GitHub Octicons
Octicons are a scalable set of icons handcrafted with <3 by GitHub.
Install
NOTE: The compiled files are located in build/. This directory is located in the published npm package. Which means you can access it when you npm install octicons. You can also build this directory by following the building octicons directions. The files in the lib/ directory are the raw source files and are not compiled or optimized.
npm
This repository is distributed with npm. After installing npm, you can install octicons with this command.
$ npm install octicons --save
Usage
For all the usages, we recommend using the CSS located in build/build.css. This is some simple CSS to normalize the icons and inherit colors.
Node
After installing npm install octicons you can access the icons like this.
var octicons = require("octicons")
octicons.alert
// { keywords: [ 'warning', 'triangle', 'exclamation', 'point' ],
// path: '<path d="M8.865 1.52c-.18-.31-.51-.5-.87-.5s-.69.19-.87.5L.275 13.5c-.18.31-.18.69 0 1 .19.31.52.5.87.5h13.7c.36 0 .69-.19.86-.5.17-.31.18-.69.01-1L8.865 1.52zM8.995 13h-2v-2h2v2zm0-3h-2V6h2v4z"/>',
// height: '16',
// width: '16',
// symbol: 'alert',
// options:
// { version: '1.1',
// width: '16',
// height: '16',
// viewBox: '0 0 16 16',
// class: 'octicon octicon-alert',
// 'aria-hidden': 'true' },
// toSVG: [Function] }
There will be a key for every icon, with toSVG and other properties.
octicons.alert.symbol
Returns the string of the symbol name, same as the key for that icon.
octicons.x.symbol
// "x"
octicons.person.path
Returns the string representation of the path of the icon.
octicons.x.path
// <path d="M7.48 8l3.75 3.75-1.48 1.48L6 9.48l-3.75 3.75-1.48-1.48L4.52 8 .77 4.25l1.48-1.48L6 6.52l3.75-3.75 1.48 1.48z"></path>
octicons.issue.options
This is an object of all the attributes that will be added to the output tag.
octicons.x.options
// { version: '1.1', width: '12', height: '16', viewBox: '0 0 12 16', class: 'octicon octicon-x', 'aria-hidden': 'true' }
octicons.alert.width
Returns the icon's true width, based on the svg view box width. Note, this doesn't change if you scale it up with size options, it only is the natural width of the icon.
octicons.alert.height
Returns the icon's true height, based on the svg view box height. Note, this doesn't change if you scale it up with size options, it only is the natural height of the icon.
keywords
Returns an array of keywords for the icon. The data comes from the data file in lib. Consider contributing more aliases for the icons.
octicons.x.keywords
// ["remove", "close", "delete"]
octicons.alert.toSVG()
Returns a string of the <svg> tag.
octicons.x.toSVG()
// <svg version="1.1" width="12" height="16" viewBox="0 0 12 16" class="octicon octicon-x" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M7.48 8l3.75 3.75-1.48 1.48L6 9.48l-3.75 3.75-1.48-1.48L4.52 8 .77 4.25l1.48-1.48L6 6.52l3.75-3.75 1.48 1.48z"/></svg>
The .toSVG() method accepts an optional options object. This is used to add CSS classnames, a11y options, and sizing.
class
Add more CSS classes to the <svg> tag.
octicons.x.toSVG({ "class": "close" })
// <svg version="1.1" width="12" height="16" viewBox="0 0 12 16" class="octicon octicon-x close" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M7.48 8l3.75 3.75-1.48 1.48L6 9.48l-3.75 3.75-1.48-1.48L4.52 8 .77 4.25l1.48-1.48L6 6.52l3.75-3.75 1.48 1.48z"/></svg>
aria-label
Add accessibility aria-label to the icon.
octicons.x.toSVG({ "aria-label": "Close the window" })
// <svg version="1.1" width="12" height="16" viewBox="0 0 12 16" class="octicon octicon-x" aria-label="Close the window" role="img"><path d="M7.48 8l3.75 3.75-1.48 1.48L6 9.48l-3.75 3.75-1.48-1.48L4.52 8 .77 4.25l1.48-1.48L6 6.52l3.75-3.75 1.48 1.48z"/></svg>
width & height
Size the SVG icon larger using width & height independently or together.
octicons.x.toSVG({ "width": 45 })
// <svg version="1.1" width="45" height="60" viewBox="0 0 12 16" class="octicon octicon-x" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M7.48 8l3.75 3.75-1.48 1.48L6 9.48l-3.75 3.75-1.48-1.48L4.52 8 .77 4.25l1.48-1.48L6 6.52l3.75-3.75 1.48 1.48z"/></svg>
License
(c) GitHub, Inc.
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