Naming Convention

Hierarchy

The foundation of the naming convention in Iconoir is:

[Object]-[Modifier]-[Container]

[Object]

Contains one or more objects.

[Modifier]

It's often an additional and unique element added as a secondary object (-minus, -plus, -warning).

[Container]

A shape used as a container for the object (-square, -circle). If a shape is directly part of an object, it's not considered a container.

* You could notice a difference between icons such as user-minus and minus-square. The second one looks different because in this case the minus symbol is an [Object], followed by the [Container].

Styles

An optional rule is regarding icons style. Iconoir is actually offering Regular and Solid icons. With the latter, icons names end with -solid. An example here:

• Regular: check-circle
• Solid: check-circle-solid

Object-Oriented Naming

Exceptions apart, icons follow an object-oriented naming and should not embed actions in their names.

Examples:

• user-minus is correct.
• remove-user would be wrong.

Physical Actions

Icons that represent a physical action or movement can embed that action in their name.

Examples:

• walking, running, vehicle-fast, crane-lifting are correct.

Most-Used Modifiers and Shapes

Modifiers

-plus, -minus, -warning, -check, -xmark, -tag, -ban, -slash

• -plus-in and minus-in: Differently from -plus and -minus, these are used when the icon has a bigger plus or minus icon in the center or inside the main object.
• -no-access: It's regularly used when the icon has a restrict symbol in a corner.

Shapes

-square, -circle

Exceptions

If you spot an icon that is not following any of the rules, please open a new issue on GitHub.