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name: "Library/LogeshG5/JournalNavigationWidget"
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# Journal Navigation Widget

Navigate Weekly/Daily Journals

⬅️ Previous | 📅 Journal/Week/2025-09-08 | Next ➡️

```space-lua
Journal = Journal or {}

local journalPath = "Journal/Week/"
local navigateDuration = 7 * 24 * 60 * 60 -- a week

-- local journalPath = "Journal/Daily/"
-- local navigateDuration = 24 * 60 * 60 -- a day

function todayPlus(days)
  local now = os.time()
  local future = now + (days * 24 * 60 * 60) -- 5 days in seconds
  local futureDate = os.date("%Y-%m-%d", future)
  return futureDate
end

function Journal.navigateWidget(currentJournal)
  -- currentJournal should be in the format "path/year-month-day"
  local path, year, month, day = string.match(currentJournal, "(.+/)(%d+)%-(%d+)%-(%d+)")

  if not (path and year and month and day) then
      print("Invalid date format: " .. tostring(currentJournal))
      return "Invalid date format: " .. tostring(path) .. tostring(year) .. tostring(month) .. tostring(day)
  end

  local date = os.time({year = tonumber(year), month = tonumber(month), day = tonumber(day)})

  local prevWeek = os.date("%Y-%m-%d", date - navigateDuration)
  local nextWeek = os.date("%Y-%m-%d", date + navigateDuration)

  local prevWeekLink = path .. prevWeek
  local nextWeekLink = path .. nextWeek

  local link = "[[" .. prevWeekLink .. "|⬅️ Previous]] | [[" .. tostring(currentJournal) .."|📅 " .. tostring(currentJournal) .. "]] |[[" .. nextWeekLink .. "| Next ➡️]]"
  return link
end

function Journal.taskDashboard()
  local important_tasks = query[[from index.tag "task"
                                    where done == false and priority order by priority]]
  local urgent_tasks = query[[from index.tag "task"
                                    where done == false and deadline and deadline <= todayPlus(5)
                                    order by priority]]

  local tasks = ""
  if #important_tasks > 0 then
    tasks = tasks .. "\n### Important\n"
    tasks = tasks .. template.each(important_tasks, templates.taskItem)
  end
 
  if #urgent_tasks > 0 then
    tasks = tasks .. "### Urgent\n"
    tasks = tasks .. template.each(urgent_tasks, templates.taskItem)
  end

  if #important_tasks > 0 or #urgent_tasks > 0 then
    return tasks
  else
    return ""
  end
end

event.listen {
  name = "hooks:renderTopWidgets", -- or hooks:renderBottomWidgets
  run = function(e)
    if not editor.getCurrentPage().startsWith(journalPath) then
        return
    end
    return widget.html ( 
      dom.div {
        class = "top-widget",
        Journal.navigateWidget(editor.getCurrentPage()),
        Journal.taskDashboard(),
      }
    )
  end
}
```