Pagination
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"
.
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">
<a class="btn btn-light text-primary" href="#">Previous</a>
</li>
<li class="page-item active"><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="#">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="#">7</a></li>
<li class="page-item"><a class="page-link" href="#">8</a></li>
<li class="page-item"><a class="page-link" href="#">...</a></li>
<li class="page-item"><a class="page-link" href="#">10</a></li>
<li class="page-item">
<a class="btn btn-light text-primary" href="#">Next</a>
</li>
</ul>
</nav>
Sizing
Fancy larger or smaller pagination? Add .pagination-lg
or .pagination-sm
for additional sizes.
<nav aria-label="...">
<ul class="pagination pagination-lg">
<li class="page-item active"><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>
</ul>
</nav>
<nav aria-label="...">
<ul class="pagination pagination-lg">
<li class="page-item active"><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>
</ul>
</nav>
Alignment
Change the alignment of pagination components with flexbox utilities
<nav aria-label="Page navigation example">
<ul class="pagination justify-content-center">
<li class="page-item active"><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>
</ul>
</nav>
<nav aria-label="Page navigation example">
<ul class="pagination justify-content-end">
<li class="page-item active"><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>
</ul>
</nav>