In this quick episode, we look at how to customize the 'Previous' and 'Next' labels in Laravel's pagination controls. By default, these labels include arrows, but maybe you want to switch them out or remove the arrows altogether to achieve a cleaner look.
We learn that Laravel keeps these label values in its language files, but those files aren't immediately available in your project. To access and edit them, you need to use the artisan lang:publish command, which copies the language files over to your project's lang directory.
From there, we pop open the pagination.php file, track down the 'previous' and 'next' values, and edit them as needed—removing things like arrow entities or updating the wording. This gives you full control over how your pagination navigation looks, and it's a great intro into working with Laravel's localization features!