Feature Request: Selective Icon Assignment for Option Menu

[cptbmate]

Hi,

I would like to request an enhancement to the streamlit-option-menu component that would allow for more flexible icon assignment. Specifically, I would like to see the following features:

Selective Icon Assignment: The ability to assign icons to only specific options within the menu. Currently, the icons list must match the length of the options list, and providing empty strings or None still results in default icons being displayed.

No Icon Option: An option to specify that no icon should be displayed for certain menu items. This could be implemented by allowing a specific value (e.g., None or an empty string) in the icons list to explicitly indicate that no icon should be shown for that particular item.

Example Use Case:
I have a menu where I want to display an icon only next to the "SEARCH" option and no icons next to other options. Here’s a simplified version of the menu configuration:

selector = option_menu(
    None, 
    ["SEARCH", "ALL", "5Y", "1Y", "YTD"], 
    icons=['search', None, None, None, None], 
    menu_icon=None,  
    default_index=0, 
    orientation="horizontal",
)

Thank you!

[CHerSun]

Away from my pc now - can't check for sure, but as far as I remember any nonexistent name gives you no icon, like "-"

[cptbmate]

Away from my pc now - can't check for sure, but as far as I remember any nonexistent name gives you no icon, like "-"

Thank you!