{% hint style="info" %} Good to know: you can embed a Storybook canvas by simple pasting the canvas link and hitting enter. {% endhint %}
An Icon is a piece of visual element, but we must ensure its accessibility while using it. It can have 2 purposes:
- decorative only: for example, it illustrates a label next to it. We must ensure that it is ignored by screen readers, by setting aria-hidden attribute (ex:
<Icon icon="check" aria-hidden />) - non-decorative: it means that it delivers information. For example, an icon as only child in a button. The meaning can be obvious visually, but it must have a proper text alternative via
aria-labelfor screen readers. (ex:<Icon icon="print" aria-label="Print this document" />)
{% embed url="https://5ccbc373887ca40020446347-geedzbiswp.chromatic.com/iframe.html?id=icon--labels&args=&viewMode=story" %} These examples are taken from the excellent Storybook Example Design System. {% endembed %}