Is it possible to add some helpful explanatory text to the download icon? Something like "Download Results." Or, is it possible to use a different image other than icon? (I could then obviously insert the text there).

Thanks for help.

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betoaveiga’s picture

betoaveiga
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Location Daule, Guayas
commented

I was looking at this module and I saw your question...

I think that what you are trying to do is also possible using CSS.

The idea behind it is that you can show a graphic that includes this text and also hide whatever you want and get the right presentation... By the way, I think JQuery can do it even better.

The key in both approaches is using selectors in a smart way.

Hope that helps :)

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wisniewski commented

I agree that it will be very useful to add a field in Views to add some simple text next to the icon.

CSS is not possible here. I use 4 XLS feeds and it is hard to make difference between them.

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nicl commented

Ideally, the module would support Views header and footer text - these could be used as the explanatory notes?

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fullrobust commented
Version: 6.x-1.1-beta1 » 7.x-1.0

This could be really helpful, does anybody have a solution to this?

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myselfhimself commented
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Hello here is a quick patch for this for D7 version.
It echoes Export [name of the view] alongside the Excel download icon.
It also wraps icon's img alt and title with localization t().
Take care

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aaron1234nz commented

CSS can also be used to append some text:

.feed-icon a:after {
  content: " Download to Excel";
  margin: 0;
}

I think the better approach long term would be to add some configurable text to the display handler settings screen.