Question 1

What does the Chevron Horizontal icon mean?

Accepted Answer

The chevron-horizontal icon represents bidirectional horizontal controls, width adjustment features, and left-right navigation in resizable and carousel interfaces. Featuring paired chevrons pointing left and right, this icon is commonly used to indicate horizontal resizing, carousel navigation controls, panel width adjustment, and bidirectional horizontal movement in image galleries, split views, and responsive layouts.

Question 2

Where is the Chevron Horizontal icon used?

Accepted Answer

In modern applications like image carousel controls in e-commerce product galleries, panel resizing handles in development tools like VS Code, horizontal scroll indicators in content sliders, or split pane adjusters in file managers, you'll see this horizontal chevron pair representing left-right interactivity. It appears in carousel navigation allowing users to browse products horizontally, in resizable panel dividers for adjusting content width, or in horizontal scrolling interfaces indicating additional content exists in both directions.

Question 3

What does the Chevron Horizontal icon tell users?

Accepted Answer

From a spatial control perspective, the horizontal chevron pair communicates more than just 'move sideways' - it specifically indicates bidirectional control, the ability to navigate or adjust in both horizontal directions, and the interactive affordance for width-based manipulation or left-right content browsing. This directionality clarity helps users understand they have control over horizontal space and can navigate content in either direction.

Question 4

Can I download the Chevron Horizontal icon as SVG or PNG?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Open Get icon, then Download file: SVG for code or design tools like Figma; PNG, WebP or JPEG at 512px; or an ICO favicon with 16, 32 and 48px inside. Each one uses what you set in Customize.

Question 5

How do I install the Chevron Horizontal icon with the shadcn CLI?

Accepted Answer

Sign in (it's free), then open Get icon, Install with shadcn CLI, and pick your package manager to copy the command. It adds the icon to components/icons/akar-icons-chevron-horizontal.tsx.

Question 6

How do I use the Chevron Horizontal icon in Next.js or React?

Accepted Answer

Copy it as React (from Get icon, or the Code section): a typed ChevronHorizontalIcon component you paste into your project, with no package to install. It works in Next.js and any React app.

Question 7

How do I use the Chevron Horizontal icon in Vue, Svelte or Angular?

Accepted Answer

Open Get icon, then Copy as code, and pick Vue, Svelte, Angular, Solid or Preact; the Code section shows each one too. Every version is one self-contained component with the SVG inside.

Question 8

Can my AI agent install it for me?

Accepted Answer

With Pro, the shadcn.io MCP server lets Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client find the Chevron Horizontal icon, or any of 458 Akar Icons icons, and install it from a prompt.

Question 9

Can I use the Chevron Horizontal icon in commercial projects?

Accepted Answer

Yes. MIT allows commercial use; keep the license notice when you ship the icons' source files. The full terms are in the license, linked on this page.

Question 10

Is the Chevron Horizontal icon free?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Copying and downloading it is free, and the shadcn CLI install only needs a free account.

Question 11

How do I change the color of the Chevron Horizontal icon?

Accepted Answer

It's drawn in currentColor, so it takes the text color wherever you use it. To bake a color in, set one in Customize before you copy.

Question 12

How do I change the size of the Chevron Horizontal icon?

Accepted Answer

Set width and height on the component, or a class like size-6. It's drawn on a 24 × 24 grid, so it stays sharp at any size. Customize also sets the size it exports at, its padding and rotation, and its stroke.

Question 13

How do I make the Chevron Horizontal icon accessible?

Accepted Answer

Next to a visible label it's decoration: add aria-hidden="true" so screen readers skip it. Standing alone, as in an icon button, give the button a name instead, like aria-label="Chevron Horizontal", so screen readers say what it does.

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