How to set the CSS content property with a Google Material Icon?

Question

How can I insert the Google Material Icon "chevron icon right" (https://design.google.com/icons/#ic_chevron_right) in the following CSS content property:

.bullet li a:before {
    content: "";
}

Answer 1

Update on 2018

Google removed the codes which were displayed earlier for IE9 and below. To get the codes visit the codepoints file in the GitHub repository.

Link to codepoints in GitHub repository: https://github.com/google/material-design-icons/blob/master/font/MaterialIcons-Regular.codepoints

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Step 1: Include the Material Icons Stylesheet.

<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/icon?family=Material+Icons" rel="stylesheet">

Step 2 :

CSS Code:

.bullet li a:before {
    font-family: "Material Icons";
    content: "\e5cc";
}

Explanation: The value e5cc is the code which you see for the chevron.

Answer 2

You can use this for rtl mode:

.bullet li a:before {content: '\E5CB';}

Answer 3

Update on Jun 2021

The code points of Material Icons are in the Google Fonts webpage, in the section of Material Icons.

Step 1: Include the Material Icons Stylesheet.

<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/icon?family=Material+Icons" rel="stylesheet">

Step 2: CSS Code.

::after {
    font-family: 'Material Icons';
    content: "/e5cc";
}

Explanation: The value e5cc is the code which you see for the chevron in the next link and image.

https://fonts.google.com/icons?selected=Material+Icons&icon.query=chevron

How to get the content code of chevron icon

Answer 4

::before {
    font-family: 'Material Icons';
    content: "\E87C";
}

::after {
    font-family: 'Material Icons';
    content: "face";
}

http://codepen.io/estelle/pen/MwvOjd

Answer 5

If you already included the minified CSS from materialdesignicons.com then just use the Material Design Icons font family instead:

::after {
    font-family: 'Material Design Icons';
    content: "\f054";
}

There is also a convenient Cheat Sheet available.

Answer 6

Try this.

.bullet li a:before {
    font-family: FontAwesome;
    content: "\f054";
}

You can refer here for content values

Answer 7

Update for 2022

Using the new Material Symbols Outlined

.selector::before {
    font-family: "Material Symbols Outlined";
    content: "\e5cc";
}

Reference here