From 75e950248327837d985be9fbe9f1bbbc7e795a10 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johannes Liermann <liermann@uni-mainz.de>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2025 12:30:25 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat(theme): Allow custom icon in DocCard component

---
 packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocCard/index.tsx | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocCard/index.tsx b/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocCard/index.tsx
index 076235d687..d7a0bf7d34 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocCard/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocCard/index.tsx
@@ -113,7 +113,9 @@ function CardCategory({item}: {item: PropSidebarItemCategory}): ReactNode {
 }
 
 function CardLink({item}: {item: PropSidebarItemLink}): ReactNode {
-  const icon = isInternalUrl(item.href) ? '📄️' : '🔗';
+  const defaultIcon = isInternalUrl(item.href) ? '📄' : '🔗';
+  const customIcon = item.icon && item.icon !== '';
+  const icon = customIcon ? item.icon : defaultIcon;
   const doc = useDocById(item.docId ?? undefined);
   return (
     <CardLayout