Previous and Next links

[iaindillingham]

A user¹ reports that it's easy not to notice the Previous and Next links on documentation pages. These links are especially important when a collection of documentation pages form a logical sequence, such as the "Tutorial" collection in the "Getting started" section. (This collection was created by #1503.)

We should test this collection with a couple of users to establish whether the issue is commonplace. If it is, then we should consider a couple of candidate solutions before choosing one and implementing it.

Footnotes

1. https://bennettoxford.slack.com/archives/C069SADHP1Q/p1715083970948039 ↩

[tomodwyer]

Really stupid JS solution:

const contentArea = document.querySelector(`[data-md-component="content"]`);
const footerNav = document.querySelector(`[aria-label="Footer"]`);
const footClone = footerNav.cloneNode(true);
contentArea.appendChild(footClone);
footerNav.setAttribute("hidden", "true");

[iaindillingham]

We triaged this issue in today's planning meeting and moved it to Later. For the specific case of helping users move through the tutorial, see #1518.