Tailwind Usage & Examples

react-responsive-pagination fully supports Tailwind styling - see Quick Start and Examples below

Not using Tailwind? See the Bootstrap Guide, the Custom CSS Guide or the Included themes

Installation

Terminal window
npm install react-responsive-pagination

Quick Start

NOTE - this example is light only - for light & dark mode, see more examples below

import React, { useState } from 'react';
import ResponsivePagination from 'react-responsive-pagination';
// project with tailwind configured
function MyTailwindApp() {
const totalPages = 120;
const [currentPage, setCurrentPage] = useState(1);
function handlePageChange(page) {
setCurrentPage(page);
// ... do something with `page`
}
return (
<ResponsivePagination
total={totalPages}
current={currentPage}
onPageChange={page => handlePageChange(page)}
containerClassName="flex justify-center gap-1"
pageItemClassName="inline-flex items-center rounded-md border text-sm"
activeItemClassName="border-blue-700 bg-blue-700 text-white shadow-sm"
inactiveItemClassName="border-slate-300 text-slate-600 shadow-sm hover:bg-blue-700 hover:text-white hover:shadow-lg"
disabledItemClassName="pointer-events-none border-slate-300 text-slate-600 opacity-50"
pageLinkClassName="px-3 py-2"
/>
);
}

NOTE - this example is dark only - for light & dark mode, see more examples below

import React, { useState } from 'react';
import ResponsivePagination from 'react-responsive-pagination';
// project with tailwind configured
function MyTailwindApp() {
const totalPages = 120;
const [currentPage, setCurrentPage] = useState(1);
function handlePageChange(page) {
setCurrentPage(page);
// ... do something with `page`
}
return (
<ResponsivePagination
total={totalPages}
current={currentPage}
onPageChange={page => handlePageChange(page)}
containerClassName="flex justify-center gap-1"
pageItemClassName="inline-flex items-center rounded-md border text-sm"
activeItemClassName="border-blue-800 bg-blue-800 text-white shadow-sm"
inactiveItemClassName="border-slate-600 text-slate-400 shadow-sm hover:bg-blue-800 hover:text-white hover:shadow-lg"
disabledItemClassName="pointer-events-none border-slate-600 text-slate-400 opacity-50"
pageLinkClassName="px-3 py-2"
/>
);
}

Examples

NOTE: All examples are for Tailwind CSS v3+

Material Tailwind Rounded (light + dark)

Inspired by https://www.material-tailwind.com/docs/html/pagination#rounded-pagination

containerClassName="flex justify-center space-x-1"
pageItemClassName="inline-flex items-center rounded-md border text-sm transition-colors"
activeItemClassName="border-slate-800 bg-slate-800 text-white shadow-sm hover:bg-slate-700 hover:shadow-lg focus:bg-slate-700 focus:shadow-none dark:border-slate-700 dark:bg-slate-700 dark:hover:bg-slate-600 dark:focus:bg-slate-600"
inactiveItemClassName="border-slate-300 text-slate-600 shadow-sm hover:border-transparent hover:bg-slate-800 hover:text-white hover:shadow-lg dark:border-slate-600 dark:text-slate-400 dark:hover:bg-slate-700"
disabledItemClassName="pointer-events-none border-slate-300 text-slate-600 opacity-50 shadow-none dark:border-slate-600 dark:text-slate-400"
pageLinkClassName="px-3 py-2 focus:z-20"

Material Tailwind Circular (light + dark)

Inspired by https://www.material-tailwind.com/docs/html/pagination#circular-pagination

containerClassName="flex justify-center space-x-1"
pageItemClassName="inline-flex items-center rounded-full border text-sm transition-colors"
activeItemClassName="border-slate-800 bg-slate-800 text-white shadow-sm hover:bg-slate-700 hover:shadow-lg focus:bg-slate-700 focus:shadow-none dark:border-slate-700 dark:bg-slate-700 dark:hover:bg-slate-600 dark:focus:bg-slate-600"
inactiveItemClassName="border-slate-300 text-slate-600 shadow-sm hover:border-transparent hover:bg-slate-800 hover:text-white hover:shadow-lg dark:border-slate-600 dark:text-slate-400 dark:hover:bg-slate-700"
disabledItemClassName="pointer-events-none border-slate-300 text-slate-600 opacity-50 shadow-none dark:border-slate-600 dark:text-slate-400"
pageLinkClassName="px-3.5 py-2 focus:z-20"

Material Tailwind Group (light + dark)

Inspired by https://www.material-tailwind.com/docs/html/pagination#pagination-group

containerClassName="flex justify-center"
pageItemClassName="inline-flex items-center border text-sm shadow-sm transition-colors not-last:border-r-0 first:rounded-l-md last:rounded-r-md"
activeItemClassName="border-slate-800 bg-slate-800 text-white hover:bg-slate-700 hover:shadow-lg focus:bg-slate-700 focus:shadow-none dark:border-slate-700 dark:bg-slate-700 dark:hover:bg-slate-600 dark:focus:bg-slate-600"
inactiveItemClassName="border-slate-300 text-slate-600 hover:border-transparent hover:bg-slate-800 hover:text-white hover:shadow-lg dark:border-slate-600 dark:text-slate-400 dark:hover:bg-slate-700"
disabledItemClassName="pointer-events-none border-slate-300 text-slate-600 opacity-50 shadow-none dark:border-slate-600 dark:text-slate-400"
pageLinkClassName="px-3 py-2 focus:z-20"

Preline (light + dark)

Inspired by https://preline.co/docs/pagination.html#example

containerClassName="flex justify-center gap-x-1"
pageItemClassName="inline-flex items-center rounded-lg border border-transparent text-sm text-gray-800 focus:bg-gray-100 focus:outline-hidden dark:text-white dark:focus:bg-white/10"
activeItemClassName="bg-gray-200 hover:bg-gray-100 dark:bg-neutral-600 dark:hover:bg-white/10"
inactiveItemClassName="hover:bg-gray-100 dark:hover:bg-white/10"
disabledItemClassName="pointer-events-none opacity-50"
pageLinkClassName="px-3 py-2 focus:z-20"

Tailwind Plus (light + dark)

Inspired by https://tailwindcss.com/plus/ui-blocks/application-ui/navigation/pagination

containerClassName="flex justify-center -space-x-px"
pageItemClassName="inline-flex items-center shadow-xs first:rounded-l-md last:rounded-r-md"
activeItemClassName="active z-10 bg-indigo-600 text-white"
inactiveItemClassName="text-sm font-semibold text-gray-900 inset-ring inset-ring-gray-300 hover:bg-gray-50 dark:text-gray-200 dark:inset-ring-gray-700 dark:hover:bg-white/5"
disabledItemClassName="pointer-events-none text-sm font-semibold text-gray-700 inset-ring inset-ring-gray-300 dark:text-gray-400 dark:inset-ring-gray-700"
pageLinkClassName="px-4 py-2 focus:z-20 focus:outline-offset-0 [.active_&]:focus-visible:outline-2 [.active_&]:focus-visible:outline-offset-2 [.active_&]:focus-visible:outline-indigo-600"

How Tailwind Styling Works

There are six className props for styling with Tailwind classes:

<ResponsivePagination
containerClassName="" // class for top-level <ul> container
pageItemClassName="" // base class for all <li> items, combined with one (and only one) of the three classes below
activeItemClassName="" // appended to <li> for active/selected page
inactiveItemClassName="" // appended to <li> for non-active but clickable pages (including nav elements)
disabledItemClassName="" // appended to <li> for disabled nav elements and ellipsis
pageLinkClassName="" // class for the <a> or <span> inside each <li>
// ... other props
/>

These six props are applied like this (more details in the table below):

<!-- container -->
<ul class="{containerClassName}">
<!-- active / selected item -->
<li class="{pageItemClassName} {activeItemClassName}">
<a class="{pageLinkClassName}" href="#">1</a>
</li>
<!-- non-active clickable items -->
<li class="{pageItemClassName} {inactiveItemClassName}">
<a class="{pageLinkClassName}" href="#">2</a>
</li>
<!-- disabled items (ellipsis ... or nav) -->
<li class="{pageItemClassName} {disabledItemClassName}">
<span class="{pageLinkClassName}">...</span>
</li>
<!-- ... more pagination elements -->
</ul>
ClassName PropNotes
containerClassNameClasses for the top-level <ul> container (use for layout/positioning)
Typically a flex parent with gap or margin between items
pageItemClassNameSets the base classes for all child <li> elements
Might include border, rounding, text size and transition styles
NOTE: these styles will always be combined with one (and only one) of the following three *ItemClassName styles
activeItemClassNameAppended to pageItemClassName for active/selected page
Might include background color, text color and shadow styles
inactiveItemClassNameAppended to pageItemClassName for all non-active but clickable pages (including nav elements)
Might include text color and hover styles for background
disabledItemClassNameAppended to pageItemClassName for disabled nav elements and ellipsis (…)
Might include opacity and pointer-events-none styles
pageLinkClassNameClasses for <a> or <span> elements inside each <li>
Might include padding and focus styles

Further Info:

General Options

Previous and Next Labels

Change the default labels for the previous and next buttons by setting the previousLabel and nextLabel props, see examples below

If needed, the ARIA labels can also be changed by setting the ariaPreviousLabel and ariaNextLabel props, please see Props Reference below

Example - Text labels

<ResponsivePagination /*...*/ previousLabel="Previous" nextLabel="Next" />

Example - Single arrow labels

<ResponsivePagination /*...*/ previousLabel="‹" nextLabel="›" />

No navigation buttons

Don’t include the navigation buttons by setting renderNav to false:

Example - No navigation buttons

<ResponsivePagination /*...*/ renderNav={false} />

Advanced Tailwind Usage

Tip: Reusing style props

To reuse styles, an alternative to creating a wrapper component is to extract the className props onto an object and spread them where needed:

// define styles once
export const paginationStyles = {
containerClassName: 'flex justify-center gap-1',
pageItemClassName: 'inline-flex items-center rounded-md border text-sm',
activeItemClassName: 'border-slate-800 bg-slate-800 text-white shadow-sm ...',
inactiveItemClassName: 'border-slate-300 text-slate-600 hover:bg-slate-800 ...',
disabledItemClassName: 'pointer-events-none border-slate-300 text-slate-600 ...',
pageLinkClassName: 'px-3 py-2',
};
// import and spread where needed
import { paginationStyles } from './paginationStyles';
<ResponsivePagination /*...*/ {...paginationStyles} />;

tailwind-merge / twMerge

It should be possible to arrange Tailwind classes so they don’t conflict but if tailwind-merge is required then just add twMerge to the classMerge prop:

import { twMerge } from 'tailwind-merge';
<ResponsivePagination /*...*/ classMerge={twMerge} />;

CVA (Class Variance Authority)

CVA (class-variance-authority) can also be used to create item states, see example below

Note that in this case pageItemClassName should be ""

const pageItem = cva('inline-flex items-center rounded-lg text-sm text-gray-800', {
variants: {
type: {
active: 'bg-gray-200 hover:bg-gray-100',
inactive: 'hover:bg-gray-100',
disabled: 'pointer-events-none opacity-50',
},
},
});
<ResponsivePagination
containerClassName="flex justify-center gap-x-1"
pageItemClassName=""
activeItemClassName={pageItem({ type: 'active' })}
inactiveItemClassName={pageItem({ type: 'inactive' })}
disabledItemClassName={pageItem({ type: 'disabled' })}
pageLinkClassName="px-3 py-2 focus:z-20"
// ... other props
/>;

Conditional classes for pageLinkClassName

NOTE This is usually not required, most styling can be achieved with the standard className props

For advanced cases where child element (<a> or <span>) styles need to depend on parent state, you can use Tailwind’s arbitrary variant syntax

How it works:

  1. Add a marker class to activeItemClassName (for example "active")
  2. Use [.active_&]: prefix in pageLinkClassName to apply styles only when the parent <li> has the active class

Example - Different focus rings for active vs inactive pages:

The Tailwind Plus example above demonstrates this pattern with a differnet focus outline for active vs inactive pages:

<ResponsivePagination
activeItemClassName="active z-10 bg-indigo-600 text-white"
pageLinkClassName="px-4 py-2 focus:z-20 focus:outline-offset-0 [.active_&]:focus-visible:outline-2 [.active_&]:focus-visible:outline-offset-2 [.active_&]:focus-visible:outline-indigo-600"
// ... other props
/>

NOTE: This requires Tailwind CSS v3+

Props Reference

A selection of props which may be helpful when using Tailwind styles - for the full list of props see Props Reference

Prop Description
current
number
(required)

The current active page. Indexed from 1

total
number
(required)

The total number of pages

onPageChange
(newPage: number) => void
(required)

A callback handler which is called when the user clicks a new page. The newPage parameter is indexed from 1

Note that the active page will not change unless the current prop is updated to reflect the new page (as in the example above)

maxWidth
number
(optional)

The maximum width (in pixels) of the pagination component. Use this prop if you want to override the automatic sizing. Note the width may be exceeded if it’s not possible a component to the specified width

containerClassName
string
(optional)

Class name for the top level <ul> container

Defaults to pagination

When this prop is set, extraClassName prop (below) will be ignored

className
string
(optional)

Alias for containerClassName see above

extraClassName
string
(optional)

Useful when using Bootstrap styles, extra classNames to be added to the top level <ul> container. Use this prop to override the default justify value - for example to align elements to the start of the page use: justify-content-start

Defaults to justify-content-center, not applicable if className prop is set

pageItemClassName
string
(optional)

Class name for all the <li> elements

Defaults to page-item

pageLinkClassName
string
(optional)

Class name for <a> or <span> child elements within an <li> element:

<li ...><a class='page-link'>1</a></li>

Defaults to page-link

activeItemClassName
string
(optional)

Appended to <li> class name for the active element:

<li class='page-item active'><a class='page-link'>1</a></li>

Defaults to active

inactiveItemClassName
string
(optional)

Appended to <li> class name for all non active elements (including nav elements):

<li class='page-item inactive'><a class='page-link'>1</a></li>

Defaults to ”

disabledItemClassName
string
(optional)

Appended to <li> class name for non-clickable elements (disabled nav buttons and the break/ellipsis):

<li class='page-item disabled'><span class='page-link'>...</span></li>

Defaults to disabled

string
(optional)

Appended to <li> class name for nav items (« / » buttons)

Setting to ‘my-nav’ would give html similar to:

<li class='page-item my-nav'><span class='page-link'>«</span></li>

By default will not be output

previousClassName
string
(optional)

Appended to <li> class name for the previous button («)

Setting to ‘my-previous-button’ would give html similar to:

<li class='page-item my-previous-button'><span class='page-link'>«</span></li>

Overrides navClassName and by default will not be output

nextClassName
string
(optional)

Appended to <li> class name for the next button (»)

Setting to ‘my-next-button’ would give html similar to:

<li class='page-item my-next-button'><span class='page-link'>»</span></li>

Overrides navClassName and by default will not be output

classMerge
(classNames: string[]) => string
(optional)

Function to use when merging multiple class names

Tailwind users can set this to twMerge from the tailwind-merge package to remove duplicate Tailwind classes

import { twMerge } from 'tailwind-merge';
<ResponsivePagination
classMerge={twMerge}
// ...other props
/>
previousLabel
string | ReactNode
(optional)

The label for the previous button, defaults to «

See the FAQ for further information on using React components for this prop

nextLabel
string | ReactNode
(optional)

The label for the next button, defaults to »

See the FAQ for further information on using React components for this prop

ariaPreviousLabel
string
(optional)

The accessibility ARIA label for the previous button, defaults to Previous

ariaNextLabel
string
(optional)

The accessibility ARIA label for the next button, defaults to Next

ariaPageLabel
(page: number, active: boolean) => string | undefined
(optional)

The accessibility ARIA label for page links - expects a function which takes the page number and active boolean and returns the ARIA label (or undefined), example:

<ResponsivePagination
//...
ariaPageLabel={(page, active) => (active ? `Active Page ${page}` : `Goto Page ${page}`)}
/>
ariaCurrentAttr
boolean
(optional)

Set to false to prevent output of aria-current='page' for the active page <li>

See MDN’s article on aria-current for further details

renderNav
boolean
(optional)

When set to false the nav buttons («/») will not be rendered. Defaults to true

narrowBehaviour
NarrowBehaviour
(optional)

Specify that nav buttons («/») and/or the ellipsis () can be dropped for very narrow widths (useful if the component is used in narrow widths with high page numbers)

Valid behaviours should be imported from react-responsive-pagination/narrowBehaviour, example:

import ResponsivePagination from 'react-responsive-pagination';
import { dropEllipsis } from 'react-responsive-pagination/narrowBehaviour';
<ResponsivePagination /*...*/ narrowBehaviour={dropEllipsis} />

Valid NarrowBehaviours:

dropEllipsis - drop the ellipsis () for narrow widths
dropNav - drop the nav («/») for narrow widths
dropFirstAndLast - drop the first and last pages for narrow widths

The default behaviour is to not drop any elements (this may change in a future major release)

Using Multiple NarrowBehaviours

Multiple NarrowBehaviours can be combined using the combine helper (also imported from react-responsive-pagination/narrowBehaviour), example:

import ResponsivePagination from 'react-responsive-pagination';
import { dropEllipsis, dropNav, combine } from 'react-responsive-pagination/narrowBehaviour';
<ResponsivePagination
//...
narrowBehaviour={combine(dropNav, dropEllipsis)}
/>

The behaviours will be applied in order so in this example, combine(dropNav, dropEllipsis) will drop the nav («/») initially and then further drop the ellipsis () if required

See Props Reference for the full list of props