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# Icons
We are using SVG Icons in GitLab with a SVG Sprite, due to this the icons are only loaded once and then referenced through an ID. The sprite SVG is located under `/assets/icons.svg`. Our goal is to replace one by one all inline SVG Icons (as those currently bloat the HTML) and also all Font Awesome usages.
### Usage in HAML/Rails
To use a sprite Icon in HAML or Rails we use a specific helper function :
`sprite_icon(icon_name, size: nil, css_class: '')`
**icon_name** Use the icon_name that you can find in the SVG Sprite ([Overview is available here](http://gitlab-org.gitlab.io/gitlab-svgs/)`).
**size (optional)** Use one of the following sizes : 16,24,32,48,72 (this will be translated into a `s16` class)
**css_class (optional)** If you want to add additional css classes
**Example**
`= sprite_icon('issues', size: 72, css_class: 'icon-danger')`
**Output from example above**
`<svg class="s72 icon-danger"><use xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="/assets/icons.svg#issues"></use></svg>`
### Usage in Vue
We have a special Vue component for our sprite icons in `\vue_shared\components\icon.vue`.
Sample usage :
`<icon
name="retry"
:size="32"
css-classes="top"
/>`
**name** Name of the Icon in the SVG Sprite ([Overview is available here](http://gitlab-org.gitlab.io/gitlab-svgs/)`).
**size (optional)** Number value for the size which is then mapped to a specific CSS class (Available Sizes: 8,12,16,18,24,32,48,72 are mapped to `sXX` css classes)
**css-classes (optional)** Additional CSS Classes to add to the svg tag.
### Usage in HTML/JS
Please use the following function inside JS to render an icon :
`gl.utils.spriteIcon(iconName)`
## Adding a new icon to the sprite
All Icons and Illustrations are managed in the [gitlab-svgs](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-svgs) repository which is added as a dev-dependency.
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To upgrade to a new SVG Sprite version run `yarn upgrade @gitlab-org/gitlab-svgs` and then run `yarn run svg`. This task will copy the svg sprite and all illustrations in the correct folders. The updated files should be tracked in Git as those are referenced.
# SVG Illustrations
Please use from now on for any SVG based illustrations simple `img` tags to show an illustration by simply using either `image_tag` or `image_path` helpers. Please use the class `svg-content` around it to ensure nice rendering. The illustrations are also organised in the [gitlab-svgs](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-svgs) repository (as they are then automatically optimised).
**Example**
`= image_tag 'illustrations/merge_requests.svg'`