BUG: Where did the HTML Entity Codes go?

[oneezy]

I like to sometimes use the material design icons as background images because it's more convenient..But in the recent website/font upgrade, it seems you guys have left out the entity reference or maybe have forgot to include them. Could you please add them back?

I see here on the website where it states:

<!--For modern browsers-->
<i class="material-icons">
help_outline
</i>

<!-- For IE9 or below. -->
<i class="material-icons">
help_outline
</i>

(this is why I think it's a bug)

Just to give you an example of what I mean, I'd like to be able to reference the entity code so I'm able to do things like this:

ul li { position: relative; padding: .25rem 0; margin: 0 0 0 1rem; }
ul li:before { 
    content: "\E3E7"; 
    font-family: "Material Icons"; 
    display: block; 
    position: absolute; 
    right: 100%; 
    font-size: 20px; 
    color: rgb(255, 112, 62); 
}

You can see an example here: https://codepen.io/oneezy/pen/dzpNvo

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Thanks for making the web great

[P110]

+1 for this being resolved asap, extremely annoying when trying to develop a good user experience for as many people as possible

[pvdlaar]

+1 I use this on a daily basis!

[markvl91]

You can just use the ligature based names for your specific use case: https://codepen.io/anon/pen/zjXQoZ
The only thing you won't get doing it that way is IE9 support.

[P110]

While you're correct for OP and this is a usable interim solution - there are many other use cases for entity codes and since the entire point for their inclusion on the website is For IE9 or below I think it's important for them to be there.

[jarbot]

The entities are also required for displaying icons on older versions of android web view.

[jestelle]

We're aware of this issue and are working on a fix.

In the meantime, you can find the code points here:
https://github.com/google/material-design-icons/blob/master/iconfont/codepoints

[strxetics]

@jestelle these codepoints are outdated though and do not include all icons in the current webfont, see also this issue: #786

[ConfusedVorlon]

e.g. what is the codepoint for 'bookmarks' ?

[bzaruk]

Is there any official list for the latest icons version?

[silvanocerza]

+1

[RoelN]

Hi, please find the unicode values here: https://github.com/google/material-design-icons/blob/master/font/MaterialIcons-Regular.codepoints