---
title: "Sort ascending animated icon"
description: "Sort ascending animated icon (Search & discovery). Light: the three bars morph into ascending lengths while the arrow nudges up. Strong: every bar retracts to a stub, then the sorted lengths are written in one fast stroke as the arrow hops. Reverse restores the unsorted lengths."
canonical: https://generativeicons.com/icons/sort-ascending/
---

# Sort ascending animated icon

Light: the three bars morph into ascending lengths while the arrow nudges up. Strong: every bar retracts to a stub, then the sorted lengths are written in one fast stroke as the arrow hops. Reverse restores the unsorted lengths.

- Id: `sort-ascending`
- Category: Search & discovery
- Search terms: a to z, a-z, low to high, smallest first, increasing, ascending order, alphabetical, asc, sort asc, 1 to 9, oldest first
- Two states: Unsorted to Sorted, played forward and back
- Styles: outline, solid, duotone; outline weights 1.5, 2, 2.5 (any from 1 to 3); motion light or strong
- File: https://generativeicons.com/assets/sort-ascending.lottie (dotLottie, 9817 bytes, sha256 56ce340e2aedb13af098ed0b8f38b49449431bae44a62fcaebddc45751700671)
- License: MIT

## Install

```sh
npm install @lottiefiles/generative-icons-runtime
npx generative-icons init
npx generative-icons add sort-ascending
```

## React

```tsx
// npm install @lottiefiles/generative-icons-react
'use client';
import { AnimatedIcon } from '@lottiefiles/generative-icons-react';
import icon, { src } from './generative-icons/sort-ascending.mjs';

export function SortAscendingIcon() {
  return <AnimatedIcon icon={icon} src={src} size={32}
    color="#ffffff" variant="outline" weight={2}
    motion="light" theme="dark" />;
}
```

## JavaScript

```js
import { createIcon } from '@lottiefiles/generative-icons-runtime';
import icon, { src } from './generative-icons/sort-ascending.mjs';

const handle = await createIcon(canvas, {
  icon, src,
  color: '#ffffff', style: 'outline', weight: 2,
  motion: 'light', theme: 'dark'
});
button.addEventListener('click', () => handle.play());
// On removal: handle.destroy();
```

More: https://generativeicons.com/icons/sort-ascending/ · https://generativeicons.com/api/icons/sort-ascending