Layers External
The layers external icon represents the concept of external layers or levels in a design or organizational context.
Exports at 24 × 24 px
Code
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In any framework. Customize it above, and the code follows.
export const LayersExternalIcon = (props: React.SVGProps<SVGSVGElement>) => (
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 32 32" {...props}>
<path fill="currentColor" d="M16 24a1 1 0 0 1-.474-.12l-13-7l.948-1.76L16 21.864l12.526-6.744l.948 1.76l-13 7A1 1 0 0 1 16 24"/><path fill="currentColor" d="M16 30a1 1 0 0 1-.474-.12l-13-7l.948-1.76L16 27.864l12.526-6.744l.948 1.76l-13 7A1 1 0 0 1 16 30M29.474 9.12L16 1.864v2.272L26.89 10L16 15.864v2.272l13.474-7.255a1 1 0 0 0 0-1.761m-25.06.294L8 5.828V14h2V5.828l3.586 3.586L15 8L9 2L3 8z"/>
</svg>
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What the Layers External icon means and where it's used, then how to install, style, label and license it.
The layers external icon represents the concept of external layers or levels in a design or organizational context. The icon features a combination of shapes, including rectangles and lines, which represent the different layers or levels. The layers external symbol has its roots in graphic design and has been used in various contexts to represent the organization or structure of elements.
The layers external icon appears in various software and platforms, including graphic design tools like Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. It is also used in digital design applications like Sketch and Figma, as well as in web development frameworks and libraries like React and Angular.
From a UX perspective, the layers external icon communicates the concept of external organization or structure. It helps users understand that they can interact with different levels or layers of a design or system. The icon's design should be clear and recognizable, making it easy for users to find and use the layers feature.
Layers External is one of 2,547 icons in Carbon, made by IBM and released under Apache 2.0. It is drawn on a 32 × 32 grid.
Sign in (it's free), then open Get icon, Install with shadcn CLI, and pick your package manager to copy the command. It adds LayersExternalIcon to components/icons/carbon-layers-external.tsx: one file, a size prop (24 by default) and every SVG prop, with no icon package.
Copy it as React (from Get icon, or the Code section): a typed LayersExternalIcon component you paste into your project, with no package to install. Only the icons you import reach your bundle. It works in Next.js and any React app.
Open Get icon, then Copy as code, and pick Vue, Svelte, Angular, Solid or Preact; the Code section shows each one too. Every version is one self-contained component with the SVG inside, and SVG and data URL copies are there for plain HTML and CSS.
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It's drawn in currentColor, so it takes the text color wherever you use it: a class like text-primary recolors it. To bake a color in, set one in Customize before you copy.
Set width and height on the component, or a class like size-6. It's drawn on a 32 × 32 grid, so it stays sharp at any size. Customize also sets the size it exports at, its padding and rotation.
Yes. It follows the text color, so with text-foreground (or any theme token) it changes with your light and dark themes. The icon is a vector, so it needs no separate dark asset.
Next to a visible label it's decoration: add aria-hidden="true" so screen readers skip it. Standing alone, as in an icon button, give the button a name instead, like aria-label="Layers External", so screen readers say what it does.
Yes. LayersExternalIcon passes every SVG prop to the svg element, so <LayersExternalIcon aria-hidden="true" /> works, and so do role="img" with aria-label, or a title child, when it carries meaning on its own.
Yes. Open Get icon, then Download file: SVG for code or design tools like Figma; PNG, WebP or JPEG at 512px; or an ICO favicon with 16, 32 and 48px inside. Each one uses what you set in Customize.
Yes. Apache 2.0 allows commercial use; keep the license notice when you ship the icons' source files. The full terms are in the license, linked on this page.
No visible credit is required: Apache 2.0 only asks that you keep the license notice if you ship the icons' source files. Icons installed with the shadcn CLI already start with a comment naming Carbon, IBM and the license.
Yes. Copying and downloading it is free, and the shadcn CLI install only needs a free account.
Its tags are hierarchy, stack, layers and external. Each tag page lists the icons that carry it from every library, which is the quickest way to find a match for Layers External in another set.
Carbon draws many icons in several styles: Filled next to the default. Open the library and pick a style above the grid to see Layers External's siblings in it.
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