fa_icons()

fa_icons() searches the bundled Font Awesome icon list by keyword. Use it to find valid icon names before building your icon column.

Search by keyword

fa_icons(query = "person")
fa_icons(query = "car")
fa_icons(query = "heart")

head(fa_icons(query = "person"), 8)
#> # A tibble: 8 × 2
#>   icon                      primary_class
#>   <chr>                     <chr>        
#> 1 hot-tub-person            people_social
#> 2 person                    people_users 
#> 3 person-arrow-down-to-line people_users 
#> 4 person-arrow-up-from-line people_users 
#> 5 person-biking             people_users 
#> 6 person-booth              people_users 
#> 7 person-breastfeeding      people_users 
#> 8 person-burst              people_users

Common icon categories

Some frequently used categories and example names:

Category	Example names
People	`person`, `person-dress`, `user`, `child`
Health	`heart`, `stethoscope`, `syringe`, `pill`
Transport	`car`, `bicycle`, `plane`, `bus`
Nature	`tree`, `leaf`, `seedling`, `sun`
UI / shapes	`circle`, `square`, `star`, `check`

Use fa_icons(query = "...") to explore any category. The name column in the result is what goes in your icon column or the icon parameter.