Change text for "Continue" button

Question

How do I go about changing out the text on the confirmation page for events so that it says something different? Right now it says "Continue" and we'd like it to say something like "Continue to pay via Paypal". I've been digging through the template files and can't find where I would change that.

Answer 1

You can use the Word Replacement function for this! Here’s a nice tutorial: https://www.cividesk.com/blog/did-you-know-any-word-or-phrase-civicrm-can-be-replaced-another-one

Answer 2

If you're using WordPress, you can write a quick plugin to do this. The following code amends the submit button's text value on the Registration Confirmation form:

add_action( 'civicrm_buildForm', 'my_prefix_alter_form_button', 10, 2 );

/**
 * Amend the Registration Confirmation form submit button value.
 *
 * @param string $formName The name of the form.
 * @param CRM_Core_Form $form The form object.
 */
function my_prefix_alter_form_button( $formName, &$form ) {

    // bail if not the form we want
    if ( $formName != 'CRM_Event_Form_Registration_Confirm' ) return;

    // drill down until we find the submit element and change its value
    foreach( $form->_elements as $element ) {
        if ( isset( $element->_name ) && $element->_name == 'buttons' ) {
            foreach( $element->_elements as $item ) {
                if ( isset( $item->_type ) && $item->_type == 'submit' ) {
                    if ( isset( $item->_attributes ) && $item->_attributes['name'] == '_qf_Confirm_next' ) {
                        $item->_attributes['value'] = __( 'Continue to pay via Paypal', 'my-plugin-slug' );
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

}

You can adapt this methodology to work with Drupal too. You'd have to create a module with an appropriately-named function, but the code inside the function should be identical. Here's the code to add to a Drupal module:

/**
 * Amend the button value.
 *
 * @param string $formName The name of the form.
 * @param CRM_Core_Form $form The form object.
 */
function my_module_prefix_civicrm_buildForm( $formName, &$form ) {

    // bail if not the form we want
    if ( $formName != 'CRM_Event_Form_Registration_Confirm' ) return;

    // drill down until we find the submit element and change its value
    foreach( $form->_elements as $element ) {
        if ( isset( $element->_name ) && $element->_name == 'buttons' ) {
            foreach( $element->_elements as $item ) {
                if ( isset( $item->_type ) && $item->_type == 'submit' ) {
                    if ( isset( $item->_attributes ) && $item->_attributes['name'] == '_qf_Confirm_next' ) {
                        $item->_attributes['value'] = t( 'Continue to pay via Paypal' );
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

}

You need to substitute my_module_prefix with the actual prefix of your module so that the function receives callbacks from the hook.

Answer 3

Try changing the value with Javascript - as in:

document.getElementById("_qf_Confirm_next-top").value="Continue to pay via PayPal";

and something similar (but not the id is different) for the button at the bottom of the page.

Adding JavaScript - since this is a front-facing public Event registration page - I like adding it to the theme js.

Answer 4

This might not be a complete solution, but the text for the button is coded in [civicrm.root]/CRM/Event/Form/Registration/Confirm.php at line 305 in version 4.7.22 (and 4.7.27)

$contribButton = ts('Continue to pay via Paypal');
$this->addButtons(array(
    array(
      'type' => 'back',
      'name' => ts('Go Back'),
    ),
    array(
      'type' => 'next',
      'name' => $contribButton,
      'isDefault' => TRUE,
      'js' => array('onclick' => "return submitOnce(this,'" . $this->_name . "','" . ts('Processing') . "');"),
    ),
  )
);

Replace the first line with

if ($this->_allowWaitlist) {
    $contribButton = ts('Continue');
} else {
    $contribButton = ts('Continue to pay via Paypal');
}

The if statement is needed because the same code is used for confirmation of addition to the wait list.

Caveat is that I haven't checked that there are no effects elsewhere (unlikely as its in something called confirm.php) and that I'm not really a coder so would welcome confirmation that this is right (but it seems to work). But I'm quite proud of getting this far.

If I get the bounty then I can put one on one of my problems!