--- a/TreeUtils.cs	Sat Aug 14 19:38:37 2010 +0000
+++ b/TreeUtils.cs	Fri Aug 27 10:56:51 2010 +0000
@@ -36,5 +36,37 @@
 
 			return selected;
 		}
+		
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Gets the <see cref="TreeIter"/> for an item in a tree, or the Zero TreeIter if the item can't be found
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <returns>
+		/// The TreeIter for the item, or TreeIter.Zero if it can't be found
+		/// </returns>
+		/// <param name='tree'>
+		/// The <see cref="TreeView"/> to search the model of
+		/// </param>
+		/// <param name='item'>
+		/// The item to find in the model
+		/// </param>
+		public static TreeIter GetItemIter(TreeView tree, object item)
+		{
+			TreeModel model = tree.Model;
+			TreeIter iter;
+			model.GetIterFirst(out iter);
+			TreeIter itemIter = TreeIter.Zero;
+			
+			do
+			{
+				if (model.GetValue(iter, 0).Equals(item))
+				{
+					itemIter = iter;
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+			while (model.IterNext(ref iter));
+			
+			return itemIter;
+		}
 	}
 }