# \<fas\> Icons not showing - sometimes(!)

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/fas-icons-not-showing-sometimes/58475>\
**Category:** Dashboard\
**Tags:** node-red-dashboard\
**Created:** [16 February 2022 15:08 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/fas-icons-not-showing-sometimes/58475 "2022-02-16T15:08:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![AndyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@AndyL](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/AndyL)\
**Post date:** [16 February 2022 15:08 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/fas-icons-not-showing-sometimes/58475/1 "2022-02-16T15:08:19Z")

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Dear experts,

I'm facing a strange behaviour. For some reason, Font Awesome Icons are not showing in my Node-Red-Dashboard \<ui\_template\>. But only sometimes...

**FA-Icons** are always shown correctly  
`<i class="fa fa-wrench"></i>`

**FAS / FAD** are shown only partially:

```auto
<i class="fas fa-wind"></i>
<i class="fas fa-tint"></i>
<button id="b1" ng-click="send({payload:action('b1')})" class="far fa-stop-circle"></button>

```

Sometimes they are shown at startup, but sometimes it takes a couple of minutes to get them displayed... Do you know how I can force Node-Red to load the stylesheet at startup?

Best regards,  
Andy

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**Author:** ![hotNipi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/hotnipi/32/383_2.png) [@hotNipi](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/hotNipi)\
**Post date:** [16 February 2022 16:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/fas-icons-not-showing-sometimes/58475/2 "2022-02-16T16:21:43Z")

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`fas-` - fontawesome icons version 5 and up are not supported.  
Here is documentation about what is supported for dashboard.

> **[GitHub - node-red/node-red-dashboard: A dashboard UI for Node-RED](https://github.com/node-red/node-red-dashboard#icons)**
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> A dashboard UI for Node-RED. Contribute to node-red/node-red-dashboard development by creating an account on GitHub.

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**Author:** ![AndyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@AndyL](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/AndyL)\
**Post date:** [17 February 2022 21:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/fas-icons-not-showing-sometimes/58475/3 "2022-02-17T21:58:56Z")

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Ok. But if they are not supported, why are they displayed after a while? Sometimes they work... That's the strange thing...

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**Author:** ![hotNipi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/hotnipi/32/383_2.png) [@hotNipi](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/hotNipi)\
**Post date:** [18 February 2022 07:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/fas-icons-not-showing-sometimes/58475/4 "2022-02-18T07:04:43Z")

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> [@AndyL](#):
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> why are they displayed after a while?

Cant see any way it can happen. Unless you are doing something special to make it happen.

By supported it means that dashboard includes all what is needed to show limited set of icons. Those will work even your setup is completely offline.

All what is not supported needs to be allowed by including required resources from some CDN or download and serve it from static folder.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [20 March 2022 07:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/fas-icons-not-showing-sometimes/58475/5 "2022-03-20T07:05:24Z")

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