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Doc Page navigation disappears unless page is very wide. #249

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When viewing documentation pages, such as https://docs.python.org/3/reference/index.html, the navigation links (previous, next, index) are only present when the window is very wide. Navigation should always be available.
The left side nav bar can be shown with the hamburger menu, but there is no way to show page navigation with a narrow window.

To Reproduce
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Using either Chrome or Firefox

  1. Go to 'https://docs.python.org/3/reference/index.html'
  2. Show window full width (see navigation)
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  3. Make window narrow enough to hide the left navigation pane.
  4. Page navigation is gone, (along with breadcrumbs which is okay) and search box gets huge.
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Expected behavior

The navigation should still be present when the window is narrow.
Reading documentation with a half screen window is common.
Reading in sequence using next is common.

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  1. Mariatta commented on May 13, 2022

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  2. Mariatta commented on May 13, 2022

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    So this is more of an issue with the Sphinx theme. The theme we are currently using is python-docs-theme

    We have started discussing about adopting more modern responsive theme here: python/docs-community#1

  3. AA-Turner commented on May 13, 2022

    @AA-Turner
  4. CAM-Gerlach commented on Aug 1, 2022

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  5. CAM-Gerlach commented on Aug 2, 2022

    @CAM-Gerlach
  6. transferred this issue frompython/cpythonon Aug 18, 2025
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