Change the text will_paginate renders

Question

How can change the text that will_paginate shows?

Right now, it renders Previous ... Next. I need to put that in french Précédent ... Suivant. I checked on google and got this link : http://thewebfellas.com/blog/2010/8/22/revisited-roll-your-own-pagination-links-with-will_paginate-and-rails-3

However, I was wondering if there was an easier way.

Answer 1

You can override the default of Previous and Next this way:

<%= will_paginate @posts, :previous_label => 'Précédent', :next_label => 'Suivant' %>

Note: :previous_label was called :prev_label in versions 2.3.2 and older

Answer 2

So you have to ensure that the following is in place:

• Your locale is set to french. This normally depends on the browser your are using. Chrome e.g. uses the locale of the operating system. I have set in application.rb the default locale (german for me): config.i18n.default_locale = :de

• The directory config/locales contains a file fr.yml with the following content (there could be more customization):

  views:
    pagination:
      first: "F"
      previous: "« Prev"
      next: "Next »"
      last: "L"
      truncate: "..."
  

This works for me in the current version of Rails 3.2.2 with gem 'will_paginate', '>= 3.0'.