From 465f98c37cbbb31ffcd1aac707466b68be0c2f91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Gros <3311227+mpge@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2026 23:34:19 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] feat(admin): use Escalated brand chevron icon in wp-admin
 sidebar

Replaces the generic dashicons-tickets-alt with the actual Escalated
double-chevron mark, embedded as an inline-SVG data URI so wp-admin's
own CSS can recolor it via currentColor across hover/active states.
---
 assets/images/menu-icon.svg         |  4 ++++
 includes/Admin/class-admin-menu.php | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 assets/images/menu-icon.svg

diff --git a/assets/images/menu-icon.svg b/assets/images/menu-icon.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7fee42d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/images/menu-icon.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24" width="20" height="20" fill="none">
+  <polyline points="17 11 12 6 7 11" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2.5" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"/>
+  <polyline points="17 18 12 13 7 18" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2.5" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"/>
+</svg>
diff --git a/includes/Admin/class-admin-menu.php b/includes/Admin/class-admin-menu.php
index 5b1701e..90903e7 100644
--- a/includes/Admin/class-admin-menu.php
+++ b/includes/Admin/class-admin-menu.php
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public function add_menus(): void
             'escalated_ticket_view',
             'escalated',
             [new Admin_Tickets, 'render_list'],
-            'dashicons-tickets-alt',
+            self::menu_icon_data_uri(),
             30
         );
 
@@ -35,6 +35,23 @@ public function add_menus(): void
         add_submenu_page('escalated', __('Settings', 'escalated'), __('Settings', 'escalated'), 'escalated_settings_view', 'escalated-settings', [new Admin_Settings, 'render']);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Inline-SVG data URI for the wp-admin sidebar menu icon. Using a
+     * data URI rather than a file URL keeps the icon working on
+     * installs that lock down the uploads dir from script access. The
+     * SVG uses `currentColor` so wp-admin's own CSS can swap it
+     * between active/inactive sidebar states without two assets.
+     */
+    private static function menu_icon_data_uri(): string
+    {
+        $svg = file_get_contents(ESCALATED_PLUGIN_DIR.'assets/images/menu-icon.svg');
+        if ($svg === false) {
+            return 'dashicons-tickets-alt';
+        }
+
+        return 'data:image/svg+xml;base64,'.base64_encode($svg);
+    }
+
     public function enqueue_assets(string $hook): void
     {
         // Only enqueue on Escalated pages