Question 1

What does the Text Formatting Columns icon mean?

Accepted Answer

The text-formatting-columns icon represents a formatting option for creating multiple columns within a text block. This icon is commonly used in text editors and content creation tools to provide users with a visual representation of column layout. The icon's design typically features multiple columns.

Question 2

Where is the Text Formatting Columns icon used?

Accepted Answer

In software applications like Microsoft Word, Google Docs, or Notion, this icon appears in the toolbar or formatting menu, allowing users to easily create columns in their documents. The icon's presence helps users quickly identify the option for creating columns.

Question 3

What does the Text Formatting Columns icon tell users?

Accepted Answer

From a UX perspective, the text-formatting-columns icon communicates the functionality of organizing content into multiple columns. It helps users understand that they can use columns to make their content more readable and visually appealing.

Question 4

Can I download the Text Formatting Columns 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 Text Formatting Columns 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/streamline-block-text-formatting-columns.tsx.

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

Copy it as React (from Get icon, or the Code section): a typed TextFormattingColumnsIcon 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 Text Formatting Columns 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 Text Formatting Columns icon, or any of 300 Streamline Block icons, and install it from a prompt.

Question 9

Can I use the Text Formatting Columns icon in commercial projects?

Accepted Answer

Yes, with credit: CC BY 4.0 asks you to credit the author (Streamline) where you use the icons. The full terms are in the license, linked on this page.

Question 10

Is the Text Formatting Columns 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 Text Formatting Columns 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 Text Formatting Columns icon?

Accepted Answer

Set width and height on the component, or a class like size-6. It's drawn on a 16 × 16 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 Text Formatting Columns 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="Text Formatting Columns", so screen readers say what it does.

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