Vue Data Grid: Custom Icons

This section details how to provide your own icons for the grid and style grid icons for your application requirements

Swapping the Provided Icon Fonts

Each provided theme comes with its own icon font. It is simple to use one provided theme with another theme's icons. Set --ag-icon-font-family to one of: agGridAlpine, agGridBalham or agGridMaterial. You can compare the available icon fonts in the Provided Icons list.

If you are using the Sass API, it will embed the required font data for you. Apps using CSS should load the font's CSS file from whatever location they are loading ag-grid.css and other CSS files. For example to use the Alpine icons in the Material theme:

Load agGridMaterialFont.css
(optional) switch ag-theme-alpine.css for ag-theme-alpine-no-font.css to save a few kB if you no longer require the Material icons
Set the CSS variable --ag-icon-font-family: agGridMaterial

This example uses the Alpine theme with icons from the Material theme:

Example: Swapping the Icon Font

Using an Alternative Icon Font

The grid exposes a number of CSS variables to control the icon font:

--ag-icon-font-family sets the icon font to use.
--ag-icon-font-code-{icon-name} sets the character within the icon font for the {icon-name} icon. You can get the icon names from the Provided Icons list below.
--ag-icon-size sets the height of icons in pixels. Width is automatic depending on the character in the icon font.

If you intend to replace every icon in the grid using the same font then you can set these variables using a CSS selector targeting the theme name, as you would any other CSS variable:

/* replace all icons in the grid with icons from Font Awesome */
.ag-theme-alpine .ag-icon-pin {
  --ag-icon-font-family: "Font Awesome 5 Free";
  --ag-icon-font-code-aggregation: "\f247";
  --ag-icon-font-code-arrows: "\f0b2";
  --ag-icon-font-code-asc: "\f062";
  /* ... and so on - you must define a font code for every icon */
}

Or to replace some icons without affecting others, set the variables using a CSS selector targeting the icon class:

/* selectively replace the group icon with one from Material Design Icons */
.ag-theme-alpine .ag-icon-group {
    --ag-icon-font-family: "Material Design Icons";
    --ag-icon-font-code-group: "\F0328";
}

This example demonstrates both techniques - most icons are replaced by Font Awesome icons and the group and aggregation icons (highlighted in red) are from Material Design Icons:

Example: Alternative Icon Font

SVG Icons

To replace icons with an image, including SVG images, use CSS selectors that target the icon class. You can hide the existing icon character by setting the color to transparent.

.ag-theme-alpine .ag-icon-menu {
  background: transparent url("https://www.ag-grid.com/example-assets/svg-icons/menu.svg") center/contain no-repeat;
  color: transparent;
}

The following example replaces the grid's icons with SVG images:

Example: SVG Icons

Set the Icons Through gridOptions (JavaScript)

You can pass an icons property either on the Grid Options to apply across the whole grid, or the Column Definition. If both are provided, icons specified at the column level will take priority.

The icons property takes an object of name/value pairs where the name is one of the icon names below (note that these are different from the CSS names above) and the value is one of:

An HTML string to be inserted in place of the usual DOM element for an icon
A function that returns either an HTML string or a DOM node

Example: Icon Grid Options

In the following list, the name to use in the grid options is to the left, and on the right is the CSS icon name as listed in the Provided Icons table below.

// header column group shown when expanded (click to contract)
columnGroupOpened: 'expanded'
// header column group shown when contracted (click to expand)
columnGroupClosed: 'contracted'
// tool panel column group contracted (click to expand)
columnSelectClosed: 'tree-closed'
// tool panel column group expanded (click to contract)
columnSelectOpen: 'tree-open'
// column tool panel header expand/collapse all button, shown when some children are expanded and
//     others are collapsed
columnSelectIndeterminate: 'tree-indeterminate'
// shown on ghost icon while dragging column to the side of the grid to pin
columnMovePin: 'pin'
// shown on ghost icon while dragging over part of the page that is not a drop zone
columnMoveHide: 'eye-slash'
// shown on ghost icon while dragging columns to reorder
columnMoveMove: 'arrows'
// animating icon shown when dragging a column to the right of the grid causes horizontal scrolling
columnMoveLeft: 'left'
// animating icon shown when dragging a column to the left of the grid causes horizontal scrolling
columnMoveRight: 'right'
// shown on ghost icon while dragging over Row Groups drop zone
columnMoveGroup: 'group'
// shown on ghost icon while dragging over Values drop zone
columnMoveValue: 'aggregation'
// shown on ghost icon while dragging over pivot drop zone
columnMovePivot: 'pivot'
// shown on ghost icon while dragging over drop zone that doesn't support it, e.g.
//     string column over aggregation drop zone
dropNotAllowed: 'not-allowed'
// shown on row group when contracted (click to expand)
groupContracted: 'tree-closed'
// shown on row group when expanded (click to contract)
groupExpanded: 'tree-open'
// context menu chart item
chart: 'chart'
// chart window title bar
close: 'cross'
// X (remove) on column 'pill' after adding it to a drop zone list
cancel: 'cancel'
// indicates the currently active pin state in the "Pin column" sub-menu of the column menu
check: 'tick'
// "go to first" button in pagination controls
first: 'first'
// "go to previous" button in pagination controls
previous: 'previous'
// "go to next" button in pagination controls
next: 'next'
// "go to last" button in pagination controls
last: 'last'
// shown on top right of chart when chart is linked to range data (click to unlink)
linked: 'linked'
// shown on top right of chart when chart is not linked to range data (click to link)
unlinked: 'unlinked'
// "Choose colour" button on chart settings tab
colorPicker: 'color-picker'
// rotating spinner shown by the loading cell renderer
groupLoading: 'loading'
// button to launch enterprise column menu
menu: 'menu'
// filter tool panel tab
filter: 'filter'
// column tool panel tab
columns: 'columns'
// button in chart regular size window title bar (click to maximise)
maximize: 'maximize'
// button in chart maximised window title bar (click to make regular size)
minimize: 'minimize'
// "Pin column" item in column header menu
menuPin: 'pin'
// "Value aggregation" column menu item (shown on numeric columns when grouping is active)"
menuValue: 'aggregation'
// "Group by {column-name}" item in column header menu
menuAddRowGroup: 'group'
// "Un-Group by {column-name}" item in column header menu
menuRemoveRowGroup: 'group'
// context menu copy item
clipboardCopy: 'copy'
// context menu paste item
clipboardPaste: 'paste'
// identifies the pivot drop zone
pivotPanel: 'pivot'
// "Row groups" drop zone in column tool panel
rowGroupPanel: 'group'
// columns tool panel Values drop zone
valuePanel: 'aggregation'
// drag handle used to pick up draggable columns
columnDrag: 'grip'
// drag handle used to pick up draggable rows
rowDrag: 'grip'
// context menu export item
save: 'save'
// csv export
csvExport: 'csv'
// excel export
excelExport: 'excel'
// icon on dropdown editors
smallDown: 'small-down'
// version of small-right used in RTL mode
smallLeft: 'small-left'
// separater between column 'pills' when you add multiple columns to the header drop zone
smallRight: 'small-right'
smallUp: 'small-up'
// show on column header when column is sorted ascending
sortAscending: 'asc'
// show on column header when column is sorted descending
sortDescending: 'desc'
// show on column header when column has no sort, only when enabled with gridOptions.unSortIcon=true
sortUnSort: 'none'

Provided Icons

Below you can see a list with all available icons for each provided theme. The name next to each icon is the CSS name, e.g. the pin icon will have the CSS class ag-icon-pin and uses the CSS variable --ag-icon-font-code-pin.