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Published on Mar 17, 2021

Using Oxygen’s Icons in Code Blocks

Sridhar Katakam

There might be times when you want to add icons inside Code Blocks or Easy Posts’ Template PHP in Oxygen.

Here are two ways in which this can be done:

Method 1

Locate the svg file you want to add from Font Awesome site or sites like IcoMoon, open it in a text/code editor, add width and height, copy all the HTML markup and paste.

Ex.:

<svg width="20" height="20" aria-hidden="true" focusable="false" data-prefix="fas" data-icon="thumbs-up" class="svg-inline--fa fa-thumbs-up fa-w-16" role="img" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512"><path fill="currentColor" d="M104 224H24c-13.255 0-24 10.745-24 24v240c0 13.255 10.745 24 24 24h80c13.255 0 24-10.745 24-24V248c0-13.255-10.745-24-24-24zM64 472c-13.255 0-24-10.745-24-24s10.745-24 24-24 24 10.745 24 24-10.745 24-24 24zM384 81.452c0 42.416-25.97 66.208-33.277 94.548h101.723c33.397 0 59.397 27.746 59.553 58.098.084 17.938-7.546 37.249-19.439 49.197l-.11.11c9.836 23.337 8.237 56.037-9.308 79.469 8.681 25.895-.069 57.704-16.382 74.757 4.298 17.598 2.244 32.575-6.148 44.632C440.202 511.587 389.616 512 346.839 512l-2.845-.001c-48.287-.017-87.806-17.598-119.56-31.725-15.957-7.099-36.821-15.887-52.651-16.178-6.54-.12-11.783-5.457-11.783-11.998v-213.77c0-3.2 1.282-6.271 3.558-8.521 39.614-39.144 56.648-80.587 89.117-113.111 14.804-14.832 20.188-37.236 25.393-58.902C282.515 39.293 291.817 0 312 0c24 0 72 8 72 81.452z"></path></svg>

You could also specify the width and height using CSS instead of adding it in the SVG’s HTML like so:

#code_block-4-2 svg {
  width: 20px;
  height: 20px;
}

Method 2

Add an Icon component in the Oxygen editor and select your desired icon.

Save, go to the front end and view the page source.

Locate the code that Oxygen generates for defining the SVG and using the SVG.

Ex.:

<div id="fancy_icon-258-2" class="ct-fancy-icon" >
	<svg id="svg-fancy_icon-258-2">
		<use xlink:href="#FontAwesomeicon-thumbs-up"></use>
	</svg>
</div>

<?xml version="1.0"?><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" aria-hidden="true" style="position: absolute; width: 0; height: 0; overflow: hidden;" version="1.1"><defs><symbol id="FontAwesomeicon-thumbs-up" viewBox="0 0 25 28"><title>thumbs-up</title><path d="M4 21c0-0.547-0.453-1-1-1-0.562 0-1 0.453-1 1 0 0.562 0.438 1 1 1 0.547 0 1-0.438 1-1zM6.5 13v10c0 0.547-0.453 1-1 1h-4.5c-0.547 0-1-0.453-1-1v-10c0-0.547 0.453-1 1-1h4.5c0.547 0 1 0.453 1 1zM25 13c0 0.828-0.328 1.719-0.859 2.328 0.172 0.5 0.234 0.969 0.234 1.188 0.031 0.781-0.203 1.516-0.672 2.141 0.172 0.578 0.172 1.203 0 1.828-0.156 0.578-0.453 1.094-0.844 1.469 0.094 1.172-0.172 2.125-0.766 2.828-0.672 0.797-1.703 1.203-3.078 1.219h-2.016c-2.234 0-4.344-0.734-6.031-1.313-0.984-0.344-1.922-0.672-2.469-0.688-0.531-0.016-1-0.453-1-1v-10.016c0-0.516 0.438-0.953 0.953-1 0.578-0.047 2.078-1.906 2.766-2.812 0.562-0.719 1.094-1.391 1.578-1.875 0.609-0.609 0.781-1.547 0.969-2.453 0.172-0.922 0.359-1.891 1.031-2.547 0.187-0.187 0.438-0.297 0.703-0.297 3.5 0 3.5 2.797 3.5 4 0 1.281-0.453 2.188-0.875 3-0.172 0.344-0.328 0.5-0.453 1h4.328c1.625 0 3 1.375 3 3z"/></symbol></defs></svg>

Paste that inside your Code Block/Easy Posts Template PHP.

Delete

<?xml version="1.0"?>

Delete the Icon component.

Add CSS to change the size of the icon like this:

#svg-fancy_icon-258-2 {
  width: 20px;
  height: 20px;
}
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