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Icon API

The API documentation of the Icon React component. Learn more about the properties and the CSS customization points.

import Icon from '@material-ui/core/Icon';

Props

Name Type Default Description
children node The name of the icon font ligature.
classes object Override or extend the styles applied to the component. See CSS API below for more details.
color enum: 'inherit', 'primary', 'secondary', 'action', 'error', 'disabled'
'inherit' The color of the component. It supports those theme colors that make sense for this component.
component elementType 'span' The component used for the root node. Either a string to use a DOM element or a component.
fontSize enum: 'inherit' |
 'default' |
 'small' |
 'large'
'default' The fontSize applied to the icon. Defaults to 24px, but can be configure to inherit font size.

The ref is forwarded to the root element.

Any other properties supplied will be provided to the root element (native element).

CSS

You can override all the class names injected by Material-UI thanks to the classes property. This property accepts the following keys:

Name Description
root Styles applied to the root element.
colorPrimary Styles applied to the root element if color="primary".
colorSecondary Styles applied to the root element if color="secondary".
colorAction Styles applied to the root element if color="action".
colorError Styles applied to the root element if color="error".
colorDisabled Styles applied to the root element if color="disabled".
fontSizeInherit
fontSizeSmall Styles applied to the root element if fontSize="small".
fontSizeLarge Styles applied to the root element if fontSize="large".

Have a look at the overriding styles with classes section and the implementation of the component for more detail.

If using the overrides key of the theme, you need to use the following style sheet name: MuiIcon.

Notes

The component is fully StrictMode compatible.

Demos