Question 1

What does the Clipboard Document icon mean?

Accepted Answer

The clipboard-document icon represents document copying and file content duplication with its combined clipboard and paper design. This composite symbol clearly indicates copy-entire-document actions, file duplication operations, and content cloning functionality beyond simple text selection copying.

Question 2

Where is the Clipboard Document icon used?

Accepted Answer

In modern applications like Google Docs' make a copy feature or Confluence's duplicate page action, you'll see this icon enabling complete document duplication, content template cloning, and file-level copying. It appears in content management systems like WordPress where duplicating posts and pages, or in design tools like Figma where copying entire frames requires clear document-level copy affordances.

Question 3

What does the Clipboard Document icon tell users?

Accepted Answer

From a content management perspective, the document-on-clipboard design communicates more than basic copying - it specifically indicates whole-file duplication, content structure preservation, and the comprehensive nature of the copy operation. This visual distinction helps users understand they're duplicating entire documents rather than copying selected text fragments.

Question 4

Can I download the Clipboard Document 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 Clipboard Document 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/heroicons-clipboard-document.tsx.

Question 6

How do I use the Clipboard Document icon in Next.js or React?

Accepted Answer

Copy it as React (from Get icon, or the Code section): a typed ClipboardDocumentIcon 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 Clipboard Document 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 Clipboard Document icon, or any of 1,288 HeroIcons icons, and install it from a prompt.

Question 9

Can I use the Clipboard Document 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 Clipboard Document 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 Clipboard Document 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 Clipboard Document 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 Clipboard Document 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="Clipboard Document", so screen readers say what it does.

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