PlantUML Pleasantness: Using the Built-in Icons

PlantUML has a built-in icon set we can use in our diagram definitions. The icon set is the open source OpenIconic. We refer to an icon using the syntax <&iconName>. We can use an icon everywhere where we can use text in our diagrams.

In the following example, we use different icons in different places:

@startuml

skinparam DefaultFontSize 24
skinparam DefaultTextAlignment center

title <&caret-right> Using icons in PlantUML <&caret-left>

package "Charts <&menu>" as charts {

    file bar [
        Bar

        <size:120><&bar-chart></size>
    ]

    file pie [
        Pie

        <size:42><&pie-chart></size>
    ]

}  

@enduml

When we generate a diagram we see the following output:

To get a list of available icons we can use the statement listopeniconic. This will create a diagram with all the icons and their names we can use:

@startuml
listopeniconic
@enduml

The following image shows all icons that we can use:

Written with PlantUML 1.2017.18.