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 "name": "chevron-up",
 "title": "Chevron up",
 "component": "ChevronUpIcon",
 "url": "https://gentleface.com/icons/chevron-up",
 "category": "arrows",
 "motif": "chevron",
 "added": "2026-10-14",
 "history": [
  {
   "date": "2026-10-14",
   "what": [
    "added"
   ]
  }
 ],
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  "collapse",
  "close menu",
  "collapse section",
  "close dropdown"
 ],
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  {
   "icon": "chevron-up-triangle",
   "why": "the filled caret (Material, Bootstrap, FA); pick one convention per product",
   "concept": "collapse"
  },
  {
   "icon": "chevrons-down-up",
   "why": "collapse every section at once (show-less)",
   "concept": "collapse"
  },
  {
   "icon": "fold",
   "why": "fold a code region in an editor gutter (fold)",
   "concept": "collapse"
  },
  {
   "icon": "x",
   "why": "dismiss a menu or a dialog entirely (close)",
   "concept": "close-menu"
  }
 ],
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  {
   "icon": "minimize",
   "why": "minimize leaves fullscreen; it does not collapse a section",
   "concept": "collapse"
  }
 ],
 "also_fits": [
  {
   "concept": "up",
   "owner": "arrow-up",
   "why": "a lighter direction cue inside a control, e.g. a stepper; the arrow is the explicit direction"
  },
  {
   "concept": "show-less",
   "owner": "chevrons-down-up",
   "why": "collapse one section (collapse)"
  },
  {
   "concept": "highest-priority",
   "owner": "chevrons-up",
   "why": "one step higher (high) when a product shows a five-level priority scale"
  },
  {
   "concept": "fold",
   "owner": "fold",
   "why": "collapse a section of an app UI (collapse)"
  }
 ],
 "not_for": [
  {
   "concept": "move-up",
   "owner": "arrow-up",
   "why": "chevron-up collapses a section; it does not move an item"
  },
  {
   "concept": "control-key",
   "owner": "control",
   "why": "collapse or close a menu (collapse); the control legend sits high"
  }
 ],
 "family": [
  "chevron-down",
  "chevron-down-triangle",
  "chevron-left",
  "chevron-left-to-line",
  "chevron-left-triangle",
  "chevron-right",
  "chevron-right-to-line",
  "chevron-right-triangle",
  "chevron-up-triangle",
  "chevrons-down",
  "chevrons-down-up",
  "chevrons-left",
  "chevrons-right",
  "chevrons-up",
  "chevrons-up-down"
 ],
 "tags": [
  "caret",
  "arrow",
  "up"
 ],
 "size": 16,
 "styles": [
  "line-round",
  "line-soft",
  "line-sharp",
  "solid-round",
  "solid-soft",
  "solid-sharp"
 ],
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 },
 "license": "MIT",
 "author": "Alexander Kiselev"
}