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Octicon

Use Octicon to render an Octicon as a component.
  • Alpha
  • Not reviewed for accessibility
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Example

import {CheckIcon, XIcon} from '@primer/octicons-react'

Props

Octicon

NameTypeDefaultDescription
aria-label
string

Specifies the aria-label attribute, which is read verbatim by screen readers

icon
Component

Checks the input by default in uncontrolled modeName of the Octicon component used in the

color
string

Sets an override color for the Octicon. Compatible with colors from the Primer color system."

size
number
16

Sets the uniform width and height of the SVG element

verticalAlign
string
text-bottom

Sets the vertical-align CSS property

sx
SystemStyleObject

Status

Alpha

  • Component props and basic example usage of the component are documented on primer.style/react.
  • Component does not have any unnecessary third-party dependencies.
  • Component can adapt to different themes.
  • Component can adapt to different screen sizes.
  • Component has robust unit test coverage (100% where achievable).
  • Component has visual regression coverage of its default and interactive states.
  • Component does not introduce any axe violations.
  • Component has been manually reviewed by the accessibility team and any resulting issues have been addressed.

Beta

  • Component is used in a production application.
  • Common usage examples are documented on primer.style/react.
  • Common usage examples are documented in storybook stories.
  • Component has been reviewed by a systems designer and any resulting issues have been addressed.
  • Component does not introduce any performance regressions.

Stable

  • Component API has been stable with no breaking changes for at least one month.
  • Feedback on API usability has been sought from developers using the component and any resulting issues have been addressed.
  • Component has corresponding design guidelines documented in the interface guidelines.
  • Component has corresponding Figma component in the Primer Web library.
  • Tooling (such as linters, codemods, etc.) exists to prevent further use of alternatives.