# RW8 not showing Font Awesome TopBar menu icons

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw8-not-showing-font-awesome-topbar-menu-icons/21916>\
**Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\
**Created:** [August 29, 2018, 8:34pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw8-not-showing-font-awesome-topbar-menu-icons/21916 "2018-08-29T20:34:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![keithnteri](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/keithnteri/32/263_2.png) [@keithnteri](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/keithnteri)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 8:34pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw8-not-showing-font-awesome-topbar-menu-icons/21916/1 "2018-08-29T20:34:02Z")

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Upgraded to RW8. On one of my sites I use Font Awesome icons for the menu items. In RW7 these showed up on the page menu and were editable. In RW8 they just show up as question marks.

Below is what I am seeing in RW8 and RW7 respectively.

![42%20PM](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/2X/1/1f5780fd0a49ef8a9d2e38df1233fb65bc0d2696.png)

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**Author:** ![Rovertek](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/rovertek/32/223_2.png) [@Rovertek](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Rovertek)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 8:43pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw8-not-showing-font-awesome-topbar-menu-icons/21916/2 "2018-08-29T20:43:52Z")

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Same thing happens to me (RW 8.0.3). I am guessing this is a bug that will be squashed in the next update?..

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**Author:** ![1611mac](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/1611mac/32/5675_2.png) [@1611mac](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/1611mac)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 8:53pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw8-not-showing-font-awesome-topbar-menu-icons/21916/3 "2018-08-29T20:53:54Z")

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As info… I get the same result in RW8. The published menu looks normal. (contains the icon)

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**Author:** ![instacks](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/instacks/32/23339_2.png) [@instacks](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/instacks)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 9:10pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw8-not-showing-font-awesome-topbar-menu-icons/21916/4 "2018-08-29T21:10:19Z")

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Do you have 8.0.3? I see the same on some icons.

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**Author:** ![1611mac](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/1611mac/32/5675_2.png) [@1611mac](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/1611mac)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 9:21pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw8-not-showing-font-awesome-topbar-menu-icons/21916/5 "2018-08-29T21:21:12Z")

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In my case… I saw/see the same Question Mark box on all released versions - 0.1, 0.2, and 0.3.

Update: Even if I re-enter the page name with FontAwesome code I get the QuestionMark/Box.

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**Author:** ![keithnteri](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/keithnteri/32/263_2.png) [@keithnteri](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/keithnteri)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 9:32pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw8-not-showing-font-awesome-topbar-menu-icons/21916/6 "2018-08-29T21:32:37Z")

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Yes, running 8.0.3. I just want to make sure that RealMac is aware so they can fix the issue.

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**Author:** ![instacks](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/instacks/32/23339_2.png) [@instacks](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/instacks)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 2:28am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw8-not-showing-font-awesome-topbar-menu-icons/21916/7 "2018-08-30T02:28:29Z")

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@1611mac @keithnteri

Maybe best to provide these RW projects to @dan for checking?

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**Author:** ![devananda](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/devananda/32/13413_2.png) [@devananda](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/devananda)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2018, 11:59pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw8-not-showing-font-awesome-topbar-menu-icons/21916/8 "2018-09-23T23:59:34Z")

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exact same thing on my side (using 8.0.3). I have the question marks in the name of the page where font awesome should be (worked in version 7)

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**Author:** ![1611mac](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/1611mac/32/5675_2.png) [@1611mac](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/1611mac)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 2:25pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw8-not-showing-font-awesome-topbar-menu-icons/21916/9 "2018-09-24T14:25:18Z")

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This was fixed in one of the later versions. It’s working as it should now.

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**Author:** ![keithnteri](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/keithnteri/32/263_2.png) [@keithnteri](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/keithnteri)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 3:53pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw8-not-showing-font-awesome-topbar-menu-icons/21916/10 "2018-09-24T15:53:15Z")

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No, still not working in edit mode, still showing as a boxed question mark.

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**Author:** ![1611mac](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/1611mac/32/5675_2.png) [@1611mac](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/1611mac)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 4:11pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw8-not-showing-font-awesome-topbar-menu-icons/21916/11 "2018-09-24T16:11:13Z")

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What version are you running?

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**Author:** ![keithnteri](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/keithnteri/32/263_2.png) [@keithnteri](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/keithnteri)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 4:17pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw8-not-showing-font-awesome-topbar-menu-icons/21916/12 "2018-09-24T16:17:37Z")

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8.0.3 as far as I am aware this is the last production version.

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**Author:** ![NeilUK](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/neiluk/32/23434_2.png) [@NeilUK](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/NeilUK)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 4:25pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw8-not-showing-font-awesome-topbar-menu-icons/21916/13 "2018-09-24T16:25:58Z")

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The issue had been fixed in 8.1, which is still in beta.

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**Author:** ![devananda](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/devananda/32/13413_2.png) [@devananda](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/devananda)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 1:27am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw8-not-showing-font-awesome-topbar-menu-icons/21916/14 "2018-10-10T01:27:02Z")

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any update on when this will be released?

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**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/system/32/25301_2.png) [@system](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 11:27am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw8-not-showing-font-awesome-topbar-menu-icons/21916/15 "2018-11-09T11:27:04Z")

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