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The <mat-icon>, an Angular Directive, is used to add a vector/svg based icon with material styling.
In this chapter, we will showcase the configuration required to draw a icon control using Angular Material.
Create Angular Application
Follow the following steps to update the Angular application we created in Angular 6 – Project Setup chapter −
| Step | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Create a project with a name materialApp as explained in the Angular 6 – Project Setup chapter. |
| 2 | Modify app.module.ts, app.component.ts, app.component.css and app.component.html as explained below. Keep rest of the files unchanged. |
| 3 | Compile and run the application to verify the result of the implemented logic. |
Following is the content of the modified module descriptor app.module.ts.
import { BrowserModule } from ''@angular/platform-browser'';
import { NgModule } from ''@angular/core'';
import { AppComponent } from ''./app.component'';
import {BrowserAnimationsModule} from ''@angular/platform-browser/animations'';
import {MatIconModule} from ''@angular/material''
import {FormsModule, ReactiveFormsModule} from ''@angular/forms'';
@NgModule({
declarations: [
AppComponent
],
imports: [
BrowserModule,
BrowserAnimationsModule,
MatIconModule,
FormsModule,
ReactiveFormsModule
],
providers: [],
bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }
Following is the content of the modified HTML host file app.component.html.
<mat-icon>home</mat-icon>
Result
Verify the result.
Details
- Here, we”ve created home icon using mat-icon. We”re using google material icons.
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