# Icon Fonts

Vuetify comes bootstrapped with support for Material Design Icons, Material Icons, Font Awesome 4 and Font Awesome 5. By default, applications will default to use Material Design Icons.

# Usage

In order to change your font library, add the iconfont option during instantiation.

// src/plugins/vuetify.js

import Vue from 'vue'
import Vuetify from 'vuetify/lib'

Vue.use(Vuetify)

export default new Vuetify({
  icons: {
    iconfont: 'mdiSvg', // 'mdi' || 'mdiSvg' || 'md' || 'fa' || 'fa4' || 'faSvg'
  },
})

Using a predefined option will pre-fill defaults based upon the selected preset. This will overwrite the defaults of components that have default icon values. For more information, view the default icon preset values.

# Installing icon fonts

You are required to include the specified icon library (even if using default). This can be done by including a CDN link or importing the icon library into your application.

In this page “Material Icons” is used to refer to the official google icons and “Material Design Icons” refers to the extended third-party library

# Material Design Icons

Use this tool to search for any Material Design Icons and copy them to your clipboard by clicking the item.

This is the default icon font for Vuetify. You can include it through a CDN:

<link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@mdi/font@6.x/css/materialdesignicons.min.css" rel="stylesheet">

Or as a local dependency:

$ yarn add @mdi/font -D
// OR
$ npm install @mdi/font -D

// src/plugins/vuetify.js

import '@mdi/font/css/materialdesignicons.css' // Ensure you are using css-loader
import Vue from 'vue'
import Vuetify from 'vuetify/lib'

Vue.use(Vuetify)

export default new Vuetify({
  icons: {
    iconfont: 'mdi', // default - only for display purposes
  },
})

# Material Design Icons - JS SVG

Use the SVG paths as designated in @mdi/js. This is the recommended installation when optimizing your application for production. You ONLY need to include this if you plan on using more than the default icons.

$ yarn add @mdi/js -D
// OR
$ npm install @mdi/js -D

Specify the mdiSvg iconfont:

// src/plugins/vuetify.js

import Vue from 'vue'
import Vuetify from 'vuetify/lib'

Vue.use(Vuetify)

export default new Vuetify({
  icons: {
    iconfont: 'mdiSvg',
  },
})

You can custom import only the icons you use granting a much smaller bundle size.

<!-- Vue Component -->

<template>
  <v-icon>{{ svgPath }}</v-icon>
</template>

<script>
  import { mdiAccount } from '@mdi/js'

  export default {
    data: () => ({
      svgPath: mdiAccount
    }),
  }
</script>

# Material Icons

Installation is the same as the above. For projects without a build process, it is recommended to import the icons from CDN

<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Material+Icons" rel="stylesheet">

Alternatively, it is possible to install locally using yarn or npm. Keep in mind that this is not an official google repository and may not receive updates

$ yarn add material-design-icons-iconfont -D
// OR
$ npm install material-design-icons-iconfont -D

Once you have installed the package, import it into your main entry js file. This is typically the main.js, index.js or app.js located in your src/ folder. If you are using an SSR application, you may have a client.js or entry-client.js file.

// src/plugins/vuetify.js

import 'material-design-icons-iconfont/dist/material-design-icons.css' // Ensure you are using css-loader
import Vue from 'vue'
import Vuetify from 'vuetify/lib'

Vue.use(Vuetify)

export default new Vuetify({
  icons: {
    iconfont: 'md',
  },
})

# Font Awesome 4 Icons

Same as above. Installing FontAwesome through cdn is the easiest way to check it out within your project:

<link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/font-awesome@4.x/css/font-awesome.min.css" rel="stylesheet">

Installing FontAwesome4 is the same as its newer version, just from a different repository. You will be targeting the font-awesome repo as opposed to @fortawesome one.

$ yarn add font-awesome@4.7.0 -D
// OR
$ npm install font-awesome@4.7.0 -D

Don’t forget, your project will need to recognize css. If you are using webpack, install and setup the css loader.

// src/plugins/vuetify.js

import 'font-awesome/css/font-awesome.min.css' // Ensure you are using css-loader
import Vue from 'vue'
import Vuetify from 'vuetify/lib'

Vue.use(Vuetify)

export default new Vuetify({
  icons: {
    iconfont: 'fa4',
  },
})

# Font Awesome 5 Icons

The easiest way to get started with FontAwesome is to use a cdn. Within the head of your main index.html place this snippet:

<link href="https://use.fontawesome.com/releases/v5.0.13/css/all.css" rel="stylesheet">

To install locally you can pull in the Free version of FontAwesome using your preferred package manager:

$ yarn add @fortawesome/fontawesome-free -D
// OR
$ npm install @fortawesome/fontawesome-free -D

Within your main entry point, simply import the package’s all.css. If you are using a configured webpack project, you will need to setup support for .css files using the webpack css loader. If you are already using Vue CLI, this is done for you automatically.

// src/plugins/vuetify.js

import '@fortawesome/fontawesome-free/css/all.css' // Ensure you are using css-loader
import Vue from 'vue'
import Vuetify from 'vuetify/lib'

Vue.use(Vuetify)

export default new Vuetify({
  icons: {
    iconfont: 'fa',
  },
})

# Font Awesome SVG Icons

Add required dependencies.

$ yarn add @fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core @fortawesome/vue-fontawesome @fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons -D
// or
$ npm install @fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core @fortawesome/vue-fontawesome @fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons -D

Then add globally font-awesome-icon component and set faSvg as iconfont in Vuetify config.

// src/plugins/vuetify.js

import Vue from 'vue'
import Vuetify from 'vuetify/lib'
import { library } from '@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core'
import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/vue-fontawesome'
import { fas } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons'

Vue.component('font-awesome-icon', FontAwesomeIcon) // Register component globally
library.add(fas) // Include needed icons

Vue.use(Vuetify)

export default new Vuetify({
  icons: {
    iconfont: 'faSvg',
  },
})

# Using custom icons

Let’s say your application calls for a custom icon in a Vuetify component. Instead of creating a wrapper component or manually defining the specific icon each time a component appears, you can configure it at a global level.

// src/plugins/vuetify.js

import Vue from 'vue'
import Vuetify from 'vuetify/lib'

Vue.use(Vuetify)

export default new Vuetify({
  icons: {
    iconfont: 'fa',
    values: {
      cancel: 'fas fa-ban',
      menu: 'fas fa-ellipsis-v',
    },
  },
})

You can import and assign an svg to an icon value. The imported svg should contain only the path without the <svg> wrapper. For importing a more elaborate svg, use a component icon.

// src/plugins/vuetify.js

import Vue from 'vue'
import Vuetify from 'vuetify/lib'
import myIconSvg from 'myIcon.svg'

Vue.use(Vuetify)

export default new Vuetify({
  icons: {
    iconfont: 'fa',
    values: {
      customIconSvg: myIconSvg,
      customIconSvgPath: 'M14.989,9.491L6.071,0.537C5.78,0.246,5.308,0.244,5.017,0.535c-0.294,0.29-0.294,0.763-0.003,1.054l8.394,8.428L5.014,18.41c-0.291,0.291-0.291,0.763,0,1.054c0.146,0.146,0.335,0.218,0.527,0.218c0.19,0,0.382-0.073,0.527-0.218l8.918-8.919C15.277,10.254,15.277,9.784,14.989,9.491z',
    },
  },
})

If you are using a icon library that does not have a preset, you can create a custom one.

// src/plugins/vuetify.js

import Vue from 'vue'
import Vuetify from 'vuetify/lib'

const MY_ICONS = {
  complete: '...',
  cancel: '...',
  close: '...',
  delete: '...', // delete (e.g. v-chip close)
  clear: '...',
  success: '...',
  info: '...',
  warning: '...',
  error: '...',
  prev: '...',
  next: '...',
  checkboxOn: '...',
  checkboxOff: '...',
  checkboxIndeterminate: '...',
  delimiter: '...', // for carousel
  sort: '...',
  expand: '...',
  menu: '...',
  subgroup: '...',
  dropdown: '...',
  radioOn: '...',
  radioOff: '...',
  edit: '...',
  ratingEmpty: '...',
  ratingFull: '...',
  ratingHalf: '...',
  loading: '...',
  first: '...',
  last: '...',
  unfold: '...',
  file: '...',
}

Vue.use(Vuetify)

export default new Vuetify({
  icons: {
    values: MY_ICONS,
  },
})

# Reusable custom icons

Vuetify will automatically merge any icon strings provided into the pool of available presets. This allows you to create custom strings that can be utilized in your application by simply referencing the global icons.

// src/plugins/vuetify.js

import Vue from 'vue'
import Vuetify from 'vuetify/lib'

Vue.use(Vuetify)

export default new Vuetify({
  icons: {
    iconfont: 'mdi', // default
    values: {
      product: 'mdi-dropbox',
      support: 'mdi-lifebuoy',
      steam: 'mdi-steam-box',
      pc: 'mdi-desktop-classic',
      xbox: 'mdi-xbox',
      playstation: 'mdi-playstation',
      switch: 'mdi-nintendo-switch',
    },
  },
})

This can help ensure your application is always using a specific icon given a provided string. Here are a few ways that you can use <v-icon> with this system.

<!-- Vue Component -->

<template>
  <div>
    <v-icon>$vuetify.icons.product</v-icon>
    <v-icon>$product</v-icon>

    <v-icon v-text="'$vuetify.icons.support'"></v-icon>
    <v-icon v-text="'$support'"></v-icon>

    <v-icon v-html="'$vuetify.icons.steam'"></v-icon>
    <v-icon v-html="'$steam'"></v-icon>

    <v-icon v-text="platform"></v-icon>
  </div>
</template>

<script>
  export default {
    data: () => ({
      user: {
        name: 'John Leider',
        platform: 'pc',
      },
    }),

    computed: {
      platform () {
        return '$' + this.user.platform
      }
    }
  }
</script>

# Custom components

You can utilize the same icon strings in your own custom components. Any time $vuetify.icons (or shortcut $) is passed in through v-text, v-html or as text, <v-icon> will look up that specified value. This allows you to create customized solutions that are easy to build and easy to manage.

<!-- Vue Component -->

<template>
  <div class="my-component">
    <v-icon v-text="icon"></v-icon>
    <slot></slot>
  </div>
</template>

<script>
  export default {
    props: {
      icon: {
        type: String,
        default: '$cancel'
      }
    }
  }
</script>

# Font Awesome Pro Icons

You can utilize component icons with Font Awesome Pro to select individual icon weights:

// src/plugins/vuetify.js

import Vue from 'vue'
import Vuetify from 'vuetify/lib'

import { library } from '@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core'
import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/vue-fontawesome'
import { faBars } from '@fortawesome/pro-light-svg-icons'
import { faVuejs } from '@fortawesome/free-brands-svg-icons'

Vue.component('font-awesome-icon', FontAwesomeIcon)
library.add(faBars, faVuejs)

Vue.use(Vuetify)

export default new Vuetify({
  icons: {
    values: {
      // set menu to light (default is solid)
      menu: {
        component: FontAwesomeIcon,
        props: {
          icon: ['fal', 'bars'],
        },
      },
      // reusable custom icon
      vuejs: {
        component: FontAwesomeIcon,
        props: {
          icon: ['fab', 'vuejs'],
        },
      },
    },
  },
})

# Component icons

Instead of provided icon fonts presets you can use your own component icons. You also can switch icons that are used in Vuetify component with your own.

// src/plugins/vuetify.js

import Vue from 'vue'
import Vuetify from 'vuetify/lib'
import IconComponent from './IconComponent.vue'

Vue.use(Vuetify)

export default new Vuetify({
  icons: {
    values: {
      product: {
        component: IconComponent, // you can use string here if component is registered globally
        props: { // pass props to your component if needed
          name: 'product',
        },
      },
    },
  },
})

If you want your SVG icon to inherit colors and scale correctly - be sure add the following css to it:

.your-svg-icon
  fill: currentColor

# Missing Material Icons

Some material icons are missing by default. For example, person and person_outline are available, but visibility_outline isn’t, while visibility is. To use missing material icons, include the font below (remove another material font if already registered).

<link
      rel="stylesheet"
      href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Material+Icons|Material+Icons+Outlined|Material+Icons+Two+Tone|Material+Icons+Round|Material+Icons+Sharp"
/>

You can add your custom component. Let me assume it is @/components/MaterialIcon.vue.

<template>
  <i :class="standardClass">{{ parsed.id }}</i>
</template>

<script>
export default {
  props: {
    name: {
      type: String
    }
  },
  computed: {
    parsed() {
      const check = (customSuffixes, standardSuffix) => {
        for (let suffix of customSuffixes) {
          suffix = `_${suffix}`
          if (this.name.endsWith(suffix)) {
            return {
              suffix: standardSuffix,
              id: this.name.substring(0, this.name.indexOf(suffix))
            }
          }
        }
        return false
      }

      return (
        check(['fill', 'filled'], '') ||
        check(['outline', 'outlined'], 'outlined') ||
        check(['two-tone', 'two-toned'], 'two-tone') ||
        check(['round', 'rounded'], 'round') ||
        check(['sharp', 'sharpened'], 'sharp') || {
          suffix: '',
          id: this.name
        }
      )
    },
    standardClass() {
      if (this.parsed.suffix) {
        return `material-icons-${this.parsed.suffix}`
      }
      return 'material-icons'
    }
  }
}
</script>

Then you need to register the exact material icons you want.

import Vue from 'vue'
import Vuetify from 'vuetify/lib'
import MaterialIcon from '@/components/MaterialIcon'

function missingMaterialIcons(ids) {
  const icons = {}
  for (const id of ids) {
    for (const suffix of ['fill', 'outline', 'two-tone', 'round', 'sharp']) {
      const name = `${id}_${suffix}`
      icons[name] = {
        component: MaterialIcon,
        props: {
          name
        }
      }
    }
  }
  return icons
}

Vue.use(Vuetify, {
  // iconfont: 'md',
  icons: {
    values: {
      ...missingMaterialIcons(['visibility', 'visibility_off'])
      // This will enable 'visibility_outline', 'visibility_off_round' and so on.
    }
  }
})

Finally you can use the material icons like this.

<!-- using as a prop. Be careful of double and single quotation. -->
<v-text-field
    label="password"
    :append-icon="
      pwShow
        ? '$visibility_outline'
        : '$visibility_off_outline'
    "
    @click:append="pwShow = !pwShow"
    :type="pwShow ? 'text' : 'password'"
  />

<!-- using directly as an icon component -->
<v-icon>$visibility_outline</v-icon>

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