feat(theme): allow prev/next links to be disabled globally (#2317)

Co-authored-by: Divyansh Singh <40380293+brc-dd@users.noreply.github.com>

docs/reference/default-theme-config.md

@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ Learn more in [Default Theme: Carbon Ads](./default-theme-carbon-ads)
 
 - Type: `DocFooter`
 
-Can be used to customize text appearing above previous and next links. Helpful if not writing docs in English.
+Can be used to customize text appearing above previous and next links. Helpful if not writing docs in English. Also can be used to disable prev/next links globally. If you want to selectively enable/disable prev/next links, you can use [frontmatter](./default-theme-prev-next-links).
 
 ```js
 export default {
@@ -366,8 +366,8 @@ export default {
 
 ```ts
 export interface DocFooter {
-  prev?: string
+  prev?: string | false
-  next?: string
+  next?: string | false
 }
 ```
 

src/client/theme-default/composables/prev-next.ts

@@ -14,9 +14,16 @@ export function usePrevNext() {
       return isActive(page.value.relativePath, link.link)
     })
 
-    return {
+    const hidePrev =
-      prev:
+      (theme.value.docFooter?.prev === false && !frontmatter.value.prev) ||
       frontmatter.value.prev === false
+
+    const hideNext =
+      (theme.value.docFooter?.next === false && !frontmatter.value.next) ||
+      frontmatter.value.next === false
+
+    return {
+      prev: hidePrev
         ? undefined
         : {
             text:
@@ -30,8 +37,7 @@ export function usePrevNext() {
                 ? frontmatter.value.prev.link
                 : undefined) ?? candidates[index - 1]?.link
           },
-      next:
+      next: hideNext
-        frontmatter.value.next === false
         ? undefined
         : {
             text:

types/default-theme.d.ts

@@ -232,18 +232,18 @@ export namespace DefaultTheme {
 
   export interface DocFooter {
     /**
-     * Custom label for previous page button.
+     * Custom label for previous page button. Can be set to `false` to disable.
      *
      * @default 'Previous page'
      */
-    prev?: string
+    prev?: string | boolean
 
     /**
-     * Custom label for next page button.
+     * Custom label for next page button. Can be set to `false` to disable.
      *
      * @default 'Next page'
      */
-    next?: string
+    next?: string | boolean
   }
 
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