lucide-react

What is lucide-react?

The lucide-react npm package is a collection of open-source icons for React applications. It provides a wide range of customizable SVG icons that can be easily integrated into React projects.

What are lucide-react's main functionalities?

Basic Icon Usage

This feature allows you to import and use a specific icon from the lucide-react package in your React application. The 'name' prop specifies which icon to render.

import { LucideIcon } from 'lucide-react';

function App() {
  return (
    <div>
      <LucideIcon name="home" />
    </div>
  );
}

Customizing Icon Size

You can customize the size of the icons by passing the 'size' prop. This example sets the icon size to 48 pixels.

import { LucideIcon } from 'lucide-react';

function App() {
  return (
    <div>
      <LucideIcon name="home" size={48} />
    </div>
  );
}

Customizing Icon Color

This feature allows you to change the color of the icons by passing the 'color' prop. In this example, the icon color is set to red.

import { LucideIcon } from 'lucide-react';

function App() {
  return (
    <div>
      <LucideIcon name="home" color="red" />
    </div>
  );
}

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