Question 1

What does the Ellipsis Horizontal Solid icon mean?

Accepted Answer

The ellipsis-horizontal-solid icon represents comprehensive overflow menus and action options with its bold, filled three horizontal dots design. This solid-filled overflow pattern has become the universal standard for more options menus, action overflow, additional features, and hidden functionality across all modern mobile and web applications.

Question 2

Where is the Ellipsis Horizontal Solid icon used?

Accepted Answer

In modern applications like YouTube's video options or Gmail's email action menus, you'll see this horizontal ellipsis indicating comprehensive overflow menus, contextual actions, and additional features. It appears in content cards where action menus organize multiple operations, or in list items where overflow options provide access to secondary functions.

Question 3

What does the Ellipsis Horizontal Solid icon tell users?

Accepted Answer

From a user interface architecture perspective, the solid horizontal dots design communicates more than simple menus - it specifically indicates professional overflow patterns, discoverable hidden features, and the organized nature of additional actions. The bold weight ensures overflow menus are immediately recognizable across diverse interface contexts.

Question 4

Can I download the Ellipsis Horizontal Solid 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 Ellipsis Horizontal Solid 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-ellipsis-horizontal-solid.tsx.

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

Copy it as React (from Get icon, or the Code section): a typed EllipsisHorizontalSolidIcon 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 Ellipsis Horizontal Solid 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 Ellipsis Horizontal Solid icon, or any of 1,288 HeroIcons icons, and install it from a prompt.

Question 9

Can I use the Ellipsis Horizontal Solid 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 Ellipsis Horizontal Solid 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 Ellipsis Horizontal Solid 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 Ellipsis Horizontal Solid 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 Ellipsis Horizontal Solid 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="Ellipsis Horizontal Solid", so screen readers say what it does.

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