CodexIcon
A graphical representation of an idea.
See the Icons section for more information, including a list of all available icons.
Demos
Simple icon
Label
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| View | |
Reading direction | |
Using icons in buttons
Icons can be used inside other components, like buttons. For demos of how to use icons inside buttons, see the Button documentation.
Icon sizes
Icons support a few different pre-defined size options. Right now the supported sizes are: medium, small, and x-small.
If no size property is provided, the medium size will be used by default.
| Medium Icon | 20px | |
| Small Icon | 16px | |
| Extra-small Icon | 12px |
WARNING
x-small icon size is only intended for use in certain special cases. Most components should use Icons in small or medium size.
Usage
Props
| Prop name | Description | Type | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
icon(required) | The SVG path or an object containing that path plus other data. | Icon | |
iconLabel | Accessible label for the icon. If not included, the icon will be hidden from screen readers via aria-hidden="true". Browsers also display this label as a tooltip when the user hovers over the icon. Note that this label is not rendered as visible text next to the icon. | string | '' |
lang | Explicitly set the language code to use for the icon. See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLElement/lang. Defaults to the lang attribute of the nearest ancestor at mount time. | string|null | null |
dir | Explicitly set the direction to use for the icon. See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLElement/dir. Defaults to the computed direction at mount time. | HTMLDirection|null | null |
size | Specify icon size by choosing one of several pre-defined size options. See the type documentation for supported size options. The medium size is used by default if no size prop is provided. | IconSize | 'medium' |
Events
| Event name | Properties | Description |
|---|---|---|
click |
CSS-only version
WARNING
CSS-only components are experimental and not yet available for use inside MediaWiki.
You can use icons in a no-JavaScript context via a the CSS icon Less mixin provided by the Codex library. To use this mixin, import the mixin file and apply .cdx-mixin-css-icon() to an empty <span> element. The parameters of the mixin are as follows:
| Param name | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
@param-icon (required) | The icon to use, in the form of a Less variable. These variables are also provided by the mixin file. The syntax for the Less variable version of an icon name is @cdx-icon-icon-name, e.g. @cdx-icon-info-filled. See the list of all icons for icon names. | |
@param-fill-color | The hex code of the fill color of the icon | @color-base |
@param-size-icon | The icon size | @size-icon-medium |
@param-is-button-icon | Whether the icon is inside of a <button> element | false |
WARNING
Before importing the css-icon mixin, you must first import the design tokens. If you don't, you will get errors that look like variable @color-base is undefined.
TIP
Visit the Button docs for details on using CSS icons within buttons.
Label
Map pin
Icon color
Use the second parameter of the .cdx-mixin-css-icon() mixin, @param-fill-color, to apply a hex code as the SVG fill color.
Delete
Icon sizes
Use the third parameter of the .cdx-mixin-css-icon() mixin, @param-size-icon, to use one of the pre-defined size options (@size-icon-medium, @size-icon-small, or @size-icon-x-small).
Bookmark (medium)
Bell (small)
Arrow next (extra-small)
Bidirectionality
The CSS icon mixin supports icons that differ between the left-to-right (LTR) and right-to-left (RTL) reading directions. To take advantage of this behavior, in RTL contexts, one of the following is required:
- A
dir="rtl"attribute set on the<html>element. - A
dir="rtl"attribute set directly on the icon span.
WARNING
In RTL contexts, ensure that a dir="rtl" attribute is set either on the <html> element or on the icon element itself.
Article (LTR)
Article (RTL)
Language support
The CSS-only icons mixin supports icons with language-specific variants.
Strikethrough (German)
Strikethrough (English)
Strikethrough (Finnish)