set multipage app emoji in st.page_config not filename

Currently, for multipage apps, you have to put the emoji in the filename of the individual pages

For instance from your example:

01_🎈_main_page.py pages/02_❄️_page2.py pages/03_🎉_page3.py

I don’t quite like having to put emojis in filenames especially when you allow for a config method in the code itself.

Perhaps having something like st.page_config(sidebar_icon=)?

Thanks.

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[chaberkern]

Hi @jrieke sorry for the late response (holiday weekend and all). Agreed with @zachschillaci27 regarding PEP 8 guidelines but a couple other things:

If I’m developing locally and want to to do streamlit run my_multipage_app.py it is easy to just type out my_multipage_app.py. But if I have to type out streamlit run 👍_My_Multipage_App.py it is just difficult (I either need to copy the filename itself, list all the files in my directory and copy-paste, or go copy 👍 elsewhere). Cosmetic choices like 👍 and where letters are capitalized should go in the code itself.

Furthermore, if I have to reference my_multipage_app.py anywhere in other code, and I want to change the emoji for some reason, I have to go track down every instance of my_multipage_app.py which might be difficult. One cosmetic change about the app shouldn’t cause me to have to change any references to the app itself.

I really love the multipage app functionality - it’s a HUGE improvement to Streamlit and it’s fantastic - but I do think these cosmetic changes should be included in the st.set_page_config() call.

[ac30000]

Hi, just wanted to check in on this to see if this was on the development pipeline, and if so, what the likely timeline was?

emojis within the filename causes me many issues, would be good for planning purposes to understand if this implementation for multipage icons was likely to be changed.

Thanks