JavaScript Data GridCustom 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 Set

The grid provides several icon sets as theme parts. You can change the icon set on a theme using theme.withPart(iconSet).

Available icon sets are:

• iconSetQuartz - our default icon set
  • iconSetQuartz({strokeWidth: number}) you can call iconSetQuartz as a function to provide a custom stroke width in pixels (the default is 1.5)
  • iconSetQuartzLight and iconSetQuartzBold preset lighter and bolder versions of the Quartz icons with 1px and 2px stroke widths respectively.
• iconSetAlpine - the icon set used by the Alpine theme
• iconSetMaterial - the Material Design icon set (these are designed to be displayed at look best at 18, 24, 36 or 48px)

This example shows the Quartz theme with the Material icon set

import { iconSetMaterial, themeQuartz } from 'ag-grid-community';

const myTheme = themeQuartz
    .withPart(iconSetMaterial)
    // Material icons are designed to look best at 18, 24, 36 or 48px
    .withParams({
        iconSize: 18,
    });

Replacing Individual Icons

The iconOverrides part can be used to change individual icons to an image, solid color with image mask, or icon font character. It can be used multiple times in the same theme to mix different types of icon.

Overriding Icons with Images

iconOverrides can replace icons with images with the following arguments:

import { themeQuartz, iconOverrides } from 'ag-grid-community';

// create an icon override part
const mySvgIcons = iconOverrides({
    type: 'image',
    mask: true,
    icons: {
      // map of icon names to images
      'filter': { url: 'https://examle.com/my-filter-icon.svg' },
      'group': { svg: '<svg> ... svg source ...</svg>' },
    }
});

// use it in a theme
const myTheme = themeQuartz.withPart(mySvgIcons);

Replacing Icons with Icon Font Characters

Using iconOverrides with image icons:

import { themeQuartz, iconOverrides } from 'ag-grid-community';

// create an icon override part
const fontAwesomeIcons = iconOverrides({
    type: 'font',
    family: 'Font Awesome 5 Free',
    cssImports: ['https://use.fontawesome.com/releases/v5.6.3/css/all.css'],
    weight: 'bold', // Font Awesome requires bold font weight
    icons: {
        // use font codes documented by Font Awesome e.g. '\u{f062}' == arrow-up
        asc: '\u{f062}',
        desc: '\u{f063}',
    },
})

// use it in a theme
const myTheme = themeQuartz.withPart(fontAwesomeIcons);

Replacing Icons Example

The following example combines the various ways of overriding icons:

• Sorting and grouping icons (coloured green) are replaced with characters from FontAwesome
• Group and Aggregation icons (coloured red) are replaced with characters from the Material Design Icons font
• The Columns icon (🏛️) is replaced with an emoji
• The filter icon is replaced with a blue-colored SVG image
• The column menu icon is replaced with an SVG image in mask mode. Although the image is blue, the icon uses the grid foreground color and will change color as appropriate for light or dark mode.

Styling Icons Using CSS

If you prefer to style your application using pure CSS, you can still change icons.

.ag-icon-group {
    /* set a new image */
    background: url('https://www.ag-grid.com/example-assets/svg-icons/group.svg');
    /* hide the existing image-mask based icon from the provided theme */
    color: transparent;
}

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.

• Quartz Icons
• Balham Icons
• Material Icons
• Alpine Icons

aggregation

arrows

asc

cancel

chart

color-picker

columns

contracted

copy

cut

cross

csv

desc

down

excel

expanded

eye-slash

eye

filter

first

grip

group

last

left

linked

loading

maximize

menu

menu-alt

minimize

minus

next

none

not-allowed

paste

pin

pivot

plus

previous

right

save

small-down

small-left

small-right

small-up

tick

tree-closed

tree-indeterminate

tree-open

unlinked

up

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

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

Icon Names

This is a mapping of javascript name to CSS name for icons. When overriding icons using grid options, use the names on the left. When overriding icons in CSS or with iconOverrides, use the names on the right.

// header column group shown when expanded (click to contract)
columnGroupOpened: 'expanded'

// header column group shown when contracted (click to expand)
columnGroupClosed: 'contracted'

// column tool panel column group contracted (click to expand)
columnSelectClosed: 'tree-closed',

// column 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',

// accordion open (filter tool panel group, charts group)
accordionOpen: 'tree-open',

// accordion closed (filter tool panel group, charts group)
accordionClosed: 'tree-closed',

// accordion indeterminate - shown when some children are expanded and
// others are collapsed (filter tool panel group, charts group)
accordionIndeterminate: 'tree-indeterminate',

// shown on drag and drop image component icon while dragging
// column to the side of the grid to pin
columnMovePin: 'pin'

// shown on drag and drop image component icon while dragging over
// part of the page that is not a drop zone
columnMoveHide: 'eye-slash'

// shown on drag and drop image component 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 drag and drop image component icon while dragging
// over Row Groups drop zone
columnMoveGroup: 'group'

// shown on drag and drop image component icon while dragging
// over Values drop zone
columnMoveValue: 'aggregation'

// shown on drag and drop image component icon while dragging
// over pivot drop zone
columnMovePivot: 'pivot'

// shown on drag and drop image component 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'

// set filter tree list group contracted (click to expand)
setFilterGroupClosed: 'tree-closed',

// set filter tree list group expanded (click to contract)
setFilterGroupOpen: 'tree-open',

// set filter tree list expand/collapse all button, shown when
// some children are expanded and
// others are collapsed
setFilterGroupIndeterminate: 'tree-indeterminate',

// context menu chart item
chart: 'chart'

// dialog 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'

// rotating spinner shown by the loading cell renderer
groupLoading: 'loading'

// button to launch legacy column menu
menu: 'menu',

// button to launch new enterprise column menu
menuAlt: 'menu-alt',

// menu tab icon in legacy tabbed enterprise column menu
legacyMenu: 'menu'

// open filter button - header, floating filter, menu
filter: 'filter',

// filter is applied - header (legacy column menu), filter tool panel
filterActive: 'filter'

// filter tab icon in legacy tabbed enterprise column menu
filterTab: 'filter',

// filter tool panel tab
filtersToolPanel: 'filter'

// columns in menu (column chooser / columns tab)
columns: 'columns'

// column tool panel tab
columnsToolPanel: '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 cut item
clipboardCut: 'cut'

// 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 select dropdowns (select cell editor, charts tool panels)
selectOpen: 'small-down',

// open icon for rich select editor
richSelectOpen: 'small-down',

// remove for rich select editor pills
richSelectRemove: 'cancel',

// icon for sub menu item
subMenuOpen: 'small-right',

// version of subMenuOpen used in RTL mode
subMenuOpenRtl: 'small-left',

// separator between column 'pills' when you add multiple
// columns to the header drop zone
panelDelimiter: 'small-right',

// version of panelDelimiter used in RTL mode
panelDelimiterRtl: 'small-left',

// 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 colDef.unSortIcon=true
sortUnSort: 'none',

// Builder button in Advanced Filter
advancedFilterBuilder: 'group',

// drag handle used to pick up Advanced Filter Builder rows
advancedFilterBuilderDrag: 'grip',

// Advanced Filter Builder row validation error
advancedFilterBuilderInvalid: 'not-allowed',

// shown on Advanced Filter Builder rows to move them up
advancedFilterBuilderMoveUp: 'up',

// shown on Advanced Filter Builder rows to move them down
advancedFilterBuilderMoveDown: 'down',

// shown on Advanced Filter Builder rows to add new rows
advancedFilterBuilderAdd: 'plus',

// shown on Advanced Filter Builder rows to remove row
advancedFilterBuilderRemove: 'minus',

// shown on Advanced Filter Builder selection pills
advancedFilterBuilderSelect: 'small-down',

// icon to open charts menu
chartsMenu: 'menu-alt',

// Edit Chart menu item shown in Integrated Charts menu
chartsMenuEdit: 'chart',

// Advanced Settings menu item shown in Integrated Charts menu
chartsMenuAdvancedSettings: 'settings',

// shown in Integrated Charts menu add fields
chartsMenuAdd: 'plus',

// shown in Integrated Charts tool panel color picker
chartsColorPicker: 'small-down'

// previous in Integrated Charts settings tool panel theme switcher
chartsThemePrevious: 'previous',

// next in Integrated Charts settings tool panel theme switcher
chartsThemeNext: 'next',

// download chart
chartsDownload: 'save',