Enhancing Material UI icons with a sleek linear gradient

Despite following the instructions in this post Attempting to incorporate a linear gradient into a MaterialUI icon, as per a comment's recommendation, I am unable to get it to work.

I experimented with the idea that the icons could be considered text and tried various methods of applying gradients to text, such as those outlined here: https://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/gradient-text/.

However, my attempts have been unsuccessful. The gradient either displays as a box image in front of the icon or doesn't show up at all. Is there anyone who knows how to add a gradient to Material UI icons?

EDIT: I forgot to include my code; here is the relevant snippet:


const useStyles = makeStyles((theme) => ({
  root: {
    display: 'flex',
  },
  appBar: {
    zIndex: theme.zIndex.drawer + 1,
  },
  drawer: {
    width: drawerWidth,
    flexShrink: 0
  },
  // More styling properties...
}));

const SideBar = (props) => {
  const classes = useStyles();
  return (
      <MuiThemeProvider theme={muiTheme}>
          <Drawer
              className={classes.drawer}
              variant="permanent"
              classes={{
              paper: classes.drawerPaper,
              }}
          >
          // More component structure...
          </Drawer>
      </MuiThemeProvider>
  )
}

This is the specific list item (which consists of a Material icon) that I'm attempting to apply a gradient to:

<ListItemIcon> 
  <SearchIcon className{classes.sideBarButton}/> 
</ListItemIcon>

Here is the style being applied:

sideBarButton: {
  background: "linear-gradient(to right, #ad5389, #3c1053)",
  fontSize: "50px"
}

Among the other methods I've tested based on the links provided above:

// Attempted putting the style directly in the tag, but encountered errors
<SearchIcon className={classes.sideBarButton} style={{linear-gradient(to right bottom, #FD297B, #FF5864, #FF655B)}}/>

Another approach:

    sideBarButton:{
     background: "-webkit-linear-gradient(#eee, #333)",
     WebkitBackgroundClip: "text",
     WebkitTextFillColor: "transparent",
     fontSize: "50px"
    }

Yet another technique from :

 sideBarButton:{
        /* Create the gradient. */
     backgroundImage: "linear-gradient(45deg, #f3ec78, #af4261)",

    /* Set the background size and repeat properties. */
    backgroundSize: "100%",
    backgroundRepeat: "repeat",

    /* Use the text as a mask for the background. */
    /* This will show the gradient as a text color rather than element bg. */
    WebkitBackgroundClip: "text",
    WebkitTextFillColor: "transparent",
    MozBackgroundClip: "text",
    MozTextFillColor: "transparent",
    fontSize: "50px"
    }

P.S. I am currently in the process of learning React and might be overlooking something obvious. Please inform me if you require additional information.

Answer №1

Here is a demonstration utilizing the latest version of Material UI.

The icon's fill attribute is associated with the id property of the linear gradient.

import OpenWithIcon from "@material-ui/icons/OpenWith"

const GradientOpenWithIcon = () => (
  <>
    <svg width={0} height={0}>
      <linearGradient id="linearColors" x1={1} y1={0} x2={1} y2={1}>
        <stop offset={0} stopColor="rgba(241,184,74,1)" />
        <stop offset={1} stopColor="rgba(207,113,8,1)" />
      </linearGradient>
    </svg>
    <OpenWithIcon sx={{ fill: "url(#linearColors)" }} />
  </>
)

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