Pager override demo

04 · Override prev

Override only the Previous button — useful when the user arrived via a custom Next.

This page overrides only Previous, sending readers back to page 2 (where the override that brought them here lives) rather than the natural DFS prior page.

What to look for #

At the bottom of this page:

• Previous → 02 · Override next (overridden — back to where the override flow started).
• Next → 05 · Override both (auto-computed, unchanged).

The symmetry is intentional: page 2 sends readers forward to here; page 4 sends them back to page 2. Together they form a self-contained “skip” that round-trips correctly.

The markdown #

{{< pager prev="/workshops/pager-demo/02-override-next/" >}}

No prevLabel is given, so the label falls back to the destination page’s linkTitle.

When to use this pattern #

Common scenarios:

• A branching page sends readers to a custom Next (page 2 does this). The custom Next page wants Previous to send them back to the branching page, not to a sibling they never saw.
• A page is reachable from multiple entry points and you want the Previous to point at the most likely originating page.