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 "name": "chevron-down",
 "title": "Chevron down",
 "component": "ChevronDownIcon",
 "url": "https://gentleface.com/icons/chevron-down",
 "category": "arrows",
 "motif": "chevron",
 "added": "2026-10-13",
 "history": [
  {
   "date": "2026-10-13",
   "what": [
    "added"
   ]
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-10-14",
   "what": [
    "20 px drawn",
    "24 px drawn"
   ]
  }
 ],
 "geometry_hash": "12a058a7e74f",
 "use_for": [
  "expand",
  "open menu",
  "expand section",
  "open dropdown"
 ],
 "alternatives": [
  {
   "icon": "chevron-down-triangle",
   "why": "the filled caret (Material arrow_drop_down, Bootstrap and FA caret); pick one convention per product",
   "concept": "expand"
  },
  {
   "icon": "arrows-out",
   "why": "enlarge or scale up a view or an object (arrows out); chevron-down expands a section or a menu",
   "concept": "expand"
  },
  {
   "icon": "chevrons-up-down",
   "why": "the indicator of a select field (dropdown)",
   "concept": "open-menu"
  },
  {
   "icon": "more-vertical",
   "why": "an overflow menu of actions (more-vertical)",
   "concept": "open-menu"
  }
 ],
 "also_fits": [
  {
   "concept": "down",
   "owner": "arrow-down",
   "why": "a lighter direction cue inside a control, e.g. a stepper or a disclosure; the arrow is the explicit direction"
  },
  {
   "concept": "lowest-priority",
   "owner": "chevrons-down",
   "why": "one step lower (low) when a product shows a five-level priority scale"
  },
  {
   "concept": "dropdown",
   "owner": "chevrons-up-down",
   "why": "the arrow of a menu button or a split button (open-menu)"
  },
  {
   "concept": "expand-collapse",
   "owner": "chevrons-up-down",
   "why": "expand one section (expand)"
  },
  {
   "concept": "unfold",
   "owner": "unfold",
   "why": "expand a section of an app UI (expand)"
  },
  {
   "concept": "accordion",
   "owner": "accordion",
   "why": "the expand action of one section (expand)"
  }
 ],
 "not_for": [
  {
   "concept": "move-down",
   "owner": "arrow-down",
   "why": "chevron-down expands a section; it does not move an item"
  },
  {
   "concept": "enlarge",
   "owner": "arrows-out",
   "why": "chevron-down expands a section; it does not enlarge"
  }
 ],
 "family": [
  "chevron-down-triangle",
  "chevron-left",
  "chevron-left-to-line",
  "chevron-left-triangle",
  "chevron-right",
  "chevron-right-to-line",
  "chevron-right-triangle",
  "chevron-up",
  "chevron-up-triangle",
  "chevrons-down",
  "chevrons-down-up",
  "chevrons-left",
  "chevrons-right",
  "chevrons-up",
  "chevrons-up-down"
 ],
 "tags": [
  "caret",
  "arrow"
 ],
 "size": 16,
 "styles": [
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  "line-soft",
  "line-sharp",
  "solid-round",
  "solid-soft",
  "solid-sharp"
 ],
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 "license": "MIT",
 "author": "Alexander Kiselev"
}