[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #26922: WP-Admin - Allow for Additional Icon Fonts

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#26922: WP-Admin - Allow for Additional Icon Fonts
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 Reporter:  styledev        |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement     |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Administration  |     Version:  3.8
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                  |     Focuses:  ui
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Comment (by styledev):

 Replying to [comment:4 melchoyce]:
 > At some point Till Kruess wrote up a guide for using an alternate icon
 font:
 > https://github.com/tillkruess/MP6-Icon-Examples/blob/master/mp6-font-
 icon.php
 >
 > I was able to tweak it enough to work in a CPT. I think this was what I
 ended up with inside my CPT class:
 >
 >
 > {{{
 > function __construct() {
 >       add_action( 'admin_enqueue_scripts', array( $this,
 'enqueue_[CPT]_styles'  ) );
 >       add_action( 'admin_head', array( $this, 'set_custom_font_icon' )
 );
 > }
 >
 > function enqueue_[CPT]_styles() {
 >       wp_enqueue_style( '[CPT]-font',  plugins_url(
 'css/[CPT]-font.css', __FILE__ ), array(), $this->version );
 > }
 >
 > /**
 >  * Custom CPT Icon CSS
 >  */
 > function set_custom_font_icon() {
 > ?>
 >     <style type="text/css">
 >         #menu-posts-[CPT]_menu_item .wp-menu-image:before {
 >             font-family: '[CPT]-font' !important;
 >             content: '\e603' !important;
 >         }
 >     </style>
 > <?php
 > }
 > }}}

 Right, this is what is required to use your own icon font currently. While
 I get that we can do this it would be nicer/easier if we could just
 provide the ability to add the css classes that already come with the
 font.css instead of having to write out the content call every time for
 each menu item in a css file which is separate from the register_post_type
 call. For the example image above you would be writing out 4 lines of css
 times 11 for a total of 44 lines instead of just calling 'prefix-
 iconName'. Also, by using the unicode/glyph content it is not intuitive as
 to what icon is what when you are in there.

 My thinking is we are already handling one icon font prefix for dashicons,
 why not expand the code a little to handle any prefixes?

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