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Finish the Browse Experience

Finish the Pagination State

Finish the Browse Experience 9 min read

Finish the Pagination State

Finish the Pagination State

Make the final pagination behavior resilient when users combine navigation with filters and sorting.

Step 1 — Normalize the page

Keep the page number at a minimum of 1.

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const page = Math.max(1, Number(sp.page) || 1);

Step 2 — Preserve current browse state

Keep PageLink responsible for carrying the query, genre ids, and non-default sort into the destination URL before setting the new page number.

Step 3 — Disable the edges

Disable the previous button on page one and the next button when the current page reaches the available total.

Step 4 — Cap the visible page count

Use the same 500-page cap when displaying the page summary so the UI reflects the API boundary.

Checkpoint

Browse several pages, change a genre, change the sort, and then move again. The URL and visible page number should continue to describe the actual browse state.