It is possible config previous/next section/page for current dicrectory

[tatdatpham]

Hi everyone,

I want to customize previous/next button in footer. Currently, the function page.previous_page & page.next_page are setting for all page in the site.I want to set only for the current category (or directory) that the current page belongs.
For example, my sitemap is

https://site.com/directory-one/page-01
https://site.com/directory-one/page-02
https://site.com/directory-one/page-03
https://site.com/cheatsheets/git
https://site.com/cheatsheets/bash
https://site.com/cheatsheets/python

Scenario 01:
My current page is

https://site.com/cheatsheets/git

My expectation :

• page.previous_page -> null (do not show anything because current page is first page in this category)
• page.next_page -> https://site.com/cheatsheets/bash

Scenario 02:
My current page is

https://site.com/directory-one/page-03

My expectation :

• page.previous_page -> https://site.com/directory-one/page-02
• page.next_page -> null (do not show anything because current page is last page in this category)

Thank you for help!

[squidfunk]

Thanks for asking. It's currently not possible, but it might be a great idea for a plugin!

[tatdatpham]

Thank you for your suggestion. I just heard about mkdocs a few days ago. The truth is I knew mkdocs-material before mkdocs 😄 . I will try to start will the plugin.

[rsbillington]

Hi there,

New to MkDocs and Material and was thinking along similar lines for my new layout/navigation, the top-level sections are not related, and I wanted to just drop the Next/Previous link on the first and last page in each top-level section. It is possible, although manually on the first and last pages of each section, (although others may know a better way):

Add the attr_list extension in the config.yml:

markdown_extensions:
  - attr_list

On the first page on a main section hide the Previous Link, I just put the CSS inline in the main body of the page markdown:

---
title: First Page in Section
----
<style>
  .md-footer__link--prev:not([hidden]) { display: none }
</style>

And then on the last page of the section:

---
title: Last Page in Section
----
<style>
  .md-footer__link--next:not([hidden]) { display: none }
</style>

I am not sure if this will "break" anything in the future, but it seems to work in my setup! I just need to remember when I add a new page that then becomes the new last page to update the previous page, no big deal unless the site is massive, I guess.