Reference
Avatar
Avatars are found throughout material design with uses in everything from tables to dialog menus.
Image avatars
Image avatars can be created by passing standard
img
props src
or srcSet
to the component.import * as React from 'react'; import Avatar from '@mui/material/Avatar'; import Stack from '@mui/material/Stack'; export default function ImageAvatars() { return ( <Stack direction="row" spacing={2}> <Avatar alt="Remy Sharp" src="/material-ui-static/images/avatar/1.jpg" /> <Avatar alt="Travis Howard" src="/material-ui-static/images/avatar/2.jpg" /> <Avatar alt="Cindy Baker" src="/material-ui-static/images/avatar/3.jpg" /> </Stack> ); }
Letter avatars
Avatars containing simple characters can be created by passing a string as
children
.H
N
OP
import * as React from 'react'; import Avatar from '@mui/material/Avatar'; import Stack from '@mui/material/Stack'; import { deepOrange, deepPurple } from '@mui/material/colors'; export default function LetterAvatars() { return ( <Stack direction="row" spacing={2}> <Avatar>H</Avatar> <Avatar sx={{ bgcolor: deepOrange[500] }}>N</Avatar> <Avatar sx={{ bgcolor: deepPurple[500] }}>OP</Avatar> </Stack> ); }
You can use different background colors for the avatar. The following demo generates the color based on the name of the person.
KD
JW
TN
import * as React from 'react'; import Avatar from '@mui/material/Avatar'; import Stack from '@mui/material/Stack'; function stringToColor(string: string) { let hash = 0; let i; /* eslint-disable no-bitwise */ for (i = 0; i < string.length; i += 1) { hash = string.charCodeAt(i) + ((hash << 5) - hash); } let color = '#'; for (i = 0; i < 3; i += 1) { const value = (hash >> (i * 8)) & 0xff; color += `00${value.toString(16)}`.slice(-2); } /* eslint-enable no-bitwise */ return color; } function stringAvatar(name: string) { return { sx: { bgcolor: stringToColor(name), }, children: `${name.split(' ')[0][0]}${name.split(' ')[1][0]}`, }; } export default function BackgroundLetterAvatars() { return ( <Stack direction="row" spacing={2}> <Avatar {...stringAvatar('Kent Dodds')} /> <Avatar {...stringAvatar('Jed Watson')} /> <Avatar {...stringAvatar('Tim Neutkens')} /> </Stack> ); }
Sizes
You can change the size of the avatar with the
height
and width
CSS properties.import * as React from 'react'; import Avatar from '@mui/material/Avatar'; import Stack from '@mui/material/Stack'; export default function SizeAvatars() { return ( <Stack direction="row" spacing={2}> <Avatar alt="Remy Sharp" src="/material-ui-static/images/avatar/1.jpg" sx={{ width: 24, height: 24 }} /> <Avatar alt="Remy Sharp" src="/material-ui-static/images/avatar/1.jpg" /> <Avatar alt="Remy Sharp" src="/material-ui-static/images/avatar/1.jpg" sx={{ width: 56, height: 56 }} /> </Stack> ); }
Icon avatars
Icon avatars are created by passing an icon as
children
.import * as React from 'react'; import { green, pink } from '@mui/material/colors'; import Avatar from '@mui/material/Avatar'; import Stack from '@mui/material/Stack'; import FolderIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Folder'; import PageviewIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Pageview'; import AssignmentIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Assignment'; export default function IconAvatars() { return ( <Stack direction="row" spacing={2}> <Avatar> <FolderIcon /> </Avatar> <Avatar sx={{ bgcolor: pink[500] }}> <PageviewIcon /> </Avatar> <Avatar sx={{ bgcolor: green[500] }}> <AssignmentIcon /> </Avatar> </Stack> ); }
Variants
If you need square or rounded avatars, use the
variant
prop.N
import * as React from 'react'; import Avatar from '@mui/material/Avatar'; import Stack from '@mui/material/Stack'; import { deepOrange, green } from '@mui/material/colors'; import AssignmentIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Assignment'; export default function VariantAvatars() { return ( <Stack direction="row" spacing={2}> <Avatar sx={{ bgcolor: deepOrange[500] }} variant="square"> N </Avatar> <Avatar sx={{ bgcolor: green[500] }} variant="rounded"> <AssignmentIcon /> </Avatar> </Stack> ); }
Fallbacks
If there is an error loading the avatar image, the component falls back to an alternative in the following order:
- the provided children
- the first letter of the
alt
text - a generic avatar icon
import * as React from 'react'; import Avatar from '@mui/material/Avatar'; import Stack from '@mui/material/Stack'; import { deepOrange } from '@mui/material/colors'; export default function FallbackAvatars() { return ( <Stack direction="row" spacing={2}> <Avatar sx={{ bgcolor: deepOrange[500] }} alt="Remy Sharp" src="/broken-image.jpg" > B </Avatar> <Avatar sx={{ bgcolor: deepOrange[500] }} alt="Remy Sharp" src="/broken-image.jpg" /> <Avatar src="/broken-image.jpg" /> </Stack> ); }
Grouped
AvatarGroup
renders its children as a stack. Use the max
prop to limit the number of avatars.+2
import * as React from 'react'; import Avatar from '@mui/material/Avatar'; import AvatarGroup from '@mui/material/AvatarGroup'; export default function GroupAvatars() { return ( <AvatarGroup max={4}> <Avatar alt="Remy Sharp" src="/material-ui-static/images/avatar/1.jpg" /> <Avatar alt="Travis Howard" src="/material-ui-static/images/avatar/2.jpg" /> <Avatar alt="Cindy Baker" src="/material-ui-static/images/avatar/3.jpg" /> <Avatar alt="Agnes Walker" src="/material-ui-static/images/avatar/4.jpg" /> <Avatar alt="Trevor Henderson" src="/material-ui-static/images/avatar/5.jpg" /> </AvatarGroup> ); }
Total avatars
If you need to control the total number of avatars not shown, you can use the
total
prop.+20
import * as React from 'react'; import Avatar from '@mui/material/Avatar'; import AvatarGroup from '@mui/material/AvatarGroup'; export default function TotalAvatars() { return ( <AvatarGroup total={24}> <Avatar alt="Remy Sharp" src="/material-ui-static/images/avatar/1.jpg" /> <Avatar alt="Travis Howard" src="/material-ui-static/images/avatar/2.jpg" /> <Avatar alt="Agnes Walker" src="/material-ui-static/images/avatar/4.jpg" /> <Avatar alt="Trevor Henderson" src="/material-ui-static/images/avatar/5.jpg" /> </AvatarGroup> ); }
Custom surplus
Set the
renderSurplus
prop as a callback to customize the surplus avatar. The callback will receive the surplus number as an argument based on the children and the max
prop, and should return a React.ReactNode
.The
renderSurplus
prop is useful when you need to render the surplus based on the data sent from the server.+4k
import * as React from 'react'; import Avatar from '@mui/material/Avatar'; import AvatarGroup from '@mui/material/AvatarGroup'; export default function CustomSurplusAvatars() { return ( <AvatarGroup renderSurplus={(surplus) => <span>+{surplus.toString()[0]}k</span>} total={4251} > <Avatar alt="Remy Sharp" src="/material-ui-static/images/avatar/1.jpg" /> <Avatar alt="Travis Howard" src="/material-ui-static/images/avatar/2.jpg" /> <Avatar alt="Agnes Walker" src="/material-ui-static/images/avatar/4.jpg" /> <Avatar alt="Trevor Henderson" src="/material-ui-static/images/avatar/5.jpg" /> </AvatarGroup> ); }
Spacing
You can change the spacing between avatars using the
spacing
prop. You can use one of the presets ("medium"
, the default, or "small"
) or set a custom numeric value.import * as React from 'react'; import Avatar from '@mui/material/Avatar'; import AvatarGroup from '@mui/material/AvatarGroup'; import Stack from '@mui/material/Stack'; export default function Spacing() { return ( <Stack spacing={4}> <AvatarGroup spacing="medium"> <Avatar alt="Remy Sharp" src="/material-ui-static/images/avatar/1.jpg" /> <Avatar alt="Travis Howard" src="/material-ui-static/images/avatar/2.jpg" /> <Avatar alt="Cindy Baker" src="/material-ui-static/images/avatar/3.jpg" /> </AvatarGroup> <AvatarGroup spacing="small"> <Avatar alt="Remy Sharp" src="/material-ui-static/images/avatar/1.jpg" /> <Avatar alt="Travis Howard" src="/material-ui-static/images/avatar/2.jpg" /> <Avatar alt="Cindy Baker" src="/material-ui-static/images/avatar/3.jpg" /> </AvatarGroup> <AvatarGroup spacing={24}> <Avatar alt="Remy Sharp" src="/material-ui-static/images/avatar/1.jpg" /> <Avatar alt="Travis Howard" src="/material-ui-static/images/avatar/2.jpg" /> <Avatar alt="Cindy Baker" src="/material-ui-static/images/avatar/3.jpg" /> </AvatarGroup> </Stack> ); }
With badge
import * as React from 'react'; import { styled } from '@mui/material/styles'; import Badge from '@mui/material/Badge'; import Avatar from '@mui/material/Avatar'; import Stack from '@mui/material/Stack'; const StyledBadge = styled(Badge)(({ theme }) => ({ '& .MuiBadge-badge': { backgroundColor: '#44b700', color: '#44b700', boxShadow: `0 0 0 2px ${theme.palette.background.paper}`, '&::after': { position: 'absolute', top: 0, left: 0, width: '100%', height: '100%', borderRadius: '50%', animation: 'ripple 1.2s infinite ease-in-out', border: '1px solid currentColor', content: '""', }, }, '@keyframes ripple': { '0%': { transform: 'scale(.8)', opacity: 1, }, '100%': { transform: 'scale(2.4)', opacity: 0, }, }, })); const SmallAvatar = styled(Avatar)(({ theme }) => ({ width: 22, height: 22, border: `2px solid ${theme.palette.background.paper}`, })); export default function BadgeAvatars() { return ( <Stack direction="row" spacing={2}> <StyledBadge overlap="circular" anchorOrigin={{ vertical: 'bottom', horizontal: 'right' }} variant="dot" > <Avatar alt="Remy Sharp" src="/material-ui-static/images/avatar/1.jpg" /> </StyledBadge> <Badge overlap="circular" anchorOrigin={{ vertical: 'bottom', horizontal: 'right' }} badgeContent={ <SmallAvatar alt="Remy Sharp" src="/material-ui-static/images/avatar/1.jpg" /> } > <Avatar alt="Travis Howard" src="/material-ui-static/images/avatar/2.jpg" /> </Badge> </Stack> ); }