Horizontal expand / collapse icons

Question

I have a webpage with a narrow panel on the left hand side, about 33% of the page width, it contains blocks of text.

At the moment, I have a standard HTML button which expands the panel to fill the screen, and clicking the same button again, collapses it.

I want to swap this button out for a set of expand / collapse icons.

Is there a very commonly used set of horizontal expand / collapse icons?

Yes, it is known as the burger menu : css-tricks.com/three-line-menu-navicon — shash7, Mar 16, 2015 at 10:35
@shash7 that's really more for opening a drop down isn't it? — Daft, Mar 16, 2015 at 10:39
Nope, search on google images for sliding menu and you will get the idea — shash7, Mar 16, 2015 at 10:44
Just large < and > keyboard symbols. Optionally with a circle around them. Or a mathematical angle bracket 〈〉from unicode. — paparazzo, Mar 17, 2015 at 11:47

Madhur · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-16 11:35:03Z

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You can also use Arrow-Left / Arrow- Right Icons, which usually indicates the sliding of a section towards the direction, they are pointing.

for e.g.

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answered Mar 16, 2015 at 11:35

Madhur

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