Question 1

What does the Clear Formatting icon mean?

Accepted Answer

The clear-formatting icon represents a text formatting removal functionality, often used to indicate that users can reset or clear text formatting. This icon is commonly used in user interfaces to facilitate text editing and formatting. Its widespread use has made it a recognizable symbol for users to expect text formatting removal.

Question 2

Where is the Clear Formatting icon used?

Accepted Answer

In software applications, the clear-formatting icon appears in various contexts, such as text editors, word processors, or online content creation tools. For instance, the icon is used in Google Docs to remove text formatting or in Microsoft Word to clear formatting options. Additionally, many websites use this icon to enable users to reset or clear text formatting.

Question 3

What does the Clear Formatting icon tell users?

Accepted Answer

From a UX perspective, the clear-formatting icon effectively communicates the availability of text formatting removal, providing users with a clear indication of the potential for resetting text formatting. The icon's simplicity and universality ensure that users can quickly understand and respond to the clear-formatting signal.

Question 4

Can I download the Clear Formatting 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 Clear Formatting 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/gridicons-clear-formatting.tsx.

Question 6

How do I use the Clear Formatting icon in Next.js or React?

Accepted Answer

Copy it as React (from Get icon, or the Code section): a typed ClearFormattingIcon 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 Clear Formatting 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 Clear Formatting icon, or any of 207 Gridicons icons, and install it from a prompt.

Question 9

Can I use the Clear Formatting icon in commercial projects?

Accepted Answer

GPL 2.0 is copyleft: what you ship with the icons may have to use the same license. Check it fits your project first. The full terms are in the license, linked on this page.

Question 10

Is the Clear Formatting 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 Clear Formatting 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 Clear Formatting 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.

Question 13

How do I make the Clear Formatting 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="Clear Formatting", so screen readers say what it does.

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