How to add an fa-icon to a custom menu?

Question

I've read the documentation but still tried to add a custom icon to a custom admin menu with an extension

_custommenu_civix_insert_navigation_menu($menu, 'Docuthèque', [
    'label' => 'Dossier formation FC PSE1',
    'name' => 'Dossier formation FC PSE1',
    'url' => 'https://ffmns.gestad.net/documents/2022/11/dossier-fc-pse1.xlsx/',
    'permission' => 'access CiviCRM',
    'attr' => ['target' => '_blank'],
    'icon' => 'crm-i fa-file-spreadsheet'
  ]);

It doesn't work but can you confirm that this is really not possible?

Answer 1

I don't think there isn't any icon with 'fa-file-spreadsheet' in Civi. Can you check in the New Activity type form if the one you are looking for is present or the one you can select from the list?

Hover on one of the icons, it should display the icon text which you can use in the code. For example, I would replace fa-file-spreadsheet with fa-plus-square-o from the screenshot below.

Or you can use the list from Font-Awesome icons.

Based on your code example I would use 'crm-i fa-file-excel-o'

HTH

Pradeep