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".
<nav aria-label="Page navigation example">
<ul class="pagination">
<li class="page-item">
<a class="page-link" href="#">Previous</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="#">Next</a>
</li>
</ul>
</nav>
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 the
.sr-only utility.
<nav aria-label="Page navigation example">
<ul class="pagination">
<li class="page-item">
<a class="page-link" href="#" aria-label="Previous">
<span aria-hidden="true">«</span>
<span class="sr-only">Previous</span>
</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="#" aria-label="Next">
<span aria-hidden="true">»</span>
<span class="sr-only">Next</span>
</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="...">
<ul class="pagination">
<li class="page-item disabled">
<a class="page-link" href="#" tabindex="-1">Previous</a>
</li>
<li class="page-item">
<a class="page-link" href="#">1</a>
</li>
<li class="page-item active">
<a class="page-link" href="#">2
<span class="sr-only">(current)</span>
</a>
</li>
<li class="page-item">
<a class="page-link" href="#">3</a>
</li>
<li class="page-item">
<a class="page-link" href="#">Next</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.
<nav aria-label="...">
<ul class="pagination">
<li class="page-item disabled">
<span class="page-link">Previous</span>
</li>
<li class="page-item">
<a class="page-link" href="#">1</a>
</li>
<li class="page-item active">
<span class="page-link">
2
<span class="sr-only">(current)</span>
</span>
</li>
<li class="page-item">
<a class="page-link" href="#">3</a>
</li>
<li class="page-item">
<a class="page-link" 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 disabled">
<a class="page-link" href="#" tabindex="-1">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-sm">
<li class="page-item disabled">
<a class="page-link" href="#" tabindex="-1">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 disabled">
<a class="page-link" href="#" tabindex="-1">Previous</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="#">Next</a>
</li>
</ul>
</nav>
<nav aria-label="Page navigation example">
<ul class="pagination justify-content-end">
<li class="page-item disabled">
<a class="page-link" href="#" tabindex="-1">Previous</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="#">Next</a>
</li>
</ul>
</nav>