diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ae6316580..c9f9acfab 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2005-01-23  Jeroen Zwartepoorte  <jeroen@xs4all.nl>
+
+	* gtk/ActionGroup.custom: Add a string index for the GetAction method.
+
 2005-01-20  Dan Winship  <danw@novell.com>
 
 	* glib/Marshaller.cs (StringFormat): Calls String.Format and makes
diff --git a/doc/en/Gtk/ActionGroup.xml b/doc/en/Gtk/ActionGroup.xml
index f279f128d..5db45480b 100644
--- a/doc/en/Gtk/ActionGroup.xml
+++ b/doc/en/Gtk/ActionGroup.xml
@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@ Accel paths are set to &lt;Actions&gt;/group-name/action-name.
         <summary>Looks up an action in the action group by name.</summary>
         <param name="action_name">a <see cref="T:System.String" />,  the name of the action</param>
         <returns>a <see cref="T:Gtk.Action" />,  or <see langword="null" /> if no action by that name exists</returns>
-        <remarks></remarks>
+        <remarks>
+        </remarks>
       </Docs>
     </Member>
     <Member MemberName="Add">
@@ -245,7 +246,8 @@ Therefore you must either set the accel path yourself with <see cref="P:Gtk.Acti
       <Docs>
         <summary>Sets the translation domain and uses dgettext() for translating the label and tooltip of <see cref="T:Gtk.ActionEntry" />s added by <see cref="M:Gtk.ActionGroup.AddActions()" />.</summary>
         <returns>a <see cref="T:System.String" /></returns>
-        <remarks></remarks>
+        <remarks>
+        </remarks>
       </Docs>
     </Member>
     <Member MemberName="Add">
@@ -311,5 +313,21 @@ Therefore you must either set the accel path yourself with <see cref="P:Gtk.Acti
         </remarks>
       </Docs>
     </Member>
+    <Member MemberName="Item">
+      <MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public Gtk.Action Item { get; };" />
+      <MemberType>Property</MemberType>
+      <ReturnValue>
+        <ReturnType>Gtk.Action</ReturnType>
+      </ReturnValue>
+      <Parameters>
+        <Parameter Name="name" Type="System.String" />
+      </Parameters>
+      <Docs>
+        <summary>Returns the <see cref="T:Gtk.Action" /> with the specified name.</summary>
+        <param name="name">a <see cref="T:System.String" /></param>
+        <returns>a <see cref="T:Gtk.Action" /></returns>
+        <remarks>See <see cref="M:Gtk.ActionGroup.GetAction" /> for more info.</remarks>
+      </Docs>
+    </Member>
   </Members>
-</Type>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Type>
diff --git a/gtk/ActionGroup.custom b/gtk/ActionGroup.custom
index 1c6a73b9c..2a1a0f2ab 100644
--- a/gtk/ActionGroup.custom
+++ b/gtk/ActionGroup.custom
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@
 // Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
 // Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 
+		public Action this[string name] {
+			get {
+				return GetAction (name);
+			}
+		}
+
 		public void Add (ActionEntry[] entries)
 		{
 			foreach (ActionEntry entry in entries) {
@@ -74,7 +80,7 @@
 			IntPtr raw_ret = gtk_action_group_list_actions (Handle);
 			GLib.List list = new GLib.List (raw_ret);
  			Gtk.Action[] result = new Gtk.Action [list.Count];
-            for (int i = 0; i < list.Count; i++)
-               	result [i] = list [i] as Gtk.Action;
+			for (int i = 0; i < list.Count; i++)
+				result [i] = list [i] as Gtk.Action;
 			return result;
 		}