Hint: Icons are flipchart objects that can be used to provide a visual impact while representing a certain concept or capability with meaning for the user.
Prerequisites #
A flipchart-based activity started.
Icon options #
To use icons click on the star icon in the toolbar (on the left of the screen). A dedicated menu of actions will emerge to the right.
You can select here:
- The colour of the icon – there are 18 colours available at the moment
![Icon options in the toolbar](https://docs.colltrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/icon-options-in-the-toolbar.png)
- The ones that you have recently used – the icons you use get automatically to the “Recently used” collection and later on you can pick a certain one from here instead of finding it on the board to duplicate it
- Search for a specific icon – click the „Search icon” button. A search icon window will pop up in the centre of the screen. Here you can search by typing in a keyword in the dedicated field, and choosing the style of the icon – solid/regular/light/duotone.
![](https://docs.colltrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/search-icons-colltrain.png)
Or you can filter by category. There are more than 2000 icons in the database.
![Filter the icon list](https://docs.colltrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/filter-icon-list.png)
You can load more icons if you need to by clicking the “Load more” button.
![See more icons - Load more](https://docs.colltrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/see-more-icons-1024x772.png)
You can select as many as you want and then click the „Create” button.
Selected icons will appear on the flipchart and in the toolbar, in the “Recently used” section.
- Choose from the short collection already put together, including the most frequently used ones.
Add icons to the flipchart page #
To add icons to your flipchart just click on it (it will emerge in the centre of the page) or drag and drop it to a specific place on the page.
![Add icons to the flipchart](https://docs.colltrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/add-icons-to-flipchart.png)
On the flipchart, you can duplicate, delete, change colour, change the layer or set a specific behaviour for it (see „Object behaviour” section). You can also resize the icon by pulling from the corner.
![Icon object - Change the behaviours](https://docs.colltrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/icons-change-the-behaviours.png)
Task for you: start a new flipchart activity and play with icons