By dww on
Change record status: 
Draft (View all draft change records)
Project: 
Drupal core
Introduced in branch: 
9.4.x
Introduced in version: 
9.4.0
Issue links: 
https://www.drupal.org/node/2906547
Description: 

Drupal core now provides an external link icon. There are 3 variations for different colors:

  • core/misc/icons/787878/external.svg
  • core/misc/icons/bebebe/external.svg
  • core/misc/icons/ffffff/external.svg

The icon is a box with an arrow coming out of it. Visible in this screenshot of the /admin/modules page next to the "Project page" link:

Screenshot of the /admin/modules page showing the 'Devel' module with the external link icon next to the 'Project home page' link

Theme developers and potentially distribution maintainers are invited to start using this icon if so desired.

Impacts: 
Themers
Site templates, recipes and distribution developers

Comments

kopeboy’s picture

kopeboy
Primary language Italian
Location Milan
commented

On which themes? I can't find these any of these icons used in core's default admin theme, Claro.
How to use them on other custom links? Is there a default styling provided to some CSS class we may add on fields?

jumoke’s picture

jumoke commented

The icons don't display for me. I still needed to use the extlink module to get it. Can you provide direction on how to get the external link icon to display next to my ext links?

tim.plunkett’s picture

tim.plunkett
he/him
Primary language English
Location Philadelphia
commented

This is a draft CR, the issue it describes was never merged into Drupal Core (as of today, 2026-01-13)