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Add "+3" and "-3" buttons to navigation for multi-page files
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Description

Feature summary:

A pair of buttons, thus:

Mockup.png (524×132 px, 25 KB)

to skip forwards/backwards three pages in multi-page files (PDF, Djvu, etc.) Activating the button would jump automatically with no further input needed.

Use case(s):

When viewing a multi-page file, Commons displays three pages (current, previous and next) at once. When seeking a particular page, for example an illustration, it is often necessary to use the drop-down page selector to jump forwards (or backwards) three pages at a time.

Benefits:

Quicker navigation, few clicks, easier for keyboard users, all reducing editor fatigue.

[This could make a good student or hackathon task; if not done, a user script might suffice.]

Event Timeline

Hi, why exactly 3? Why not for example allow users to enter a page number directly?

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This ticket describes a solution which I personally do not think is the best solution; it should ideally describe a problem instead. See https://xyproblem.info/.

Hi, why exactly 3?

"When viewing a multi-page file, Commons displays three pages (current, previous and next) at once. When seeking a particular page, for example an illustration, it is often necessary to use the drop-down page selector to jump forwards (or backwards) three pages at a time."

should ideally describe a problem instead

That is the description of the problem.

Why not for example allow users to enter a page number directly?

The drop-down already does this. I refer to cases where the user is /seeking/ a page, rather than knowing its page number.

it is often necessary to use the drop-down page selector to jump forwards (or backwards) three pages at a time."

The question was Why. That phrase doesn't explain it.
It would have been helpful to state that there are always three thumbnails of {previous,current,next} pages shown.
Not everyone remembers every behavior of every piece of software in our stack by heart.

It would have been helpful to state that there are always three thumbnails of {previous,current,next} pages shown.

I wrote "When viewing a multi-page file, Commons displays three pages (current, previous and next) at once".

I even repeated that in my previous answer to you.

Ah, sorry. I guess I failed to interpret the term "pages" correctly in this case.