--- title: "How to implement the pagination on the webpage using CSS3?" description: "Here is a simple step-by-step guide to creating a simple, stylish pagination system using HTML and CSS3." author: "Ashutosh Patel" published: 2024-06-12 updated: 2024-06-12 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/blog/304347/how-to-implement-the-pagination-on-the-webpage-using-css3 category: "css-css3" tags: ["css-css3", "css", "paging"] reading_time: 4 minutes --- # How to implement the pagination on the webpage using CSS3? ### Implement Pagination using CSS3 Implementing pages on the web using CSS3 means creating clickable links that allow users to navigate to pages within. Here's a step-by-step guide to creating simple, beautiful page layouts using HTML and CSS3, #### Explanation ## HTML Here is created an HTML [structure](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23258/choose-your-business-structure-wisely) for [pagination](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/265/pagination-in-php) links, ```html ``` ## CSS3 Now, a CSS structure is created for pagination styling ```css body { font-family: Arial, sans-serif; } .pagination { display: inline-block; } .pagination a { color: black; float: left; padding: 8px 16px; text-decoration: none; transition: background-color .3s; border: 1px solid #ddd; margin: 0 4px; } .pagination a.active { background-color: #4CAF50; color: white; border: 1px solid #4CAF50; } .pagination a:hover:not(.active) { background-color: #ddd; } ``` #### In the above code- #### HTML - The `div.pagination` element binds to page links. - Each element represents a paging link. `«` and `»` are HTML entities for "**left quote**" and "**right quote**", which are commonly used for the previous and next buttons, respectively. #### CSS **body-** Sets the font embedded in the body. **.pagination-** Ensures that the page cache is inline-block so that its full width is not blocked. **.pagination a-** Styles any pagination link without padding, without text decoration, colors, float properties, borders, and margins between links. It also adds [transition](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94090/a-material-is-dimensionally-stable-at-room-temperature-if-its-glass-transition-temperature-tg-is) effects for smooth [background color](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/12937/how-to-style-togglebutton-so-that-the-background-color-is-white) changes. **.pagination a.active-** Sets the active/current page link to highlight it with a different background color and border. **.pagination a:hover-** (**.active**): Changes the background color of links on hover, except for active links. #### #### JavaScript `document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function() { ... })` Checks if the script runs after all the DOM has loaded. `const content = document.getElementById("content");` Selects the content div. `const pageNumbers = document.querySelectorAll(".page-num");` Selects all pagination number links. `const prev = document.getElementById("prev");` and `const next = document.getElementById("next");` Selects the previous and next buttons. `let currentPage = 2;` Set the starting page number (corresponding to the active link). `function updateContent(page) { ... }` Updates the content and active classes based on the current page number. Each page number link, [previous button](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/33821/how-to-insert-update-delete-next-previous-button-in-a-single-form-vb-dot-net-winform), and next button add click [event listeners](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/159117/how-do-you-handle-events-using-jquery-and-attach-event-listeners-to-elements) to handle page creation logic. ## Example- ```html Pagination Example

Page 1 content goes here.

``` ## Output- ![How to implement the pagination on the webpage using CSS3?](https://www.mindstick.com/blogs/7dbd9cae-8a6b-4701-9232-ad6bac732e00/images/93d1fa1c-9554-4abc-a25a-14b6d05c1d44.jpg) #### Result The result of this code is a clean and [responsive](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/12845/how-to-responsive-div-table-struggle-multiple-rows) page layout screen with links that change automatically as you hover over them, and a separately active link that displays the current page. #### Costomization By changing the colours, padding, borders and hover effects in CSS you can further customize the pagination style to match the layout of [your website](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12990/ssl-certificate-why-you-need-one-for-your-website). **Aslo, Read:** [Explain the CSS Custom Properties](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/304343/explain-the-css-custom-properties) --- Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/blog/304347/how-to-implement-the-pagination-on-the-webpage-using-css3 Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.