# Icon type SiteSetting

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/icon-type-sitesetting/370452
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [June 16, 2025, 10:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/icon-type-sitesetting/370452 "2025-06-16T22:30:54Z")
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### Author: ![Lilly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lilly/32/575047_2.png) [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/icon-type-sitesetting/370452/6 "2026-01-28T14:40:52Z")

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yea it would be great to be able to use this in component settings, especially object type settings - can this be added please?

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/9/5/9/959a5ccfc9fc38912ad4ba93e16493077c55539e.png)

similar request also mentioned here:

> [@Using a placeholder for FontAwesome links in descriptions of settings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-a-placeholder-for-fontawesome-links-in-descriptions-of-settings/370555/8):
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> FA6 had a lot of renames, which is why it was so painful. I don’t think FA7 had any - just new/improved icons. I think in an ideal world, theme/site settings would be able to make use of our icon dropdown. But yeah, we don’t have that available at the moment… so you’re right that the version number may still be useful.

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