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Missing links on doc pages: modules and index #155
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Here's some screenshots to illustrate.
With Chrome (116 on macOS Ventura 13.5) this is https://docs.python.org/3/library/string.html in "normal" view, we can see the "previous | next | modules | index" links at the top:
"Normal" view
If we zoom in (command + +) three times to 150%, we get a "mobile" layout, and the left and top menus are gone:
"Mobile" view
We can view the left menu but not the top one:
"Mobile view" with menu
However, there's an alternative. Instead of zooming in (command + 0 resets to 100%), the browser has font size settings: chrome://settings/?search=font+size > "Font size", which can be changed from, for example, "Medium (Recommended)" to "Large" or "Very large":
Font settings
Here's large:
Large font
And very large:
Very large
Both of which keep the original "desktop" layouts. Do either of those help?
I'm using Firefox on Linux
Screenshot 1 shows the modules & index links but at a zoom level that is far too small for me to use.
Screenshot 2 shows the same page at the zoom level I need.
Screenshot 3 shows another page at the zoom level I need and with the popup menu shown
As you can see for Screenshots 2 and 3 there are no modules or index links.Screenshot 1
Screenshot 2
Screenshot 3
Hmm, I also see Firefox has different way of handling changing the font size.
I'll transfer this issue from https://github.com/python/cpython to https://github.com/python/python-docs-theme that handles this code, to see what others think.
Thank you. Although using a bookmark to modules works it means 2 clicks every time (Bookmarks menu, then modules bookmark) rather than 1 which is irritating!
- marked 3.10 docs responsive design removes navigation buttons (next, previous ...) on narrow screens for no reason #247 as a duplicate of this issue
on Sep 17, 2025
I use large fonts so even on a big screen when I view the Python docs
the links at the top that end with "previous | next | modules | index"
disappears.
This wouldn't be a problem since a menu button appears instead of that
line.
However, the menu that drops down does not have the modules or index
links.
I've bookmarked the modules page but even so it is poor that it isn't available any other way.