Change Arrow on Previous/Next links on the month view

Howdy Leanda,

That is definitely possible. Checkout our Themer’s Guide for a nice walkthrough on how to make changes like this.

Cheers!

– Brook

Hi Brook

Thanks for your reply, sorry I’m a bit late. It would seem that I have to create a filter in my functions.php file to override the arrow type, filters are not my strong point.

I’m using this code snippet that I found elsewhere in the forum, which gets me where I need to be, but actually it’s too complex. I’d rather keep the default behaviour rather than have it continuously scroll though months when there are no events.

Is there a simpler way to filter the tribe_events_the_next_month_link without loosing the default behaviour?

Thanks

/**
 * Allows visitors to page forward/backwards in any direction within month view
 * an "infinite" number of times (ie, outwith the populated range of months).
 */
class MonthViewPagination {
	public function __construct() {
		add_filter( 'tribe_events_the_next_month_link', array( $this, 'next_month' ) );
		add_filter( 'tribe_events_the_previous_month_link', array( $this, 'previous_month' ) );
	}

	public function next_month() {
		$url = tribe_get_next_month_link();
		$text = tribe_get_next_month_text();
		$date = TribeEvents::instance()->nextMonth( tribe_get_month_view_date() );
		return '<a data-month="' . $date . '" href="' . $url . '" rel="next">' . $text . ' <span>&rarr;</span></a>';
	}

	public function previous_month() {
		$url = tribe_get_previous_month_link();
		$text = tribe_get_previous_month_text();
		$date = TribeEvents::instance()->previousMonth( tribe_get_month_view_date() );
		return '<a data-month="' . $date . '" href="' . $url . '" rel="prev"><span>&larr;</span> ' . $text . ' </a>';
	}
}

new MonthViewPagination;

Howdy leanda,

That is some solid code! Thanks for sharing it.

I apologize, I am now realizing that the Themer’s Guide was not a big help in your scenario. That text is generated by functions not within a theme.

Your code is solid. You could alternatively do a str_replace() on that filter instead, and swap out » for →. But, even if this is simpler your way is more elegant. If I were you I would stick with what you’ve got.

Cheers!
– Brook