Chevron-Down font awesome icon Usage,CSS Class Name,SVG & CSS Content Code

Chevron-Down font awesome icon css class name is fa-chevron-down and CSS Content Code is \f078.

Chevron-Down font awesome icon is part of solid icons.

Chevron-Down font awesome icon usage

We can display Chevron-Down font awesome icon using 3 different ways depending upon our requirement.

1. Using CSS Class Name

2. Using CSS Content Code

3. Using SVG

Chevron-Down font awesome icon CSS class name

To display Chevron-Down font awesome icon, add predefined class name i.e.,fa-chevron-down (with prefix fa-) to the i tag.

And we need to add corresponding font awesome icon style for the Chevron-Down icon.

Chevron-Down icon has 1 icon style i.e.,solid. We need to append icon style class fas.

<i class='fas fa-chevron-down'></i>

Chevron-Down font awesome icon CSS Content Code

We can display Chevron-Down font awesome icon using it’s CSS Content Code \f078

Use the following HTML code

<li><span class='Chevron-Down fontawesomeicon'></span>Chevron-Down</li>

Apply CSS code

<style> 
.fontawesomeicon::before {
    display: inline-block;
    text-rendering: auto;
    -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
 }

.Chevron-Down::before {
   font: var(--fa-font-solid);
    content: ' \f078';
 }</style>

For the detailed tutorial visit https://www.angularjswiki.com/fontawesome/csscontentcode/

Chevron-Down font awesome icon SVG

Use the following icon SVG to display Chevron-Down font awesome icon.

<svg class='fontawesomesvg' xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512"><!--! Font Awesome Free 6.2.0 by @fontawesome - https://fontawesome.com License - https://fontawesome.com/license/free (Icons: CC BY 4.0, Fonts: SIL OFL 1.1, Code: MIT License) Copyright 2022 Fonticons, Inc. --><path d="M233.4 406.6c12.5 12.5 32.8 12.5 45.3 0l192-192c12.5-12.5 12.5-32.8 0-45.3s-32.8-12.5-45.3 0L256 338.7 86.6 169.4c-12.5-12.5-32.8-12.5-45.3 0s-12.5 32.8 0 45.3l192 192z"/></svg>

Use the following HTML code

<p>This <svg class='fontawesomesvg' xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512"><!--! Font Awesome Free 6.2.0 by @fontawesome - https://fontawesome.com License - https://fontawesome.com/license/free (Icons: CC BY 4.0, Fonts: SIL OFL 1.1, Code: MIT License) Copyright 2022 Fonticons, Inc. --><path d="M233.4 406.6c12.5 12.5 32.8 12.5 45.3 0l192-192c12.5-12.5 12.5-32.8 0-45.3s-32.8-12.5-45.3 0L256 338.7 86.6 169.4c-12.5-12.5-32.8-12.5-45.3 0s-12.5 32.8 0 45.3l192 192z"/></svg>
 Chevron-Down displayed using SVG</p>

Apply CSS code

  <style>
    .fontawesomesvg {width: 1em;
      height: 1em;
      vertical-align: -.125em;
    }
  </style>

Change Chevron-Down font awesome icon size

To increase Chevron-Down font awesome icon size, use the fa-lg(33 % increase), fa-2x, fa-3x, fa-4x, or fa-5x classes along with icon class \f078. Increase in icon size will be relative to their parent container.

<i class='fas fa-chevron-down fa-lg'>fa-lg</i><br/>
<i class='fas fa-chevron-down fa-2x'>fa-2x</i><br/>
<i class='fas fa-chevron-down fa-3x'>fa-3x</i><br/>
<i class='fas fa-chevron-down fa-4x'>fa-4x</i><br/>
<i class='fas fa-chevron-down fa-5x'>fa-5x</i><br/>

Chevron-Down font awesome icon with Fixed Width

All the font awesome icons does not have same width.

For example Chevron-Down icon and home icon may not have same height and width.

So to display two icons with fixed width and height we can use fa-fw class.

<i style='border:1px solid;' class='fas fa-chevron-down fa-fw fa-3x'></i>Fixed Width<i style='border:1px solid;' class='fas fa-chevron-down fa-3x'></i>Normal<br/>
<i style='border:1px solid;' class='fas fa-home fa-fw fa-3x'></i>Fixed Width<i style='border:1px solid;' class='fas fa-home fa-3x'></i>Normal<br/>

Chevron-Down font awesome icon Border

To add border to Chevron-Down font awesome icon, use fa-border class.

<i class='fas fa-chevron-down fa-border fa-3x'></i>

Pull Chevron-Down font awesome icon To the left

To pull Chevron-Down icon to the left of the container use fa-pull-left class.

<div style='width: 200px;'>
<i class='fas fa-chevron-down fa-pull-left fa-3x'></i>
  ... The text after Chevron-Down Icon will be displayed on the right side of the icon.
</div>
<div style = 'clear: both;'></div>

Pull Chevron-Down font awesome icon To the left

To pull Chevron-Down icon to the right of the container use fa-pull-right class.

<div style='width: 200px;'>
<i class='fas fa-chevron-down fa-pull-right fa-3x'></i>
  ... The text after Chevron-Down Icon will be displayed on the left side of the icon.
</div>
<div style = 'clear: both;'></div>

Animate Chevron-Down font awesome icon

To animate Chevron-Down font awesome icon, use fa-spin class.

<i class='fas fa-chevron-down fa-spin fa-3x'></i>

Animate Chevron-Down font awesome icon with steps

While animating the font awesome icon,We can rotate Chevron-Down icon in 8 steps instead of uniform rotation.

We can use fa-pulse icon along with fa-spin class.

<i class='fas fa-chevron-down fa-spin fa-pulse fa-3x'></i>

Rotate Chevron-Down font awesome icon

To rotate Chevron-Down font awesome icon, Use fa-rotate-x class

Where ‘x’ represents degree of rotation.

<div>
<i class='fas fa-chevron-down fa-3x'>R</i>normal<br/><br/>
<i class='fas fa-chevron-down fa-rotate-90 fa-3x'>R</i> fa-rotate-90<br/><br/> 
<i class='fas fa-chevron-down fa-rotate-180  fa-3x'>R</i> fa-rotate-180<br/><br/> 
<i class='fas fa-chevron-down fa-rotate-270 fa-3x'>R</i> fa-rotate-270<br/><br/>
</div>

Flip Chevron-Down font awesome icon

To flip Chevron-Down font awesome icon horizontally and vertically use fa-flip-horizontal and fa-flip-vertical classes.

<div>
<i class='fas fa-chevron-down fa-3x'>F</i> Normal <br>
<i class='fas fa-chevron-down fa-flip-horizontal fa-3x'>F</i> fa-flip-horizontal<br>
<i class='fas fa-chevron-down fa-flip-vertical fa-3x'>F</i> fa-flip-vertical<br>
</div>

Combine Chevron-Down font awesome icon with other font awesome icons

In font awesome icons,using stacking we can combine multiple icons and display it as one icon.

To do that use the fa-stack class on the parent, the fa-stack-1x for the regularly sized icon, and fa-stack-2x for the larger icon.

And use class fa-inverse for an alternative icon color.

In the below example, I am displaying Chevron-Down font awesome icon on top of icons like fa-square,fa-circle and fa-ban.

And used fa-inverse in the second example to invert the color of the icon.

<div>
    <span class='fa-stack fa-lg'>
        <i class='far fa-square fa-stack-2x'></i>
        <i class='fas fa-chevron-down fa-stack-1x'></i>
    </span>
      Chevron-Down on fa-square<br>
    <span class='fa-stack fa-lg'>
        <i class='fas fa-circle fa-stack-2x'></i>
        <i class='fas fa-chevron-down fa-stack-1x fa-inverse'></i>
    </span>
      Chevron-Down on fa-circle<br>

    <span class='fa-stack fa-lg'>
        <i class='fas fa-chevron-down fa-stack-1x'></i>
        <i class='fas fa-ban fa-stack-2x'></i>
    </span>
      Chevron-Down on fa-ban
</div>