diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Images/images.qrc b/Code/Mantid/Images/images.qrc
index 3ae66f64e89e0539890a6d69ceb37465c5b85646..ea165a279b523e88d264589dbbe00c9827656c48 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Images/images.qrc
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Images/images.qrc
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@
         <file>HFIR_logo_small.png</file>
         <file>ISIS_Logo_Transparent.gif</file>
         <file>Mantid_Logo_Transparent.png</file>
-      <file>data_replace.png</file>
+        <file>data_replace.png</file>
+        <file>panning.png</file>
 	</qresource>
-	<qresource prefix="/win">
+    <qresource prefix="/win">
 		<file>folder-remote.png</file>
 		<file>folder.png</file>
 		<file>document.png</file>
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Images/panning.png b/Code/Mantid/Images/panning.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6b48aa1d092071beec4bc7214a01cc4cecbef555
Binary files /dev/null and b/Code/Mantid/Images/panning.png differ
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/ApplicationWindow.cpp b/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/ApplicationWindow.cpp
index 66f406c1055857ee25e4bad9f1fd73c80fc3cfc7..d7a514e8f8c9cadab9050b8a07c8271c70a8cf07 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/ApplicationWindow.cpp
+++ b/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/ApplicationWindow.cpp
@@ -928,10 +928,9 @@ void ApplicationWindow::initToolBars()
   btnPointer->setChecked(true);
   plotTools->addAction(btnPointer);
 
-
-  actionMagnify->setActionGroup(dataTools);
-  actionMagnify->setCheckable( true );
-  plotTools->addAction(actionMagnify);
+  actionPanPlot->setActionGroup(dataTools);
+  actionPanPlot->setCheckable( true );
+  plotTools->addAction(actionPanPlot);
 
   btnZoomIn = new QAction(tr("&Zoom In"), this);
   btnZoomIn->setShortcut( tr("Ctrl++") );
@@ -1337,7 +1336,7 @@ void ApplicationWindow::plotDataMenuAboutToShow()
   plotDataMenu->addAction(btnPointer);
   plotDataMenu->addAction(btnZoomIn);
   plotDataMenu->addAction(btnZoomOut);
-  plotDataMenu->addAction(actionMagnify);
+  plotDataMenu->addAction(actionPanPlot);
   plotDataMenu->addAction(actionUnzoom);
   plotDataMenu->insertSeparator();
   plotDataMenu->addAction(btnCursor);
@@ -12453,8 +12452,8 @@ void ApplicationWindow::pickDataTool( QAction* action )
     drawLine();
   else if (action == btnMultiPeakPick)
     selectMultiPeak();
-  else if (action == actionMagnify)
-    magnify();
+  else if (action == actionPanPlot)
+    panOnPlot();
 }
 
 void ApplicationWindow::connectSurfacePlot(Graph3D *plot)
@@ -13414,8 +13413,8 @@ void ApplicationWindow::createActions()
   connect(actionreleaseFreeMemory,SIGNAL(triggered()), mantidUI, SLOT(releaseFreeMemory() ));
 #endif
 
-  actionMagnify = new QAction(QIcon(getQPixmap("magnifier_xpm")), tr("Zoom &In/Out and Drag Canvas"), this);
-  connect(actionMagnify, SIGNAL(activated()), this, SLOT(magnify()));
+  actionPanPlot = new QAction(QIcon(":/panning.png"), tr("Panning tool"), this);
+  connect(actionPanPlot, SIGNAL(activated()), this, SLOT(panOnPlot()));
 
   actionICatLogin  = new QAction("Login",this);
   actionICatLogin->setToolTip(tr("Catalog Login"));
@@ -13915,8 +13914,8 @@ void ApplicationWindow::translateActionsStrings()
   btnZoomOut->setShortcut(tr("Ctrl+-"));
   btnZoomOut->setToolTip(tr("Zoom Out"));
 
-  actionMagnify->setMenuText(tr("Zoom &In/Out and Drag Canvas"));
-  actionMagnify->setToolTip(tr("Zoom In (Shift++) or Out (-) and Drag Canvas"));
+  actionPanPlot->setMenuText(tr("Zoom &In/Out and Drag Canvas"));
+  actionPanPlot->setToolTip(tr("Panning tool (zoom with mouse wheel)"));
 
   btnCursor->setMenuText(tr("&Data Reader"));
   btnCursor->setShortcut(tr("CTRL+D"));
@@ -17625,7 +17624,7 @@ void ApplicationWindow::enablesaveNexus(const QString &wsName)
 }
 /* For zooming the selected graph using the drag canvas tool and mouse drag.
  */
-void ApplicationWindow::magnify()
+void ApplicationWindow::panOnPlot()
 {
   MultiLayer *plot = dynamic_cast<MultiLayer*>(activeWindow(MultiLayerWindow));
   if (!plot)
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/ApplicationWindow.h b/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/ApplicationWindow.h
index 5fafabf20804636dc4c5c285b590ad0514923a35..cb9e0c735613e4d16c1aaec27ffebd50afe13868 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/ApplicationWindow.h
+++ b/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/ApplicationWindow.h
@@ -1167,7 +1167,7 @@ private:
   void showmantidplotHelp();
 
   /// for zooming the selected graph using mouse drag tool
-  void magnify();
+  void panOnPlot();
 
   /// Handler for ICat login menu 
   void ICatLogin();
@@ -1482,7 +1482,7 @@ private:
   QAction *wireframe, *hiddenline, *polygon, *filledmesh, *pointstyle, *barstyle, *conestyle, *crossHairStyle;
   QAction *actionShowUndoStack;
   QActionGroup *coord, *floorstyle, *grids, *plotstyle, *dataTools;
-  QAction *actionMagnify;
+  QAction *actionPanPlot;
   QAction *actionWaterfallPlot;
 
   //mantid log level control