diff --git a/yazi-config/preset/theme.toml b/yazi-config/preset/theme.toml
index 3ccd7665..2352e132 100644
--- a/yazi-config/preset/theme.toml
+++ b/yazi-config/preset/theme.toml
@@ -164,145 +164,149 @@ rules = [
 	{ name = "*/", fg = "blue" }
 ]
 
-[icons]
+[icon]
 
-"Desktop/"     = ""
-"Documents/"   = ""
-"Downloads/"   = ""
-"Pictures/"    = ""
-"Music/"       = ""
-"Movies/"      = ""
-"Videos/"      = ""
-"Public/"      = ""
-"Library/"     = ""
-"Development/" = ""
-".config/"     = ""
+rules = [
+	# Programming
+	{ name = "*.c"    , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.cpp"  , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.css"  , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.fish" , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.go"   , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.h"    , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.hpp"  , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.html" , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.java" , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.js"   , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.jsx"  , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.lua"  , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.nix"  , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.php"  , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.py"   , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.rb"   , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.rs"   , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.scss" , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.sh"   , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.swift", text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.ts"   , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.tsx"  , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.vim"  , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.vue"  , text = "󰡄" },
 
-# Git
-".git/"          = ""
-".gitignore"     = ""
-".gitmodules"    = ""
-".gitattributes" = ""
+	# Text
+	{ name = "*.conf", text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.ini" , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.json", text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.md" ,  text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.toml", text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.txt",  text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.yaml", text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.yml" , text = "" },
 
-# Dotfiles
-".DS_Store"    = ""
-".bashrc"      = ""
-".bashprofile" = ""
-".zshrc"       = ""
-".zshenv"      = ""
-".zprofile"    = ""
-".vimrc"       = ""
+	# Archives
+	{ name = "*.7z" , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.bz2", text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.gz" , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.rar", text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.tar", text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.xz" , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.zip", text = "" },
 
-# Text
-"*.txt" = ""
-"*.md"  = ""
-"*.rst" = ""
-COPYING = "󰿃"
-LICENSE = "󰿃"
+	# Images
+	{ name = "*.HEIC", text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.avif", text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.bmp" , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.gif" , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.ico" , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.jpeg", text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.jpg" , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.png" , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.svg" , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.webp", text = "" },
 
-# Archives
-"*.zip" = ""
-"*.tar" = ""
-"*.gz"  = ""
-"*.7z"  = ""
-"*.bz2" = ""
-"*.xz"  = ""
+	# Movies
+	{ name = "*.avi" , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.mkv" , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.mov" , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.mp4" , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.webm", text = "" },
 
-# Documents
-"*.csv"  = ""
-"*.doc"  = ""
-"*.doct" = ""
-"*.docx" = ""
-"*.dot"  = ""
-"*.ods"  = ""
-"*.ots"  = ""
-"*.pdf"  = ""
-"*.pom"  = ""
-"*.pot"  = ""
-"*.ppm"  = ""
-"*.pps"  = ""
-"*.ppt"  = ""
-"*.potx" = ""
-"*.ppmx" = ""
-"*.ppsx" = ""
-"*.pptx" = ""
-"*.xlc"  = ""
-"*.xlm"  = ""
-"*.xls"  = ""
-"*.xlt"  = ""
-"*.xlsm" = ""
-"*.xlsx" = ""
+	# Audio
+	{ name = "*.aac" , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.flac", text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.m4a" , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.mp3" , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.ogg" , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.wav" , text = "" },
 
-# Audio
-"*.mp3"  = ""
-"*.flac" = ""
-"*.wav"  = ""
-"*.aac"  = ""
-"*.ogg"  = ""
-"*.m4a"  = ""
-"*.mp2"  = ""
+	# Documents
+	{ name = "*.csv" , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.doc" , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.doct", text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.docx", text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.dot" , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.ods" , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.ots" , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.pdf" , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.pom" , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.pot" , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.potx", text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.ppm" , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.ppmx", text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.pps" , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.ppsx", text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.ppt" , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.pptx", text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.xlc" , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.xlm" , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.xls" , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.xlsm", text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.xlsx", text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.xlt" , text = "" },
 
-# Movies
-"*.mp4"  = ""
-"*.mkv"  = ""
-"*.avi"  = ""
-"*.mov"  = ""
-"*.webm" = ""
+	# Lockfiles
+	{ name = "*.lock", text = "" },
 
-# Images
-"*.jpg"  = ""
-"*.jpeg" = ""
-"*.png"  = ""
-"*.gif"  = ""
-"*.webp" = ""
-"*.avif" = ""
-"*.bmp"  = ""
-"*.ico"  = ""
-"*.svg"  = ""
-"*.xcf"  = ""
-"*.HEIC" = ""
+	# Misc
+	{ name = "*.bin", text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.exe", text = "" },
+	{ name = "*.pkg", text = "" },
 
-# Programming
-"*.c"         = ""
-"*.cpp"       = ""
-"*.h"         = ""
-"*.hpp"       = ""
-"*.rs"        = ""
-"*.go"        = ""
-"*.py"        = ""
-"*.js"        = ""
-"*.ts"        = ""
-"*.tsx"       = ""
-"*.jsx"       = ""
-"*.rb"        = ""
-"*.php"       = ""
-"*.java"      = ""
-"*.sh"        = ""
-"*.fish"      = ""
-"*.swift"     = ""
-"*.vim"       = ""
-"*.lua"       = ""
-"*.html"      = ""
-"*.css"       = ""
-"*.scss"      = ""
-"*.json"      = ""
-"*.toml"      = ""
-"*.yml"       = ""
-"*.yaml"      = ""
-"*.ini"       = ""
-"*.conf"      = ""
-"*.lock"      = ""
-"*.nix"       = ""
-Containerfile = "󰡨"
-Dockerfile    = "󰡨"
+	# Dotfiles
+	{ name = ".DS_Store"     , text = "" },
+	{ name = ".bashprofile"  , text = "" },
+	{ name = ".bashrc"       , text = "" },
+	{ name = ".gitattributes", text = "" },
+	{ name = ".gitignore"    , text = "" },
+	{ name = ".gitmodules"   , text = "" },
+	{ name = ".vimrc"        , text = "" },
+	{ name = ".zprofile"     , text = "" },
+	{ name = ".zshenv"       , text = "" },
+	{ name = ".zshrc"        , text = "" },
 
-# Misc
-"*.bin" = ""
-"*.exe" = ""
-"*.pkg" = ""
+	# Named files
+	{ name = "COPYING"      , text = "󰿃" },
+	{ name = "Containerfile", text = "󰡨" },
+	{ name = "Dockerfile"   , text = "󰡨" },
+	{ name = "LICENSE"      , text = "󰿃" },
 
-# Default
-"*"  = ""
-"*/" = ""
+	# Directories
+	{ name = ".config/"    , text = "" },
+	{ name = ".git/"       , text = "" },
+	{ name = "Desktop/"    , text = "" },
+	{ name = "Development/", text = "" },
+	{ name = "Documents/"  , text = "" },
+	{ name = "Downloads/"  , text = "" },
+	{ name = "Library/"    , text = "" },
+	{ name = "Movies/"     , text = "" },
+	{ name = "Music/"      , text = "" },
+	{ name = "Pictures/"   , text = "" },
+	{ name = "Public/"     , text = "" },
+	{ name = "Videos/"     , text = "" },
+
+	# Default
+	{ name = "*" , text = "" },
+	{ name = "*/", text = "" },
+]
 
 # : }}}
diff --git a/yazi-config/src/theme/icon.rs b/yazi-config/src/theme/icon.rs
index c79b0ae8..17c5a99d 100644
--- a/yazi-config/src/theme/icon.rs
+++ b/yazi-config/src/theme/icon.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
-use std::fmt;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer};
 
-use serde::{de::{self, Visitor}, Deserializer};
+use super::Style;
+use crate::{theme::{Color, StyleShadow}, Pattern};
 
-use crate::Pattern;
-
-#[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Icon {
-	pub name:    Pattern,
-	pub display: String,
+	pub name:  Pattern,
+	pub text:  String,
+	pub style: Style,
 }
 
 impl Icon {
@@ -15,31 +14,28 @@ impl Icon {
 	where
 		D: Deserializer<'de>,
 	{
-		struct IconVisitor;
+		#[derive(Deserialize)]
+		struct IconOuter {
+			rules: Vec<IconRule>,
+		}
+		#[derive(Deserialize)]
+		struct IconRule {
+			name: Pattern,
+			text: String,
 
-		impl<'de> Visitor<'de> for IconVisitor {
-			type Value = Vec<Icon>;
-
-			fn expecting(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
-				formatter.write_str("a icon rule, e.g. \"*.md\"  = \"\"")
-			}
-
-			fn visit_map<A>(self, mut map: A) -> Result<Self::Value, A::Error>
-			where
-				A: de::MapAccess<'de>,
-			{
-				let mut icons = vec![];
-				while let Some((key, value)) = &map.next_entry::<String, String>()? {
-					icons.push(Icon {
-						name:    Pattern::try_from(key.clone())
-							.map_err(|e| de::Error::custom(e.to_string()))?,
-						display: value.clone(),
-					});
-				}
-				Ok(icons)
-			}
+			fg: Option<Color>,
 		}
 
-		deserializer.deserialize_map(IconVisitor)
+		Ok(
+			IconOuter::deserialize(deserializer)?
+				.rules
+				.into_iter()
+				.map(|r| Icon {
+					name:  r.name,
+					text:  r.text,
+					style: StyleShadow { fg: r.fg, ..Default::default() }.into(),
+				})
+				.collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+		)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/yazi-config/src/theme/style.rs b/yazi-config/src/theme/style.rs
index 8ac3542b..39e0a069 100644
--- a/yazi-config/src/theme/style.rs
+++ b/yazi-config/src/theme/style.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ impl From<Style> for ratatui::style::Style {
 	}
 }
 
-#[derive(Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Default, Deserialize)]
 pub(super) struct StyleShadow {
 	#[serde(default)]
 	pub(super) fg:          Option<Color>,
diff --git a/yazi-config/src/theme/theme.rs b/yazi-config/src/theme/theme.rs
index d58796eb..f7b58c6f 100644
--- a/yazi-config/src/theme/theme.rs
+++ b/yazi-config/src/theme/theme.rs
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ pub struct Theme {
 	// File-specific styles
 	#[serde(rename = "filetype", deserialize_with = "Filetype::deserialize", skip_serializing)]
 	pub filetypes: Vec<Filetype>,
-	#[serde(deserialize_with = "Icon::deserialize", skip_serializing)]
+	#[serde(rename = "icon", deserialize_with = "Icon::deserialize", skip_serializing)]
 	pub icons:     Vec<Icon>,
 }
 
diff --git a/yazi-fm/src/lives/folder.rs b/yazi-fm/src/lives/folder.rs
index 5f27635c..d9c6531f 100644
--- a/yazi-fm/src/lives/folder.rs
+++ b/yazi-fm/src/lives/folder.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use mlua::{AnyUserData, IntoLua, Lua, MetaMethod, UserDataFields, UserDataMethods, Value};
 use yazi_config::{LAYOUT, THEME};
-use yazi_plugin::{bindings::{Cast, File, Range, Url}, elements::Style};
+use yazi_plugin::{bindings::{Cast, File, Icon, Range, Url}, elements::Style};
 use yazi_shared::MIME_DIR;
 
 use super::{CtxRef, FolderRef};
@@ -69,14 +69,13 @@ impl<'a, 'b> Folder<'a, 'b> {
 				p.next_back();
 				Some(lua.create_string(p.as_path().as_os_str().as_encoded_bytes())).transpose()
 			});
-			reg.add_method("icon", |_, me, ()| {
-				Ok(
-					THEME
-						.icons
-						.iter()
-						.find(|&x| x.name.match_path(&me.url, me.is_dir()))
-						.map(|x| x.display.to_string()),
-				)
+			reg.add_method("icon", |lua, me, ()| {
+				THEME
+					.icons
+					.iter()
+					.find(|&x| x.name.match_path(&me.url, me.is_dir()))
+					.map(|x| Icon::cast(lua, x))
+					.transpose()
 			});
 			reg.add_function("style", |lua, me: AnyUserData| {
 				let cx = lua.named_registry_value::<CtxRef>("cx")?;
diff --git a/yazi-fm/src/lives/lives.rs b/yazi-fm/src/lives/lives.rs
index ba903853..d7765d16 100644
--- a/yazi-fm/src/lives/lives.rs
+++ b/yazi-fm/src/lives/lives.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ pub(crate) struct Lives;
 impl Lives {
 	pub(crate) fn register() -> mlua::Result<()> {
 		yazi_plugin::bindings::Cha::register(&LUA)?;
+		yazi_plugin::bindings::Icon::register(&LUA)?;
 		yazi_plugin::bindings::Url::register(&LUA)?;
 
 		super::Active::register(&LUA)?;
diff --git a/yazi-plugin/preset/components/folder.lua b/yazi-plugin/preset/components/folder.lua
index 6ed99fcc..dc6b604a 100644
--- a/yazi-plugin/preset/components/folder.lua
+++ b/yazi-plugin/preset/components/folder.lua
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ function Folder:by_kind(kind)
 	end
 end
 
-function Folder:icon(file) return ui.Span(" " .. file:icon() .. " ") end
+function Folder:icon(file)
+	local icon = file:icon()
+	return icon and ui.Span(" " .. icon.text .. " "):style(icon.style) or ui.Span("")
+end
 
 function Folder:highlighted_name(file)
 	-- Complete prefix when searching across directories
diff --git a/yazi-plugin/src/bindings/icon.rs b/yazi-plugin/src/bindings/icon.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..85674ff0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/yazi-plugin/src/bindings/icon.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+use mlua::{AnyUserData, Lua, UserDataFields};
+
+use super::Cast;
+use crate::elements::Style;
+
+pub struct Icon;
+
+impl Icon {
+	pub fn register(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<()> {
+		lua.register_userdata_type::<&yazi_config::theme::Icon>(|reg| {
+			reg.add_field_method_get("text", |lua, me| lua.create_string(&me.text));
+			reg.add_field_method_get("style", |_, me| Ok(Style::from(me.style)));
+		})?;
+
+		Ok(())
+	}
+}
+
+impl Cast<&'static yazi_config::theme::Icon> for Icon {
+	fn cast<'lua>(
+		lua: &'lua Lua,
+		data: &'static yazi_config::theme::Icon,
+	) -> mlua::Result<AnyUserData<'lua>> {
+		lua.create_any_userdata(data)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/yazi-plugin/src/bindings/mod.rs b/yazi-plugin/src/bindings/mod.rs
index 87b62e37..48adf297 100644
--- a/yazi-plugin/src/bindings/mod.rs
+++ b/yazi-plugin/src/bindings/mod.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 mod bindings;
 mod cha;
 mod file;
+mod icon;
 mod range;
 mod url;
 mod window;
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ mod window;
 pub use bindings::*;
 pub use cha::*;
 pub use file::*;
+pub use icon::*;
 pub use range::*;
 pub use url::*;
 pub use window::*;