRITE setIconLoadPolicy)
 
 public:
 
+    enum IconLoadPolicy
+    {
+        LoadSynchronously,
+        LoadAsynchronouslyWhenScrolling,
+        LoadAsynchronouslyAlways
+    };
+
     enum SelectionMode
     {
         NoSelection,
@@ -134,6 +142,9 @@
     virtual void setItemPixmapCacheEnabled(bool enabled);
     bool itemPixmapCacheEnabled() const;
 
+    void setIconLoadPolicy(IconLoadPolicy policy);
+    IconLoadPolicy iconLoadPolicy() const;
+
 public slots:
     void setCurrentIndex(const QModelIndex &index,
                          QItemSelectionModel::SelectionFlags selectionFlag