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Revamp pagination / page navigation (Community Wishlist/W186/ja)

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Description

In user contributions, search results, page history, etc, pagination and page navigation is done (and been done as far as I remember) with something like this:

(最新 | 最古) (以後の 100 件 | 以前の 100 件) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500 件) を表示

This is not a great user interface, is still confusing for me after 20+ years (I keep pressing “oldest” instead of “older” for instance), probably not that clear to new users, and not really to the standard of current UI expectations.

It would be great to redesign the navigation to be more up to par with common pagination patterns.

A quick example, keeping text only:

950件 | ページ 1/10

⏮ 最初のページ | ⏴ 前頁 | 次ページ | 最終ページ

ページごとに 20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500 のエントリを表示する

Or using the local {{Clickable button 2}} template just as a rough preview:

950件 | ページ 1/10

⏮ 1ページ目 ⏴ 前頁 次のページ⏵ 最終頁 ⏭

ページごとに 20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500 のエントリを表示する

もしくは

⏮ 最初 ⏴ 前 ページ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 510 次 ⏵ 最後 ⏭
ページごとに 20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500 のエントリを表示する

Whichever form it takes, this new version should ideally be using buttons in different states as well as icons and design tokens from Codex – that would be a great improvement of this very common feature.

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Type of wish
System change
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Affected users

All users using search, page history, contributions lists, etc.

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  • Created: 09:37, 2 August 2024
  • Last updated: 04:00, 22 July 2026
  • Author: Nclm (talk)
Voting

This wish currently has 12 supporters. Voting for this wish is open until it is completed.

Supporters of this wish
Support Nclm (talk) 09:37, 2 August 2024
Support Matěj Suchánek (talk) 18:51, 9 October 2025
Support Pppery (talk) 16:30, 10 October 2025
Support What is proposed already exists on Special:ListFiles etc., so it would also be a reduction in tech debt if all page navigation was turned into the same thing. Nardog (talk) 10:17, 22 October 2025
Support Hakimi97 (talk) 22:04, 23 December 2025
Support Epok (talk) 20:43, 12 January 2026
Support Let's not reuse Special:ListFiles's though. It lacks "more/fewer items, starting from the same offset" buttons. NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh (talk) 00:07, 13 January 2026
Support the second option, as it has a better interface. Codename Noreste (talk) 00:46, 13 January 2026
Support This is so unnecessarily confusing! FaviFake (talk) 16:35, 13 January 2026
Support Nemoralis (talk) 06:37, 6 February 2026
Support Kowal2701 (talk) 12:37, 27 March 2026
Support I have this exact same problem, after 20+ years, clicking on oldest! WiseWoman (talk) 12:28, 1 May 2026