Adding Multiple Icons to a Kendo UI Button

Updated over 6 months ago

Environment

Product	Progress® Kendo UI® for jQuery
Version	2024.4.1112

Description

I want to add two icons into a Kendo UI Button using the iconClass. How can I achieve this?

This knowledge base article also answers the following questions:

• How to use SVG icons in a Kendo UI Button?
• How to customize the icon layout in a Kendo UI Button?
• How to append multiple elements to a Kendo UI Button?

Solution

To add multiple icons to a Kendo UI Button, follow these steps:

1. Create custom CSS to adjust the width of the icons container to accommodate two icons.

   css

   /* Double width for icons in button */
   .two-icons {
     width: 32px;
   }

2. Initialize the Kendo UI Button with the custom iconClass that references the CSS class created.

   javascript

   $("#button").kendoButton({ 
     iconClass: "two-icons",
   });

3. Create two SVG icons using the kendo.ui.icon method.

   javascript

   var icon = kendo.ui.icon({ icon: 'zoom-in', type: 'svg' });
   var icon2 = kendo.ui.icon({ icon: 'x-circle', type: 'svg' });

4. Append the created icons to the button using jQuery's append method.

   javascript

   $("button span.two-icons").append([ icon, icon2 ]);

For a practical demonstration, refer to the following Progress Kendo UI Dojo example which showcases the above steps.

See Also

• Rendering SVG Icons with Kendo UI for jQuery
• Kendo UI Button API Documentation
• jQuery Append Method Documentation