Text link and/or customize floating image

Sorry. This sat here far longer than it should have, and you asked a fair question. Both are yes, in the next release. I built them after reading this.

There’s a no-code path and a code path, whichever suits you.

From the settings screen (Settings → Widewalk → “The launcher”):

• Your own image: paste an image address into “Your own button image.” It replaces the default icon on the corner button.
• Drop the floating button: choose “Open from a link.” The corner button goes away.
• Open it from your footer: give any link or button the class widewalk-open, or the attribute data-widewalk-open. For example: Accessibility options That works anywhere in your markup, footer included. If you want to point at some other element, there’s a field for your own CSS selector in the same panel.

If you would rather do it in code:

• Your own icon: add_filter( ‘widewalk_launcher_icon’, function () { return ‘…’; } );
• Drop the floating button: add_filter( ‘widewalk_hide_launcher’, ‘__return_true’ );
• There is a small script API as well: Widewalk.open(), Widewalk.close(), Widewalk.toggle() and Widewalk.isOpen().

Two details worth knowing. Your trigger’s aria-expanded stays in step, and focus returns to it when the panel closes, so keyboard and screen reader users get a clean path in and out. And when the floating button is hidden, it is not removed outright. It stays as a single focusable pixel that reappears when focused, so if a trigger ever goes missing from a template, keyboard and screen reader people can still reach the panel.

Thanks for the nudge on this one.