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SYW Icon

SYW Icon custom field

This plugin adds a custom field of type SYW Icon to your Joomla 3.7+ configuration. It is an icon picker that can add an icon to any of the items that support custom fields (such as articles, contacts, and users for instance).

Icons are also supported in Simplify Your Web extensions such as Latest News Enhanced Pro or Article Details Profiles.

Translations

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Installation

Install like any other plugin. Make sure you enable it after install at extensions -> plugins (under the fields type).

Joomla 4

FREE
Joomla 4.0 Joomla 5.0

Parameters

The parameters in Joomla 4 - old picker
The parameters in Joomla 4 - legacy picker
The parameters in Joomla 4 - universal picker
The parameters in Joomla 4 - universal picker
Universal picker
Set to 'No', the icon picker functions the same way the Joomla 3's icon picker does
Set to 'Yes', the icon picker adds support to Font Awesome free icons packaged in Joomla 4
Editable name
By making the field editable, you give the user the ability to edit the field in addition to select the icons. Only for the legacy picker. The universal picker is editable by default
Include SYW icons
Gives the user the possibility to select SYW icons packaged in the SYW extensions library. Only for the universal picker
Include IcoMoon
Gives the user the possibility to select IcoMoon icons packaged in Joomla 3
Legacy picker

The default icon is the name of the icon without any SYWicon- prefix.

The icon SYWicon-email, for instance, must be set as email. IcoMoon icon names start with icomoon-.

Universal picker

The default icon is the name of the icon with prefix.

SYW icon names start with prefix SYWicon-. IcoMoon icon names start with prefix icon-. Font Awesome names start with fas fa- or similar (check the Font Awesome website)

The Font Awesome icons can only be edited manually. There are just too many icons to offer a set of selectable icons one can pick from.

Usage

Use the field like any other standard custom field. Once an instance of the field is created, you should see

The legacy icon picker - SYW icon editing
The legacy icon picker - SYW icon
The universal icon picker - SYW icon editing
The universal icon picker - SYW icon
The universal icon picker - Font Awesome editing
The universal icon picker - Font Awesome

Find more information about available icons in the online documentation.

Joomla 3

FREE
Joomla 3.7 - 3.10

SYW Extension LibraryThe Simplify Your Web Extensions Library is required for the plugin under Joomla 3.
Download only once for all Simplify Your Web extensions and templates.

Parameters

The parameters in Joomla 3
The parameters in Joomla 3
Editable name
By making the field editable, you give the user the ability to edit the field in addition to select the icons
Include IcoMoon
Give the user the possibility to select IcoMoon icons packaged in Joomla 3

The default icon is the name of the icon without any SYWicon- prefix.

The icon SYWicon-email, for instance, must be set as email. IcoMoon icon names start with icomoon-.

Usage

Use the field like any other standard custom field. Once an instance of the field is created, you should see

The icon picker
The icon picker

Available icons are listed in the online documentation.

 
 
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