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Sort icon

sort: the Sort icon from Material Symbols, in UI actions. Customize the size, color, fill and weight below, then copy ready-to-use Angular code.

Style
400
Grade
24px
Size
Colour
Template
<mat-icon>sort</mat-icon>
Component
import { MatIconModule } from '@angular/material/icon';

@Component({
  imports: [MatIconModule],
  // …
})

Sort icon variants

Every Material Symbols style, unfilled and filled, at weights 200, 400 and 700. Copy the <mat-icon> for a style, then set fill and weight with font-variation-settings.

Outlined

material-symbols-outlined
200
400
700
fill 200
fill 400
fill 700
<mat-icon>sort</mat-icon>

Rounded

material-symbols-rounded
200
400
700
fill 200
fill 400
fill 700
<mat-icon fontSet="material-symbols-rounded">sort</mat-icon>

Sharp

material-symbols-sharp
200
400
700
fill 200
fill 400
fill 700
<mat-icon fontSet="material-symbols-sharp">sort</mat-icon>

Also in the legacy Material Icons font as Filled, Outlined, Round, Sharp, Two Tone. Pick a legacy style above to preview it.

Examples in Angular Material

Common places to use sort, with the template code. Previews are drawn to match Angular Material's Material 3 components.

Icon button

<button mat-icon-button aria-label="Sort">
  <mat-icon>sort</mat-icon>
</button>

Button with icon

Sort
<button mat-flat-button>
  <mat-icon>sort</mat-icon>
  Sort
</button>

Floating action button

<button mat-fab aria-label="Sort">
  <mat-icon>sort</mat-icon>
</button>

List item

Sort
<mat-list>
  <mat-list-item>
    <mat-icon matListItemIcon>sort</mat-icon>
    <span matListItemTitle>Sort</span>
  </mat-list-item>
</mat-list>

Toolbar

My App
<mat-toolbar>
  <span>My App</span>
  <span class="spacer"></span>
  <button mat-icon-button aria-label="Sort">
    <mat-icon>sort</mat-icon>
  </button>
</mat-toolbar>

Form field prefix

Sort
<mat-form-field appearance="outline">
  <mat-label>Sort</mat-label>
  <mat-icon matPrefix>sort</mat-icon>
  <input matInput />
</mat-form-field>

How to customize the Sort icon in Angular Material

Use the controls at the top of this page to preview sort at any size and color, filled or outlined, and at any weight, grade or optical size, then copy the code. Here is what each setting does in your own Angular app.

Change the Sort icon size

<mat-icon> is fixed at 24 × 24 px, so set width and height along with font-size or the Sort glyph will overflow its box. Match opsz to the size for the crispest strokes.

<mat-icon class="sort-icon">sort</mat-icon>

.sort-icon {
  font-size: 40px;
  width: 40px;
  height: 40px;
  font-variation-settings: 'opsz' 40;
}

Change the Sort icon color

The icon is a font glyph, so it takes the CSS text color. Set color on the <mat-icon> or on a parent, or use a theme variable to follow light and dark mode.

.sort-icon {
  color: #1a73e8;
  /* or follow your Material 3 theme */
  color: var(--mat-sys-primary);
}

Use the filled Sort icon

Material Symbols draws sort as an outline by default. Set the FILL axis to 1 for the solid version. It is the same icon name, so no extra font is needed.

.sort-icon {
  font-variation-settings: 'FILL' 1;
}

Change the Sort icon weight, grade and optical size

Weight (wght, 100 to 700) sets stroke thickness. Grade (GRAD, -25 to 200) fine-tunes thickness without changing size, for example -25 for light icons on dark backgrounds. Optical size (opsz, 20 to 48) adjusts detail for the size you display. Your font link must request these ranges, as below.

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Material+Symbols+Outlined:opsz,wght,FILL,GRAD@20..48,100..700,0..1,-50..200&icon_names=sort&display=block" />

.sort-icon {
  font-variation-settings: 'FILL' 0, 'wght' 300, 'GRAD' 0, 'opsz' 24;
}

Sort icon FAQ

How do I change the color of the Sort icon in Angular Material?
Give the <mat-icon> a class and set the CSS color property, for example .sort-icon { color: #1a73e8; }. The sort icon is a font glyph, so any text color works, including theme variables such as var(--mat-sys-primary).
How do I make the Sort icon bigger?
Set font-size, width and height together, for example font-size: 40px; width: 40px; height: 40px;. <mat-icon> has a fixed 24px box, so changing font-size alone makes the icon overflow.
How do I get the filled Sort icon?
Keep <mat-icon>sort</mat-icon> and set font-variation-settings: 'FILL' 1 in CSS. Material Symbols uses one name for both the outlined and filled Sort icon.
How do I make the Sort icon thinner or bolder?
Change the wght axis with font-variation-settings, from 'wght' 100 (thin) to 'wght' 700 (bold). Load the font with the full weight range, or the browser falls back to 400.
Can I download the Sort icon as an SVG?
Yes. Pick a style, fill and weight in the preview above, then open the SVG tab to copy or download sort.svg. Google publishes it under the Apache License 2.0, so it is free for commercial use.

About this icon

Name
sort
Icon set
Material Symbols and legacy Material Icons
Category
UI actions
Also found by
alphabetize, arrange, ascending, categorize, change order, descending, down, filter, group, hierarchy, management, order, organize, organize data, preference, rearrange, reorder, sequence, table, up
Symbols codepoint
U+E164
Licence
Apache License 2.0, free for commercial use (Google Fonts)

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