From 5dfc3ac6745137c878e4aefd1108e844851f5b3b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Carsten Brandt <mail@cebe.cc>
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2015 14:35:49 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Allow customization of the dropdown caret

This can be useful when another iconset is used for example.
---
 CHANGELOG.md |  1 +
 Nav.php      | 13 ++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1968bd6..3532d7a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Yii Framework 2 bootstrap extension Change Log
 
 - Bug #5984: `yii\bootstrap\Activefield::checkbox()` caused browser to link label to the wrong input (cebe)
 - Enh #7633: Added `ActionColumn::$buttonOptions` for defining HTML options to be added to the default buttons (cebe)
+- Enh: Added `Nav::$dropDownCaret` to allow customization of the dropdown caret symbol (cebe)
 
 
 2.0.3 March 01, 2015
diff --git a/Nav.php b/Nav.php
index e5d132f..498d86c 100644
--- a/Nav.php
+++ b/Nav.php
@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@ class Nav extends Widget
      * @see isItemActive
      */
     public $params;
+    /**
+     * @var string this property allows you to customize the HTML which is used to generate the drop down caret symbol,
+     * which is displayed next to the button text to indicate the drop down functionality.
+     * Defaults to `null` which means `<b class="caret"></b>` will be used. To disable the caret, set this property to be an empty string.
+     */
+    public $dropDownCaret;
 
 
     /**
@@ -107,6 +113,9 @@ class Nav extends Widget
         if ($this->params === null) {
             $this->params = Yii::$app->request->getQueryParams();
         }
+        if ($this->dropDownCaret === null) {
+            $this->dropDownCaret = Html::tag('b', '', ['class' => 'caret']);
+        }
         Html::addCssClass($this->options, 'nav');
     }
 
@@ -166,7 +175,9 @@ class Nav extends Widget
             $linkOptions['data-toggle'] = 'dropdown';
             Html::addCssClass($options, 'dropdown');
             Html::addCssClass($linkOptions, 'dropdown-toggle');
-            $label .= ' ' . Html::tag('b', '', ['class' => 'caret']);
+            if ($this->dropDownCaret !== '') {
+                $label .= ' ' . $this->dropDownCaret;
+            }
             if (is_array($items)) {
                 if ($this->activateItems) {
                     $items = $this->isChildActive($items, $active);