How to move the "generator" to right side of footer

[santaimpersonator]

Result

This is definitely use case specific for our needs, but in case anyone else is also interested:

Reasoning for Use

In our mkdocs.yml configuration file, we include our street address with our company name and copyright. (This was mostly to match our website)

copyright:
  Copyright 2025 - <a href="https://www.sparkfun.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SparkFun Electronics&#174;</a><br>
  <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/vkstCpQZW6jZMjzYA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">6333 Dry Creek Parkway, Niwot, Colorado 80503</a>

This makes the footer uneven, when the "generator" is displayed:

Modification

This is accomplished through the use of modifications to the partials *.html files in the ~/overrides/partials directory and extra.css stylesheet in the ~/docs/stylesheet directory:

• extra.css

  ---

  /* Allow users to set the "mkdocs-material generator" to right side of footer */
  .md-social.generator-right {
  	display: inline-flex;
  	gap: .2rem;
  	margin: 0 .4rem;
  	padding: .4rem 0 0
  }
  
  @media screen and (min-width: 45em) {
  	.md-social.generator-right {
  			padding: .2rem 0 0
  	}
  }
  
  .md-copyright.generator-right {
  	color: var(--md-footer-fg-color--lighter);
  	font-size: .64rem;
  	margin: auto .6rem;
  	padding: 0 0 .6rem;
  	width: 100%
  }
  
  @media screen and (min-width: 45em) {
  	.md-copyright.generator-right {
  		padding: 0 0 .2rem;
  			width:auto
  	}
  }

• copyright.html

  ---

  <!--
    Copyright (c) 2016-2025 Martin Donath <[email protected]>
    Modified 2025, SparkFun Electronics, Inc.
  
    Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
    of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
    deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
    rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
    sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
    furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
  
    The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
    all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
  
    THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
    IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
    FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
    AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
    LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
    FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
    IN THE SOFTWARE.
  -->
  
  <!-- Copyright and theme information -->
  <div class="md-copyright">
    {% if config.copyright %}
      <div class="md-copyright__highlight">
  			{{ config.copyright }}
      </div>
    {% endif %}
    {% if not config.extra.generator == false %}
    {% if not config.extra.generator == "right" %}
      {% include "partials/generator.html" %}
    {% endif %}
    {% endif %}
  </div>

• socials.html

  ---

  <!--
    Copyright (c) 2016-2025 Martin Donath <[email protected]>
  
    Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
    of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
    deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
    rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
    sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
    furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
  
    The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
    all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
  
    THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
    IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
    FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
    AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
    LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
    FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
    IN THE SOFTWARE.
  -->
  
  <!-- Social links -->
  <div>
    {% if config.extra.generator == "right" %}
      <article class="md-social generator-right">
      {% endif %}
      {% if not config.extra.generator == "right" %}
      <article class="md-social">
      {% endif %}
  
      {% for social in config.extra.social %}
  
        <!-- Automatically set rel=me for Mastodon -->
        {% set rel = "noopener" %}
        {% if "mastodon" in social.icon %}
          {% set rel = rel ~ " me" %}
        {% endif %}
  
        <!-- Compute title and render link -->
        {% set title = social.name %}
        {% if not title and "//" in social.link %}
          {% set _, url = social.link.split("//") %}
          {% set title  = url.split("/")[0] %}
        {% endif %}
        <a
          href="{{ social.link }}"
          target="_blank" rel="{{ rel }}"
          title="{{ title | e }}"
          class="md-social__link"
        >
          {% include ".icons/" ~ social.icon ~ ".svg" %}
        </a>
      {% endfor %}
      </article>
  
  
      {% if config.extra.generator == "right" %}
      <article class="md-copyright generator-right">
          {% include "partials/generator.html" %}
      </article>
      {% endif %}
  
  
  </div>

• create generator.html

  ---

  <!--
    Copyright (c) 2016-2025 Martin Donath <[email protected]>
    Modified 2025, SparkFun Electronics, Inc.
  
    Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
    of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
    deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
    rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
    sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
    furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
  
    The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
    all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
  
    THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
    IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
    FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
    AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
    LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
    FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
    IN THE SOFTWARE.
  -->
  
  <!-- Relocated "generator" statement information -->
  
  Made with
  <a
    href="https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/"
    target="_blank" rel="noopener"
  >
    Material for MkDocs
  </a>

Implementation of Feature

In the mkdocs.yml configuration file, users can provide three values for the generator argument, which includes the functionality from the original implementation

• Default value
  • true
  • argument not included
• false
• right

By declaring the right value, the generator will now relocate to beneath the social icons:

extra:
  # Configures the hyperlink for the logo in the header
  homepage: https://www.sparkfun.com

  generator: right

Considerations

Something for users to consider, this implementation also changes how the footer appears on mobile devices. Examples, are shown in the table below:

Default value	right value