Plus Icons
Two crossing lines, the opposite of close but built from the same basic shape — plus is the default signal for "add" almost everywhere: new item buttons, expandable sections, zoom controls, floating action buttons. This page collects plus icon variants across Pathwork's libraries, from a thin minimal cross to bolder or circle-framed versions, so you can match the exact weight your add button or toolbar needs.
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Frequently Asked Questions
A plain plus works well inline or inside an already-styled button, where the button shape itself provides the visual boundary. A circled version (plus inside a circle) is more self-contained and commonly used for floating action buttons or standalone 'add' triggers that need to stand out without additional button styling around them.
This depends on what the expand action does — plus generally implies adding or revealing new content, and typically flips to a minus when expanded (rather than continuing to show plus), while a chevron implies a fold/unfold of existing content without adding anything new. If your section is revealing more detail rather than 'adding' something, chevron down is usually the more accurate icon.
This is a common pattern, similar to the hamburger-to-X animation — rotate the plus icon 45 degrees with a CSS transition when the associated panel or floating menu opens, which visually turns the plus into an X without needing to swap to a separate icon file.
A plus icon, usually centered inside a solid circular button, is the standard convention for a FAB used to create or add new content (a new post, a new task, a new document). It's widely recognized enough that it typically doesn't need an accompanying text label.
Each icon keeps the license from its source library attached to it, and terms can differ depending on which library a specific icon comes from. Check the license shown on the individual icon's page before using it commercially.
They can be the same icon reused across different contexts, since the plus shape itself doesn't need to change meaning based on where it's used — zoom controls and 'add item' buttons commonly share the same plus/minus icon pair, differentiated by their surrounding UI rather than the icon design itself.