Colour-Code Event Categories in Calendar Views
Adds a coloured left border to events in The Events Calendar's list, day and month views based on their event category, so visitors can scan the calendar by type.
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Code
$wpide_colors = array( // Event category slug => colour.
'workshops' => '#2271b1',
'concerts' => '#d63638',
'kids' => '#00a32a',
);
add_action( 'wp_head', function () use ( $wpide_colors ) {
if ( ! class_exists( 'Tribe__Events__Main' ) || ! function_exists( 'tribe_is_event_query' ) || ! tribe_is_event_query() ) {
return;
}
$css = '';
foreach ( $wpide_colors as $slug => $color ) {
$slug = sanitize_html_class( $slug );
$color = sanitize_hex_color( $color );
if ( $slug && $color ) {
$css .= sprintf(
'.tribe-events .tribe_events_cat-%1$s,.tribe-events .tribe-events-calendar-month__calendar-event.tribe_events_cat-%1$s{border-inline-start:4px solid %2$s;padding-inline-start:8px}',
$slug,
$color
);
}
}
if ( $css ) {
echo '<style id="wpide-tec-cat-colors">' . $css . '</style>'; // phpcs:ignore WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput -- built from sanitized parts.
}
} );Notes
Map category slugs to colours in $wpide_colors. Uses the category classes TEC adds to each event.
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