Question 1

What does the Highlight Text Cursor icon mean?

Accepted Answer

The highlight-text-cursor icon represents a text cursor with a highlighting function. It is used in text editing to indicate where text will be highlighted. This icon combines the actions of typing and highlighting.

Question 2

Where is the Highlight Text Cursor icon used?

Accepted Answer

In text editing software like Microsoft Word, Google Docs, or Sublime Text, the highlight-text-cursor icon appears when users need to highlight specific text. This feature helps users to focus on certain parts of the text while editing.

Question 3

What does the Highlight Text Cursor icon tell users?

Accepted Answer

The highlight-text-cursor icon communicates the dual functionality of editing and highlighting. It informs users that they can both type and highlight text simultaneously, streamlining the editing process.

Question 4

Can I download the Highlight Text Cursor 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 Highlight Text Cursor 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/material-symbols-light-highlight-text-cursor.tsx.

Question 6

How do I use the Highlight Text Cursor icon in Next.js or React?

Accepted Answer

Copy it as React (from Get icon, or the Code section): a typed HighlightTextCursorIcon 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 Highlight Text Cursor 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 Highlight Text Cursor icon, or any of 15,390 Material Symbols Light icons, and install it from a prompt.

Question 9

Can I use the Highlight Text Cursor icon in commercial projects?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Apache 2.0 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 Highlight Text Cursor 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 Highlight Text Cursor 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 Highlight Text Cursor 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 Highlight Text Cursor 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="Highlight Text Cursor", so screen readers say what it does.

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