I have referenced then declared an icon
face
But how can I change the icon size?
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By reading the material design in github I found these useful stuff that might help you.
/* Rules for sizing the icon. */
.material-icons.md-18 { font-size: 18px; }
.material-icons.md-24 { font-size: 24px; }
.material-icons.md-36 { font-size: 36px; }
.material-icons.md-48 { font-size: 48px; }
/* Rules for using icons as black on a light background. */
.material-icons.md-dark { color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.54); }
.material-icons.md-dark.md-inactive { color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.26); }
/* Rules for using icons as white on a dark background. */
.material-icons.md-light { color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); }
.material-icons.md-light.md-inactive { color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.3); }
From the code above, there you can simply change or override the material css icons.
Sample code:
<i class="material-icons md-18">face</i>
More details here
if you are using scss
@mixin md-icon-size($size: 24px) {
font-size: $size;
height: $size;
width: $size;
}
.md-icon-16 {
@include md-icon-size(16px);
}
.md-icon-18 {
@include md-icon-size(18px);
}
.md-icon-24 {
@include md-icon-size(24px);
}
.md-icon-36 {
@include md-icon-size(36px);
}
The best way to change the size of a Materialize Icon is by adding a modifier to the i
class:
<i class="material-icons small">menu</i>
<i class="material-icons medium">menu</i>
<i class="material-icons large">menu</i>
You can find more on changing the icon size on the Materialize site under icons.
you can change the font-size property, it will reflect on the icon because it's a "FONT ICON"
Sometimes setting font size will not reduce the icon size. Coz, the recommended font-size is either 18, 24, 36 or 48px.
Try setting "height" , "width", "line-height" attributes for that particular icon. This might help.
I followed the answer delivered by Claudios and had to do an additional change. I am using MDL and for the icon to be centered in a button it was necessary to change position left property (default is left:50%).
CSS:
.material-icons.md-36 {
font-size: 36px;
position: absolute;
left: 40%;
}
And in HTML:
<i class="material-icons md-36">face</i>