Pagination
Documentation and examples for showing pagination to indicate a series of related content exists across multiple pages.
Basic example
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"
.
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.
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.