Avatar

The Avatar component is used to represent user, and displays the profile picture, initials or fallback icon.

Import#

import { Avatar } from '@chakra-ui/react'

Usage#

<Avatar.Root>
  <Avatar.Image src='https://bit.ly/dan-abramov' />
  <Avatar.Fallback name='Dan Abrahmov' />
</Avatar.Root>

Avatar Sizes#

The Avatar component comes in 7 sizes.

<Wrap>
  <WrapItem>
    <Avatar size='2xs' name='Dan Abrahmov' src='https://bit.ly/dan-abramov' />
  </WrapItem>
  <WrapItem>
    <Avatar
      size='xs'
      name='Kola Tioluwani'
      src='https://bit.ly/tioluwani-kolawole'
    />
  </WrapItem>
  <WrapItem>
    <Avatar size='sm' name='Kent Dodds' src='https://bit.ly/kent-c-dodds' />
  </WrapItem>
  <WrapItem>
    <Avatar size='md' name='Ryan Florence' src='https://bit.ly/ryan-florence' />
  </WrapItem>
  <WrapItem>
    <Avatar
      size='lg'
      name='Prosper Otemuyiwa'
      src='https://bit.ly/prosper-baba'
    />
  </WrapItem>
  <WrapItem>
    <Avatar size='xl' name='Christian Nwamba' src='https://bit.ly/code-beast' />
  </WrapItem>
  <WrapItem>
    <Avatar size='2xl' name='Segun Adebayo' src='https://bit.ly/sage-adebayo' />
  </WrapItem>
</Wrap>

Avatar Fallbacks#

If there is an error loading the src of the avatar, there are 2 fallbacks:

If there's a name prop, we use it to generate the initials and a random, accessible background color.
If there's no name prop, we use a default avatar.

<Stack direction='row'>
  <Avatar name='Oshigaki Kisame' src='https://bit.ly/broken-link' />
  <Avatar name='Sasuke Uchiha' src='https://bit.ly/broken-link' />
  <Avatar src='https://bit.ly/broken-link' />
</Stack>

Customize the fallback avatar#

You can customize the background color and icon of the fallback avatar icon to match your design requirements.

To update the background, pass the usual bg prop.
To update the icon svg, pass the icon prop.

<Avatar.Group gap='1rem'>
  <Avatar.Root>
    <AiOutlineUser fontSize='1.5rem' />
  </Avatar.Root>
  <Avatar.Root>
    <Avatar.Icon />
  </Avatar.Root>
</Avatar.Group>

Avatar with badge#

In some products, you might need to show a badge on the right corner of the avatar. We call this a badge. Here's an example that shows if the user is online:

<Stack direction='row' gap={4}>
  <Avatar>
    <AvatarBadge boxSize='1.25em' bg='green.500' />
  </Avatar>

  {/* You can also change the borderColor and bg of the badge */}
  <Avatar>
    <AvatarBadge borderColor='papayawhip' bg='tomato' boxSize='1.25em' />
  </Avatar>
</Stack>

Note the use of em for the size of the AvatarBadge. This is useful to size the badge relative to the avatar font size.

AvatarGroup#

<AvatarGroup size='md'>
  <Avatar.Root>
    <Avatar.Image src='https://bit.ly/dan-abramov' />
    <Avatar.Fallback name='Dan Abrahmov' />
  </Avatar.Root>
  <Avatar.Root>
    <Avatar.Image src='https://bit.ly/sage-adebayo' />
    <Avatar.Fallback name='Sage Adebayo' />
  </Avatar.Root>
</AvatarGroup>

Changing the initials#

Added getInitials prop to allow users to manage how initials are generated from name. By default we merge the first characters of each word in the name prop.

The Avatar component is a multipart component. The styling needs to be applied to each part specifically.

To learn more about styling multipart components, visit the Component Style page.

Anatomy#

A: badge
B: container
C: excessLabel
D: group

Theming properties#

The properties that affect the theming of the Avatar component are:

size: The size of the button. Defaults to md.

Theming utilities#

createMultiStyleConfigHelpers: a function that returns a set of utilities for creating style configs for a multipart component (definePartsStyle and defineMultiStyleConfig).
definePartsStyle: a function used to create multipart style objects.
defineMultiStyleConfig: a function used to define the style configuration for a multipart component.

import { avatarAnatomy } from '@chakra-ui/anatomy'
import { createMultiStyleConfigHelpers } from '@chakra-ui/react'

const { definePartsStyle, defineMultiStyleConfig } =
  createMultiStyleConfigHelpers(avatarAnatomy.keys)

Customizing the default theme#

import { avatarAnatomy } from '@chakra-ui/anatomy'
import { createMultiStyleConfigHelpers } from '@chakra-ui/react'

const { definePartsStyle, defineMultiStyleConfig } =
  createMultiStyleConfigHelpers(avatarAnatomy.keys)

const baseStyle = definePartsStyle({
  // define the part you're going to style
  badge: {
    bg: 'gray.500',
    border: '2px solid',
  },
  container: {
    borderRadius: 'xl',
  },
  excessLabel: {
    bg: 'gray.800',
    color: 'white',
    borderRadius: 'xl',
  },
})

export const avatarTheme = defineMultiStyleConfig({ baseStyle })

After customizing the avatar theme, we can import it in our theme file and add it in the components property:

import { extendTheme } from '@chakra-ui/react'
import { avatarTheme } from './components/avatar'

export const theme = extendTheme({
  components: { Avatar: avatarTheme },
})

This is a crucial step to make sure that any changes that we make to the avatar theme are applied.

Adding a custom size#

Let's assume we want to include an super large avatar size. Here's how we can do that:

import { avatarAnatomy } from '@chakra-ui/anatomy'
import { createMultiStyleConfigHelpers, defineStyle } from '@chakra-ui/react'

const { definePartsStyle, defineMultiStyleConfig } =
  createMultiStyleConfigHelpers(avatarAnatomy.keys)

const superLg = defineStyle({
  width: 40,
  height: 40,
  fontSize: "6xl"
})

const sizes = {
  superLg: definePartsStyle({ container: superLg }),
}

export const avatarTheme = defineMultiStyleConfig({ sizes })

// Now we can use the new `superLg` size
<Avatar size="superLg" ... />
// or
<AvatarGroup size="superLg">...</AvatarGroup>

Every time you're adding anything new to the theme, you'd need to run the CLI command to get proper autocomplete in your IDE. You can learn more about the CLI tool here.

Adding a custom variant#

Let's assume we want to include a custom rounded square variant. Here's how we can do that:

import { avatarAnatomy } from '@chakra-ui/anatomy'
import { createMultiStyleConfigHelpers, defineStyle } from '@chakra-ui/react'

const { definePartsStyle, defineMultiStyleConfig } =
  createMultiStyleConfigHelpers(avatarAnatomy.keys)

const roundedSquare = definePartsStyle({
  badge: {
    bg: "gray.500",
    border: "2px solid"
  },
  container: {
    borderRadius: "xl"
  },
  excessLabel: {
    bg: "gray.800",
    color: "white",
    borderRadius: "xl",
    border: "2px solid",

    // let's also provide dark mode alternatives
    _dark: {
      bg: "gray.400",
      color: "gray.900"
    }
  }
})

export const avatarTheme = defineMultiStyleConfig({
  variants: { roundedSquare },
})

// Now we can use the new `roundedSquare` variant
<Avatar variant="roundedSquare" ... />
// or
<AvatarGroup variant="roundedSquare">...</AvatarGroup>

Changing the default properties#

Let's assume we want to change the default size and variant of every avatar in our app. Here's how we can do that:

import { avatarAnatomy } from '@chakra-ui/anatomy'
import { createMultiStyleConfigHelpers, defineStyle } from '@chakra-ui/react'

const { defineMultiStyleConfig } = createMultiStyleConfigHelpers(
  avatarAnatomy.keys,
)

export const avatarTheme = defineMultiStyleConfig({
  defaultProps: {
    size: 'superLg',
    variant: 'roundedSquare',
  },
})

// This saves you time, instead of manually setting the size and variant every time you use an avatar:
<Avatar variant="roundedSquare" size="superLg" ... />
// or
<AvatarGroup variant="roundedSquare" size="superLg">...</AvatarGroup>

Showcase#

import { Box, HStack, IconButton, Avatar, AvatarBadge, AvatarGroup, useColorMode } from "@chakra-ui/react";
import { FaMoon, FaSun } from "react-icons/fa";

export default function App() {
  const { toggleColorMode, colorMode } = useColorMode();
  return (
    <Box position="relative" h="100vh">
      <HStack spacing={8} p={12}>
        <Avatar name="Segun Adebayo" />
        <Avatar name="Lazar Nikolov" variant="roundedSquare">
          <AvatarBadge boxSize="1rem" />
        </Avatar>
        <AvatarGroup max={2} size="superLg" variant="roundedSquare">
          <Avatar name="Lazar Nikolov" variant="roundedSquare">
            <AvatarBadge />
          </Avatar>
          <Avatar name="Segun Adebayo" variant="roundedSquare">
            <AvatarBadge bg="orange.500" />
          </Avatar>
          <Avatar name="Segun Adebayo" variant="roundedSquare">
            <AvatarBadge bg="orange.500" />
          </Avatar>
        </AvatarGroup>
      </HStack>

      <IconButton
        aria-label="toggle theme"
        rounded="full"
        size="xs"
        position="absolute"
        bottom={4}
        left={4}
        onClick={toggleColorMode} icon={colorMode === "dark" ? <FaSun /> : <FaMoon />}
      />
    </Box>
  );
}

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