Pagination
Documentation and examples for showing pagination to indicate a series of related content exists across multiple pages.
Overview#
We use a large block of connected links for our pagination, making links hard to miss and easily scalable—all while providing large hit areas. Pagination is built with list HTML elements so screen readers can announce the number of available links. Use a wrapping <nav> element to identify it as a navigation section to screen readers and other assistive technologies.
In addition, as pages likely have more than one such navigation section, it's advisable to provide a descriptive aria-label for the <nav> to reflect its purpose. For example, if the pagination component is used to navigate between a set of search results, an appropriate label could be aria-label="Search results pages".
Working with icons#
Looking to use an icon or symbol in place of text for some pagination links? Be sure to provide proper screen reader support with aria attributes and use a proper title tag for svg-icons.
<nav aria-label="Page navigation example">
<ul class="pagination ">
<li class="page-item ">
<a class="page-link" href="#">
<svg class="icon btn-icon icon-2" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" role="img"
focusable="false">
<title>Previous</title>
<use xlink:href="../../.././_assets/images/icon__sprite.svg#arrow-left">
</use>
</svg>
</a>
</li>
<li class="page-item ">
<a class="page-link" href="#">1</a>
</li>
<li class="page-item ">
<a class="page-link" href="#">2</a>
</li>
<li class="page-item ">
<a class="page-link" href="#">3</a>
</li>
<li class="page-item ">
<a class="page-link" href="#">
<svg class="icon btn-icon icon-2" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" role="img"
focusable="false">
<title>Next</title>
<use xlink:href="../../.././_assets/images/icon__sprite.svg#arrow-right">
</use>
</svg>
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</nav>Different variants#
You can also show paginations with more or less than five items. For example you can only show the arrow-items or add more than three page-links.
<nav aria-label="Page navigation example">
<ul class="pagination ">
<li class="page-item ">
<a class="page-link" href="#">
<svg class="icon btn-icon icon-2" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" role="img"
focusable="false">
<title>Previous</title>
<use xlink:href="../../.././_assets/images/icon__sprite.svg#arrow-left">
</use>
</svg>
</a>
</li>
<li class="page-item ">
<a class="page-link" href="#">
<svg class="icon btn-icon icon-2" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" role="img"
focusable="false">
<title>Next</title>
<use xlink:href="../../.././_assets/images/icon__sprite.svg#arrow-right">
</use>
</svg>
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</nav>
<nav aria-label="Page navigation example">
<ul class="pagination ">
<li class="page-item disabled">
<a class="page-link" href="#" tabindex="-1" aria-disabled="true">
<svg class="icon btn-icon icon-2" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" role="img"
focusable="false">
<title>Previous</title>
<use xlink:href="../../.././_assets/images/icon__sprite.svg#arrow-left">
</use>
</svg>
</a>
</li>
<li class="page-item active" aria-current="page">
<span class="page-link">1</span>
</li>
<li class="page-item ">
<a class="page-link" href="#">2</a>
</li>
<li class="page-item ">
<a class="page-link" href="#">
<svg class="icon btn-icon icon-2" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" role="img"
focusable="false">
<title>Next</title>
<use xlink:href="../../.././_assets/images/icon__sprite.svg#arrow-right">
</use>
</svg>
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</nav>
<nav aria-label="Page navigation example">
<ul class="pagination ">
<li class="page-item disabled">
<a class="page-link" href="#" tabindex="-1" aria-disabled="true">
<svg class="icon btn-icon icon-2" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" role="img"
focusable="false">
<title>Previous</title>
<use xlink:href="../../.././_assets/images/icon__sprite.svg#arrow-left">
</use>
</svg>
</a>
</li>
<li class="page-item active" aria-current="page">
<span class="page-link">1</span>
</li>
<li class="page-item ">
<a class="page-link" href="#">2</a>
</li>
<li class="page-item ">
<a class="page-link" href="#">3</a>
</li>
<li class="page-item ">
<a class="page-link" href="#">4</a>
</li>
<li class="page-item ">
<a class="page-link" href="#">5</a>
</li>
<li class="page-item ">
<a class="page-link" href="#">6</a>
</li>
<li class="page-item ">
<a class="page-link" href="#">
<svg class="icon btn-icon icon-2" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" role="img"
focusable="false">
<title>Next</title>
<use xlink:href="../../.././_assets/images/icon__sprite.svg#arrow-right">
</use>
</svg>
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</nav>
<nav aria-label="Page navigation example">
<ul class="pagination ">
<li class="page-item disabled">
<a class="page-link" href="#" tabindex="-1" aria-disabled="true">
<svg class="icon btn-icon icon-2" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" role="img"
focusable="false">
<title>Previous</title>
<use xlink:href="../../.././_assets/images/icon__sprite.svg#arrow-left">
</use>
</svg>
</a>
</li>
<li class="page-item active" aria-current="page">
<span class="page-link">1</span>
</li>
<li class="page-item ">
<a class="page-link" href="#">2</a>
</li>
<li class="page-item ">
<span class="page-link">…</span>
</li>
<li class="page-item ">
<a class="page-link" href="#">999</a>
</li>
<li class="page-item ">
<a class="page-link" href="#">
<svg class="icon btn-icon icon-2" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" role="img"
focusable="false">
<title>Next</title>
<use xlink:href="../../.././_assets/images/icon__sprite.svg#arrow-right">
</use>
</svg>
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</nav>Disabled and active states#
Pagination links are customizable for different circumstances. Use .disabled for links that appear un-clickable and .active to indicate the current page.
While the .disabled class uses pointer-events: none to try to disable the link functionality of <a>s, that CSS property is not yet standardized and doesn't account for keyboard navigation. As such, you should always add tabindex="-1" on disabled links and use custom JavaScript to fully disable their functionality.
<nav aria-label="Page navigation example">
<ul class="pagination ">
<li class="page-item disabled">
<a class="page-link" href="#" disabled tabindex="-1" aria-disabled="true">
<svg class="icon btn-icon icon-2" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" role="img"
focusable="false">
<title>Previous</title>
<use xlink:href="../../.././_assets/images/icon__sprite.svg#arrow-left">
</use>
</svg>
</a>
</li>
<li class="page-item ">
<a class="page-link" href="#">1</a>
</li>
<li class="page-item active">
<a class="page-link" href="#" aria-current="page">2</a>
</li>
<li class="page-item ">
<a class="page-link" href="#">3</a>
</li>
<li class="page-item ">
<a class="page-link" href="#">
<svg class="icon btn-icon icon-2" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" role="img"
focusable="false">
<title>Next</title>
<use xlink:href="../../.././_assets/images/icon__sprite.svg#arrow-right">
</use>
</svg>
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</nav>You can optionally swap out active or disabled anchors for <span>, or omit the anchor in the case of the prev/next arrows, to remove click functionality and prevent keyboard focus while retaining intended styles.
Pagination with span instead of link for disabled and active states#
<nav aria-label="Page navigation example">
<ul class="pagination ">
<li class="page-item disabled" tabindex="-1" aria-disabled="true">
<span class="page-link">
<svg class="icon btn-icon icon-2" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" role="img"
focusable="false">
<title>Previous</title>
<use xlink:href="../../.././_assets/images/icon__sprite.svg#arrow-left">
</use>
</svg>
</span>
</li>
<li class="page-item ">
<a class="page-link" href="#">1</a>
</li>
<li class="page-item active" aria-current="page">
<span class="page-link">2</span>
</li>
<li class="page-item ">
<a class="page-link" href="#">3</a>
</li>
<li class="page-item ">
<a class="page-link" href="#">
<svg class="icon btn-icon icon-2" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" role="img"
focusable="false">
<title>Next</title>
<use xlink:href="../../.././_assets/images/icon__sprite.svg#arrow-right">
</use>
</svg>
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</nav>Change log#
Changed#
CSS: "Pagination" | Prevent selector "no-qualifying-type"