Menu Icon

Q: When should I use it instead of a similar icon?

Use it for a drawer trigger at the left end of an app header whose other buttons sit in rounded tiles; and the navigation button of a dashboard header on tablets, sliding the sidebar in from the left as a sheet. For a trigger at the right end of a phone header, opening navigation from that edge, use the Burger Menu icon. For collapsing a desktop sidebar that stays docked beside the page, use the Panel Left icon. For a restaurant's food and drink list on a venue or booking page, use the Cutlery icon.

Three equal horizontal lines inside a rounded square, for menu buttons, sidebar toggles and navigation drawers. Available in 4 styles (outline, solid, duotone and filled) as a React component you install with the shadcn CLI.

Preview

Menu icon in outline, solid, duotone and filled styles

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Install and code

pnpm dlx shadcn@latest add @reui/icons/default/filled/menu

Writes reui/icons/default/filled/menu.tsx

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Menu icon in shadcn/ui components

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Menu icon FAQ

What does this icon show?

Three equal horizontal lines inside a rounded square, for menu buttons, sidebar toggles and navigation drawers. Typical uses: open the mobile navigation drawer, toggle the app sidebar and header menu button.

When should I use it instead of a similar icon?

Use it for:

A drawer trigger at the left end of an app header whose other buttons sit in rounded tiles
The navigation button of a dashboard header on tablets, sliding the sidebar in from the left as a sheet

For a trigger at the right end of a phone header, opening navigation from that edge, use the Burger Menu icon. For collapsing a desktop sidebar that stays docked beside the page, use the Panel Left icon. For a restaurant's food and drink list on a venue or booking page, use the Cutlery icon.

Which styles does it come in?

4 styles: Outline, Solid, Duotone and Filled. Every style is drawn on the same 24 by 24 grid and installs as its own file, so you can switch styles without touching the layout.

How do I install it with the shadcn CLI?

Copy the install command from the panel above, in the style you want, and run it in your project. The shadcn CLI adds the icon as a React component that you import and render like any other. It draws in the current text color, so your text color and size classes style it. Icon installs need a ReUI Ultimate license.

What icons go well with it?

Dots Grid and Dots Vertical sit beside it in the same toolbar or menu. More from the same family and the Layout set: Burger Menu, Menu Align, Menu Arrow and Menu Bars.

When was it added?

It joined the ReUI icon library on June 30, 2026.

For AI Agents

Hand your agent this brief or the ReUI MCP, not a screenshot. Installs with a ReUI Ultimate license.

When to use

A drawer trigger at the left end of an app header whose other buttons sit in rounded tiles
The navigation button of a dashboard header on tablets, sliding the sidebar in from the left as a sheet

When not to use

A trigger at the right end of a phone header, opening navigation from that edge: use the Burger Menu icon
Collapsing a desktop sidebar that stays docked beside the page: use the Panel Left icon
A restaurant's food and drink list on a venue or booking page: use the Cutlery icon

Agent notes

Name an icon-only button with its label, "Open navigation", as the aria-label

Markdownhttps://reui.io/icons/preview/menu.md

MCPget_icon("menu")

Installnpx shadcn@latest add @reui/icons/default/duotone/menu

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