set-alias

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• setAlias()
• Alias
• Usage
• Example

---

title: Add icon alias to icon set
types:
  IconSet: './index.md'
  IconifyIcon: '/docs/types/iconify-icon.md'
functions:
  setIcon: './set-icon.md'
  setVariation: './set-variation.md'
  setAlias: './set-alias.md'

setAlias()

This function is part of [type]IconSet class in Iconify Tools.

Function [func]setAlias() adds new icon alias.

Alias

Icon alias is a different name for icon. It is usually used when renaming icon to allow users access icon using old name.

Usage

Function has the following parameters:

• [prop]name, [type]string. Icon name.
• [prop]parent, [type]string. Parent item name.

Function returns a simple true on success, false on failure.

Example

src: libraries/tools/icon-set/set-alias.ts
title: 'example.ts'
extra:
  - src: libraries/tools/icon-set/set-alias.json
    title: 'Result:'