
Smart Toolbar Pagination with Input
Pagination is one of those components that seems simple — until you actually build it properly. Most pagination components show every page number and break completely on mobile. I built one that's actually smart. 🎁 What I Built Smart Toolbar Pagination with Input — a fully functional, responsive pagination component featuring: ✅ Dynamic page truncation logic — shows 1 ... 5 6 7 ... 20 instead of all 20 pages ✅ Direct "Go-to-Page" input field for jumping to any page instantly ✅ Auto-switching mobile text indicators ✅ Unified toolbar design — Prev, page numbers, Next, and Go-to all in one clean bar ✅ Active page highlighted with bold dark pill ✅ Built with Tailwind CSS — minimal JavaScript ✅ Perfect for blogs, dashboards, e-commerce product listings, and admin panels See It in Action The Design Breakdown Smart Page Truncation The killer feature — instead of showing all 20 page numbers and overflowing, it intelligently shows: 1 ... 5 6 7 ... 20. Users always see the first page, last page,
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