Icon Control

Elementor icon control displays a font icon select box field based on Font Awesome fonts. The control accepts include or exclude arguments to set a partial list of icons.

The control is defined in Control_Icon class which extends Base_Data_Control class.

Note that when using the control, the type should be set using the \Elementor\Controls_Manager::ICON constant.

Arguments

Name	Type	Default	Description
type	string	icon	The type of the control.
label	string		The label that appears above of the field.
description	string		The description that appears below the field.
show_label	bool	true	Whether to display the label.
label_block	bool	false	Whether to display the label in a separate line.
separator	string	default	Set the position of the control separator. Available values are default, before, after and none. default will position the separator depending on the control type. before / after will position the separator before/after the control. none will hide the separator.
options	array	get_icons()	An associative array of available icons.
include	array		An array of icon classes to include in the options list.
exclude	array		An array of icon classes to exclude from the options list.
default	string		Default icon name.

Return Value

(string) The selected icon CSS class.

Usage

<?php
class Elementor_Test_Widget extends \Elementor\Widget_Base {

	protected function _register_controls() {

		$this->start_controls_section(
			'content_section',
			[
				'label' => __( 'Content', 'plugin-name' ),
				'tab' => \Elementor\Controls_Manager::TAB_CONTENT,
			]
		);

		$this->add_control(
			'icon',
			[
				'label' => __( 'Social Icons', 'plugin-domain' ),
				'type' => \Elementor\Controls_Manager::ICON,
				'include' => [
					'fa fa-facebook',
					'fa fa-flickr',
					'fa fa-google-plus',
					'fa fa-instagram',
					'fa fa-linkedin',
					'fa fa-pinterest',
					'fa fa-reddit',
					'fa fa-twitch',
					'fa fa-twitter',
					'fa fa-vimeo',
					'fa fa-youtube',
				],
				'default' => 'fa fa-facebook',
			]
		);

		$this->end_controls_section();

	}

	protected function render() {
		$settings = $this->get_settings_for_display();
		echo '<i class="' . $settings['icon'] . '" aria-hidden="true"></i>';
	}

	protected function _content_template() {
		?>
		<i class="{{ settings.icon }}" aria-hidden="true"></i>
		<?php
	}


}