CSS Pagination Examples

Learn how to create a responsive pagination using CSS.

Simple Pagination
If you have a website with lots of pages, you may wish to add some sort of pagination to each page:



Example

.pagination {
    display: inline-block;
}
.pagination a {
    color: black;
    float: left;
    padding: 8px 16px;
    text-decoration: none;
}

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Active and Hoverable Pagination



Highlight the current page with an .active class, and use the :hover selector to change the color of each page link when moving the mouse over them:

Example

.pagination a.active {
    background-color: #4CAF50;
    color: white;
}
.pagination a:hover:not(.active) {background-color: #ddd;}

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Rounded Active and Hoverable Buttons



Add the border-radius property if you want a rounded "active" and "hover" button:

Example

.pagination a {
    border-radius: 5px;
}
.pagination a.active {
    border-radius: 5px;
}

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More Examples

• Hoverable Transition Effect: Add the transition property to the page links to create a transition effect on hover:

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• Bordered Pagination:Use the border property to add borders to the pagination:

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• Rounded Borders: Tip: Add rounded borders to your first and last link in the pagination:

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• Space Between Links: Tip: Add the margin property if you do not want to group the page links:

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• Pagination Size: Change the size of the pagination with the font-size property:

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• Centered Pagination: To center the pagination, wrap a container element (like <div>) around it with text-align:center

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Breadcrumbs



Another variation of pagination is so-called "breadcrumbs":

Example

ul.breadcrumb {
    padding: 8px 16px;
    list-style: none;
    background-color: #eee;
}
ul.breadcrumb li {display: inline;}
ul.breadcrumb li+li:before {
    padding: 8px;
    color: black;
    content: "/\00a0";
}

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