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All Angular Material icons

Lens icon

lens: a legacy Material Icons icon. Copy its <mat-icon> code for Angular Material.

lens is only in the legacy Material Icons font, which Google no longer updates. To keep using it, load the legacy font and set fontSet="material-icons".

Style
Size
Colour
Template
<mat-icon fontSet="material-icons">lens</mat-icon>
Component
import { MatIconModule } from '@angular/material/icon';

@Component({
  imports: [MatIconModule],
  // …
})

The fontSet attribute is only needed if material-icons is not your app's default font set (see Setup).

Lens icon variants

Filledmaterial-icons
Outlinedmaterial-icons-outlined
Roundmaterial-icons-round
Sharpmaterial-icons-sharp
Two Tonematerial-icons-two-tone

Examples in Angular Material

Common places to use lens, with the template code. Previews are drawn to match Angular Material's Material 3 components.

Icon button

<button mat-icon-button aria-label="Lens">
  <mat-icon fontSet="material-icons">lens</mat-icon>
</button>

Button with icon

Lens
<button mat-flat-button>
  <mat-icon fontSet="material-icons">lens</mat-icon>
  Lens
</button>

Floating action button

<button mat-fab aria-label="Lens">
  <mat-icon fontSet="material-icons">lens</mat-icon>
</button>

List item

Lens
<mat-list>
  <mat-list-item>
    <mat-icon fontSet="material-icons" matListItemIcon>lens</mat-icon>
    <span matListItemTitle>Lens</span>
  </mat-list-item>
</mat-list>

Toolbar

My App
<mat-toolbar>
  <span>My App</span>
  <span class="spacer"></span>
  <button mat-icon-button aria-label="Lens">
    <mat-icon fontSet="material-icons">lens</mat-icon>
  </button>
</mat-toolbar>

Form field prefix

Lens
<mat-form-field appearance="outline">
  <mat-label>Lens</mat-label>
  <mat-icon fontSet="material-icons" matPrefix>lens</mat-icon>
  <input matInput />
</mat-form-field>

How to customize the Lens icon in Angular Material

Use the controls at the top of this page to preview lens at any size and color, then copy the code. Here is what each setting does in your own Angular app.

Change the Lens icon size

<mat-icon> is fixed at 24 × 24 px, so set width and height along with font-size or the Lens glyph will overflow its box.

<mat-icon fontSet="material-icons" class="lens-icon">lens</mat-icon>

.lens-icon {
  font-size: 40px;
  width: 40px;
  height: 40px;
}

Change the Lens icon color

The icon is a font glyph, so it takes the CSS text color. Set color on the <mat-icon> or on a parent, or use a theme variable to follow light and dark mode.

.lens-icon {
  color: #1a73e8;
  /* or follow your Material 3 theme */
  color: var(--mat-sys-primary);
}

Lens icon FAQ

How do I change the color of the Lens icon in Angular Material?
Give the <mat-icon> a class and set the CSS color property, for example .lens-icon { color: #1a73e8; }. The lens icon is a font glyph, so any text color works, including theme variables such as var(--mat-sys-primary).
How do I make the Lens icon bigger?
Set font-size, width and height together, for example font-size: 40px; width: 40px; height: 40px;. <mat-icon> has a fixed 24px box, so changing font-size alone makes the icon overflow.

About this icon

Name
lens
Icon set
Legacy Material Icons only
Also found by
angle, eye, fish, full, geometry, moon, panorama, wide
Legacy codepoint
U+E3FA
Licence
Apache License 2.0, free for commercial use (Google Fonts)

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