I created a React application with npx create-react-app
.
Then following these instructions
https://fontawesome.com/how-to-use/on-the-web/using-with/react
I installed the Font Awesome dependences:
npm i @fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core
npm i @fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons
npm i @fortawesome/react-fontawesome
Then I changed the App.js
to this:
import logo from './logo.svg';
import './App.css';
import { FaSpinner } from 'react-icons/fa';
function App() {
return (
<div className="App">
<FaSpinner icon="spinner" spin /> This is a test.
</div>
);
}
export default App;
But it only displays a spinner icon that is not spinning:
How do I get the spinner to spin?
Outside of React, Font Awesome works fine without doing any extra work to animate the icons, e.g. this simple HTML code shows an animated icon:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet"
type="text/css"
href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.min.css" />
<title>testspin</title>
</head>
<body>
<i class="fa fa-spinner fa-spin"
aria-hidden="true"></i>
This is a test
</body>
</html>
What do I need to do in order to get the React version to work this easily?
By default, the spinner will not spin. But a simple way to trigger it to spin just like the logo of React after creating a new react app.
Add a className of spin to the icon and add a little css to trigger it spinning such like that below:
App.js
import react from 'react';
import './App.css';
import { FaSpinner } from 'react-icons/fa';
function App() {
return (
<div className="App">
<FaSpinner icon="spinner" className="spinner" /> This is a test.
</div>
);
}
export default App;
App.css
.spinner {
animation: spin infinite 5s linear;
/*You can increase or decrease the timer (5s) to
increase or decrease the speed of the spinner*/
}
@keyframes spin {
from {
transform: rotate(0deg);
}
to {
transform: rotate(360deg);
}
}