Format, Style, and Replace Icons

Once design elements – Stencils, Images, Icons and Templates – are added to the page, they are called Objects.

All objects, including Icons, can be styled and customized in the Format Panel – and share the same formatting controls. Please see our General Formatting article in the Stencil section for those styling features.

But icons also have a replace feature that it shares with both Images and Diagram & Flowchart stencils. In this article, we’ll focus on the replace function as it applies to icons.

Replace icons

When you are tweaking your design, you may need to swap out an icon for a preferable one – but want to avoid the hassle of resizing and styling the new, replacement icon. That’s where Replace comes in handy:

1. Locate your desired replacement icon in the Icon Library.

2. Drag it to the page, and drop it on the Blue Dot that appears inside the original icon.

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   Select an icon on the page and hit Shift + Click on a new one from the library to swap it in.

3. The new icon will replace the old one – and automatically adopt its size and style