Make the add-to-calendar button more prominent in the Event UI

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While messing around with that context menu, I do wonder if the Add to calendar would be better placed directly on the card.

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All the other things in that menu are quite admin-ey, but Add to calendar is an all-users thing that would do well to be more prominent in the UI.

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In events posts I place the “add to calendar” option in an obvious spot; you may add this to the theme javascript header reachable from the admin appearance menu :

<script>
(() => {
    const eventInfoSelector = ".event-header .event-info";
    const submenuButtonSelector = "button.fk-d-menu__trigger.discourse-post-event-more-menu-trigger";
    const menuContentSelector = ".fk-d-menu__inner-content";
    const addToCalendarSelector = "li.add-to-calendar > button";

    // Add inline CSS to keep text and icon black on hover
    const style = document.createElement("style");
    style.innerHTML = `
    .btn.btn-icon-text.custom-add-to-calendar-btn,
    .btn.btn-icon-text.custom-add-to-calendar-btn:hover {
        color: black !important;
    }
    .btn.btn-icon-text.custom-add-to-calendar-btn svg,
    .btn.btn-icon-text.custom-add-to-calendar-btn:hover svg {
        fill: black !important;
    }
    `;
    document.head.appendChild(style);

    // Helper to wait for an element in the DOM
    const waitForElement = (selector, timeout = 3000) => {
        return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
            const el = document.querySelector(selector);
            if (el) return resolve(el);

            const observer = new MutationObserver(() => {
                const found = document.querySelector(selector);
                if (found) {
                    observer.disconnect();
                    resolve(found);
                }
            });
            observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });
            setTimeout(() => {
                observer.disconnect();
                reject();
            }, timeout);
        });
    };

    const createAddToCalendarButton = async () => {
        const eventInfo = document.querySelector(eventInfoSelector);
        if (!eventInfo || eventInfo.querySelector(".custom-add-to-calendar-btn")) return;

        const button = document.createElement("button");
        button.className = "btn btn-icon-text custom-add-to-calendar-btn";
        button.title = "Add to calendar";
        button.innerHTML = `
            <svg class="fa d-icon d-icon-file svg-icon" aria-hidden="true" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
                <use href="#file"></use>
            </svg>
            <span class="d-button-label">Add to calendar</span>
        `;

        // Inline styles for left alignment
        button.style.display = "inline-flex";
        button.style.justifyContent = "flex-start";
        button.style.marginLeft = "0";
        button.style.marginBottom = "4px";
        button.style.backgroundColor = "#f0f0f0";
        button.style.borderRadius = "6px";
        button.style.transition = "transform 0.2s";
        button.style.cursor = "pointer";

        // Click logic: open menu and trigger original Add to Calendar
        button.addEventListener("click", async () => {
            const submenuButton = document.querySelector(submenuButtonSelector);
            if (!submenuButton) return;
            submenuButton.click(); // open menu

            let menuContent;
            try {
                menuContent = await waitForElement(menuContentSelector, 2000);
            } catch {
                return;
            }

            const originalButton = menuContent.querySelector(addToCalendarSelector);
            originalButton?.click();
        });

        // Insert into event-info
        if (eventInfo.firstElementChild) {
            eventInfo.insertBefore(button, eventInfo.firstElementChild.nextSibling);
        } else {
            eventInfo.appendChild(button);
        }
    };

    // Observe DOM changes (Ember-safe)
    const observer = new MutationObserver(() => createAddToCalendarButton());
    observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });

    // Initial attempt
    createAddToCalendarButton();
})();
</script>