npm install ionicons

Premium icons for Ionic.

About ionicons

Ionicons is a highly versatile and premium icon set specifically designed to enhance the visual appeal and user interface of web, iOS, Android, and desktop applications. With over 1,300 meticulously crafted icons, Ionicons offers a comprehensive range of choices for developers and designers aiming to implement intuitive and sleek icons into their projects. Each icon in the Ionicons package is optimized for performance and designed to be pixel-perfect across various platforms, ensuring a consistent and professional look in any application. This open-source icon set is particularly beneficial for users of the Ionic Framework but is equally effective in other development environments, providing flexibility and ease of integration.

To incorporate Ionicons into your project, the process is straightforward with the use of npm, Node.js’s package manager. Simply execute the command 'npm install ionicons' in your project's root directory to download and integrate this rich icon library. This installation method not only simplifies the process but also ensures that you have the latest version of Ionicons, keeping your application up-to-date with the newest icons and features. Using Ionicons through npm also allows for easy updates and management of dependencies, making it an ideal choice for developers looking to maintain cutting-edge applications with minimal hassle.

Overall, the integration of Ionicons into your development projects can significantly enhance user experience through its diverse and aesthetically pleasing icons. Whether you are developing for mobile or desktop platforms, the seamless compatibility and easy integration of Ionicons make it an indispensable resource for creating visually compelling and user-friendly interfaces.

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Dependencies

Core dependencies of this npm package and its dev dependencies.

@stencil/core, @playwright/test, @types/fs-extra, @types/jest, @types/node, @types/svgo, fs-extra, jest, jest-cli, lerna, puppeteer, semver, serve, svgo, typescript

Documentation

A README file for the ionicons code repository. View Code

Ionicons

Ionicons is a completely open-source icon set with 1,300 icons crafted for web, iOS, Android, and desktop apps. Ionicons was built for Ionic Framework, so icons have both Material Design and iOS versions.

Note: All brand icons are trademarks of their respective owners. The use of these trademarks does not indicate endorsement of the trademark holder by Ionic, nor vice versa.

We intend for this icon pack to be used with Ionic, but it’s by no means limited to it. Use them wherever you see fit, personal or commercial. They are free to use and licensed under MIT.

Contributing

Thanks for your interest in contributing! Read up on our guidelines for contributing and then look through our issues with a help wanted label.

Using the Web Component

The Ionicons Web Component is an easy and performant way to use Ionicons in your app. The component will dynamically load an SVG for each icon, so your app is only requesting the icons that you need.

Also note that only visible icons are loaded, and icons that are "below the fold" and hidden from the user's view do not make fetch requests for the svg resource.

Installation

If you're using Ionic Framework, Ionicons is packaged by default, so no installation is necessary. Want to use Ionicons without Ionic Framework? Place the following <script> near the end of your page, right before the closing </body> tag, to enable them.

<script type="module" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/ionicons@latest/dist/ionicons/ionicons.esm.js"></script>
<script nomodule src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/ionicons@latest/dist/ionicons/ionicons.js"></script>

Basic usage

To use a built-in icon from the Ionicons package, populate the name attribute on the ion-icon component:

<ion-icon name="heart"></ion-icon>

Custom icons

To use a custom SVG, provide its url in the src attribute to request the external SVG file. The src attribute works the same as <img src="..."> in that the url must be accessible from the webpage that's making a request for the image. Additionally, the external file can only be a valid svg and does not allow scripts or events within the svg element.

<ion-icon src="/path/to/external/file.svg"></ion-icon>

Custom Asset Path

If you have a different set of icons you would like to load or if the Ionicon icons are hosted on a different page or path, you can set the asset url from which Ionicons pulls the icons via:

import { setAssetPath } from '@stencil/core'

// set root path for loading icons to "<root>/public/svg"
setAssetPath(`${window.location.origin}/public/svg/`);

This allows the use of named icons like this:

<!-- now pulls the svg from "<root>/public/svg/heart.svg" -->
<ion-icon name="heart"></ion-icon>

Variants

Each app icon in Ionicons has a filled, outline and sharp variant. These different variants are provided to make your app feel native to a variety of platforms. The filled variant uses the default name without a suffix. Note: Logo icons do not have outline or sharp variants.

<ion-icon name="heart"></ion-icon> <!--filled-->
<ion-icon name="heart-outline"></ion-icon> <!--outline-->
<ion-icon name="heart-sharp"></ion-icon> <!--sharp-->

Platform specificity

When using icons in Ionic Framework you can specify different icons per platform. Use the md and ios attributes and provide the platform-specific icon/variant name.

<ion-icon ios="heart-outline" md="heart-sharp"></ion-icon>

Size

To specify the icon size, you can use the size attribute for our pre-defined font sizes.

<ion-icon size="small"></ion-icon>
<ion-icon size="large"></ion-icon>

Or you can set a specific size by applying the font-size CSS property on the ion-icon component. It's recommended to use pixel sizes that are a multiple of 8 (8, 16, 32, 64, etc.)

ion-icon {
  font-size: 64px;
}

Color

Specify the icon color by applying the color CSS property on the ion-icon component.

ion-icon {
  color: blue;
}

Stroke width

When using an outline icon variant it is possible to adjust the stroke width, for improved visual balance relative to the icon's size or relative to the width of adjacent text. You can set a specific size by applying the --ionicon-stroke-width CSS custom property to the ion-icon component. The default value is 32px.

<ion-icon name="heart-outline"></ion-icon>
ion-icon {
  --ionicon-stroke-width: 16px;
}

Migrating from v4

See the 5.0 release notes for a list of icon deletions/renames.

License

Ionicons is licensed under the MIT license.

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