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# Icons
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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.
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### Usage in HAML/Rails
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To use a sprite Icon in HAML or Rails we use a specific helper function :
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`sprite_icon(icon_name, size: nil, css_class: '')`
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**icon_name** Use the icon_name that you can find in the SVG Sprite (Overview is available under `/assets/sprite.symbol.html`).
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**size (optional)** Use one of the following sizes : 16,24,32,48,72 (this will be translated into a `s16` class)
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**css_class (optional)** If you want to add additional css classes
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**Example**
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`= sprite_icon('issues', size: 72, css_class: 'icon-danger')`
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**Output from example above**
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`<svg class="s72 icon-danger"><use xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="/assets/icons.svg#issues"></use></svg>`
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### Usage in HTML/JS
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Please use the following function inside JS to render an icon :
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`gl.utils.spriteIcon(iconName)`
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## Adding a new icon to the sprite
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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 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-svgs` and then run `yarn run svg`. This task will copy the svg sprite and all illustrations in the correct folders.
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# SVG Illustrations
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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).
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**Example**
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`= image_tag 'illustrations/merge_requests.svg'`
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