Chevron Left Icons
Chevron left is the subtler cousin of the back button — breadcrumb separators pointing backward, pagination "previous" controls, carousel navigation, collapsing an expanded sidebar item. This page collects chevron-left variants across Pathwork's libraries in a range of stroke weights, so you can find one quiet enough for an inline breadcrumb or bold enough for a standalone previous button.
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Frequently Asked Questions
It appears most often as a 'previous' control in pagination or carousels, a collapse indicator for an expanded sidebar item or submenu, and occasionally as a breadcrumb separator in layouts that read in reverse. Its meaning is generally understood as 'go back' or 'collapse'.
Yes, generally — since chevron left is tied to navigation and reading direction, it should mirror to chevron right in RTL layouts. This applies whether it's used for 'previous' controls, collapsing a submenu, or backward navigation, since all of these follow the text direction.
Chevron left is just the angled line with no stem, reading as a subtle indicator — good for pagination or collapse toggles. A left arrow includes a stem and arrowhead, communicating a stronger sense of action — better suited to a prominent 'back' or 'previous step' button. Chevron left tends to feel quieter and less like a call to action.
You can use a single chevron and flip it horizontally with CSS ('transform: scaleX(-1)') to get the right-facing version, since chevrons are typically simple and symmetric. This also makes RTL mirroring straightforward, since you're just toggling the same transform based on layout direction.
It's commonly paired with chevron-right or chevron-down as a toggle pair — the icon rotates or swaps depending on whether the item is expanded or collapsed, similar to how chevron up/down works for accordions, but sometimes used horizontally for nested sidebar navigation instead.
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