Naming
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What is Naming?
Name your icons based on what they are, not what they represent. For instance, a trash icon should be named trash, not delete. You can still add related keywords to improve discoverability.
More in stage 7: Creating Core Components
- Creating Core Components
- Units
- Grid
- Breakpoints
- Spacking
- Monochrome Version
- Small Use Guidance
- Placement Guidance
- Usage Guidance
- File Formats
- Responsiveness
- Grid Relation
- Readability
- Performance
- Guidelines
- Accessibility
- User Onboarding
- Microcopy Guidelines
- Accessibility
- Style
- Grid Relation
- Sizes
- Keywords
- Reserved Icons
- Guidelines
Naming: common questions
Can I learn Naming in Hindi?
This lesson is written in English. Once you sign in, open it in the interactive course and ask the AI tutor to explain Naming in Hindi or Hinglish. The tutor answers from this lesson’s own text, so it stays on the syllabus, and it runs on your own Google, OpenAI or Anthropic key.
Is this Naming tutorial for beginners?
It is lesson 72 of 124 in the free Design System roadmap, in stage 7, Creating Core Components. If you are new to Design System, start from stage 1 and come back here in order; if you already know the earlier stages, this lesson stands on its own.