Update external link icon in header user dropdown

app/assets/stylesheets/framework/header.scss

@@ -539,6 +539,10 @@
         display: block;
       }
     }
+
+    svg {
+      vertical-align: text-top;
+    }
   }
 }
 

app/views/layouts/header/_current_user_dropdown.html.haml

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   %li
     = link_to "https://about.gitlab.com/contributing", target: '_blank', class: 'text-nowrap' do
       = _("Contribute to GitLab")
-      = icon('external-link')
+      = sprite_icon('external-link', size: 16)
   %li.divider
   - if current_user_menu?(:sign_out)
     %li

changelogs/unreleased/update-external-link-icon-in-header-user-dropdown.yml

+---
+title: Update external link icon in header user dropdown
+merge_request: 20150
+author: George Tsiolis
+type: changed