When using this, the icon will inherit from the parent container!
GLHF! :)
I have been getting some questions about this so I just wanted to make a clearer example of how to use it...
/* 1. Add this mixin to a "global" scss */
@mixin md-icon-size($size: 24px) {
font-size: $size;
height: $size;
width: $size;
line-height: $size;
}
/* 2. Then use it like this in you component scss */
mat-icon {
@include md-icon-size(32px);
}
One other possible option, if you want to have the option to scale images to any font size up to a maximum (e.g. 300px), the following scss loop would work;
@for $i from 1 through 300{
.iconsize-#{$i}{
font-size: $i+unquote('px') !important;
height: $i+unquote('px') !important;
width: $i+unquote('px') !important;
};
}
If you want to set a minimum size to generate in the compiled CSS, simply change 1 above to the minimum size you'd like and likewise, to change the maximum value, change 300 to whatever maximum value you'd like.
This is particularly handy for the icons as being SVG, they will scale to the size you set (though I've had some trouble getting third-party SVG icons scaling to fit the container, but that's a different issue). If you're like me, you often need to have the majority of icons at a specific size (e.g. menu icons) with some icons being larger (e.g. decorative elements). This loop allows you to easily test different sizes of font up to any size at 1px increments until you find a size that works for you.
What does this do?
When your SCSS is compiled to CSS, it will output a loop with the relevant classes from 1 to 300.
How do I use it?
To use, simply add the .iconsize-[x] class to your mat-icon;
for resizing the svg element. It was the only working solution for me, where 2 is 200% of the actual size (downsizing to e.g. 0.5 would be possible also).
Setting "height" and "width" was no option for me, because the rendered svg element of the mat-icon component has no viewBox attribute at the moment. But the viewBox attribute is mandatory to make it work with "height" and "width" styling. Maybe the Angular Material team will improve that in future.
As a side note:
You can center the mat-icon with a parent wrapper and
@Input() inline: boolean - Whether the icon should be inlined,
automatically sizing the icon to match the font size of the element
the icon is contained in.
To make sure the icon remains centered within its in-build container (within <mat-icon> component) after it is resized, use this solution. Does not need a wrapper box nor the inline=true property.
An alternative solution using the [ngStyle] directive.
When you simply want to overwrite the size of a mat-icon only once without making a stylesheet you can also easily do that using the ngStyle directive on the mat-icon component as follows: