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SvgIcon API

The API documentation of the SvgIcon React component. Learn more about the props and the CSS customization points.

Import

import SvgIcon from '@material-ui/core/SvgIcon';
// or
import { SvgIcon } from '@material-ui/core';

You can learn more about the difference by reading this guide.

Component name

The MuiSvgIcon name can be used for providing default props or style overrides at the theme level.

Props

Name Type Default Description
children node Node passed into the SVG element.
classes object Override or extend the styles applied to the component. See CSS API below for more details.
color 'action'
| 'disabled'
| 'error'
| 'inherit'
| 'primary'
| 'secondary'		 'inherit' The color of the component. It supports those theme colors that make sense for this component. You can use the htmlColor prop to apply a color attribute to the SVG element.
component elementType 'svg' The component used for the root node. Either a string to use a HTML element or a component.
fontSize 'default'
| 'inherit'
| 'large'
| 'medium'
| 'small'		 'medium' The fontSize applied to the icon. Defaults to 24px, but can be configure to inherit font size.
htmlColor string Applies a color attribute to the SVG element.
shapeRendering string The shape-rendering attribute. The behavior of the different options is described on the MDN Web Docs. If you are having issues with blurry icons you should investigate this property.
titleAccess string Provides a human-readable title for the element that contains it. https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG-access/#Equivalent
viewBox string '0 0 24 24' Allows you to redefine what the coordinates without units mean inside an SVG element. For example, if the SVG element is 500 (width) by 200 (height), and you pass viewBox="0 0 50 20", this means that the coordinates inside the SVG will go from the top left corner (0,0) to bottom right (50,20) and each unit will be worth 10px.

The ref is forwarded to the root element.

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

CSS

Rule name Global class Description
root .MuiSvgIcon-root Styles applied to the root element.
colorPrimary .MuiSvgIcon-colorPrimary Styles applied to the root element if color="primary".
colorSecondary .MuiSvgIcon-colorSecondary Styles applied to the root element if color="secondary".
colorAction .MuiSvgIcon-colorAction Styles applied to the root element if color="action".
colorError .MuiSvgIcon-colorError Styles applied to the root element if color="error".
colorDisabled .MuiSvgIcon-colorDisabled Styles applied to the root element if color="disabled".
fontSizeInherit .MuiSvgIcon-fontSizeInherit Styles applied to the root element if fontSize="inherit".
fontSizeSmall .MuiSvgIcon-fontSizeSmall Styles applied to the root element if fontSize="small".
fontSizeLarge .MuiSvgIcon-fontSizeLarge Styles applied to the root element if fontSize="large".

You can override the style of the component thanks to one of these customization points:

If that's not sufficient, you can check the implementation of the component for more detail.

Demos