On 3/7/26 15:42, Thomas Hochstein wrote:
John Price wrote:
For any setting N items per page, if actualy number of items is less than or equal to N, no need to render, no need for dropdown. Don't show it.
Wouldn't that result in a situation where you can use the dropdown to show more entries, but would often not be able go back to show less entries, as the dropdown won't be displayed?
That's the main argument against it. The counter argument is you can use the browser's back button or refetch the URL without the count= fragment, but there is concern that there could be circumstances where that doesn't work.
For example, if the list has 175 entries and 25 are shown. You would be able to switch the display to show 200 entries, but then you can't go back to 100 or 50 entries if 200 are too much for you, as the dropdown is not shown any longer (because all 175 entries fit on one page that will show up to 200 entrues).
How significant an issue do you think that is?
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