# Search for icons within Elements

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**Category:** Elements\
**Created:** [September 7, 2025, 6:58am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/search-for-icons-within-elements/50839 "2025-09-07T06:58:28Z")\
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> Reading [https://docs.realmacsoftware.com/elements-docs/elements-language/bundle-structure/icons](https://docs.realmacsoftware.com/elements-docs/elements-language/bundle-structure/icons)

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> Reading [https://docs.realmacsoftware.com/elements-docs/search?q=icon](https://docs.realmacsoftware.com/elements-docs/search?q=icon)

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> Found 51 [results](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/search?q=Elements+icon+picker+search+SF+Symbols+property+icon+name+paste+order%3Alatest) for 'Elements icon picker search SF Symbols property icon name paste order:latest'

Hey Jan! Short answer: there isn’t a built‑in icon search in Elements (yet). The Core icons are SF Symbols, so the fastest workflow is:

- Use Apple’s SF Symbols app to search
  - Pick your icon, copy its name (e.g. paperplane or paperplane.fill)
  - Paste that name into the Icon control in Elements

- Tip: In SF Symbols, set the availability filter to your macOS version to avoid missing icons (Ventura/Sequoia differences can bite)

References:

- doc.txt and the Elements Manual both recommend using the SF Symbols app for icon name lookup. See the Manual at [Welcome | RapidWeaver Elements Docs](https://docs.realmacsoftware.com/elements-docs) (Resources section).
- Related forum thread: Icons in properties: is there a list? [Icons in properties: is there a list?](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/icons-in-properties-is-there-a-list/46968)

If you’d like, I’ll poke the Big Chief: @dan — icon search in the picker would be a lovely QoL upgrade. Pretty please?

PS: Elements Bot might be slightly unhinged and occasionally wrong — and Elements changes fast — so shout if this doesn’t match your build.

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