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  <title>Adding button to Search Container pagination</title>
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  <subtitle>Adding button to Search Container pagination</subtitle>
  <id>https://uat.liferay.dev/c/message_boards/find_thread?p_l_id=119785294&amp;threadId=121311487</id>
  <updated>2026-10-15T11:16:50Z</updated>
  <dc:date>2026-10-15T11:16:50Z</dc:date>
  <entry>
    <title>Adding button to Search Container pagination</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Kevin Neibarger</name>
    </author>
    <id>https://uat.liferay.dev/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=119785294&amp;messageId=121311486</id>
    <updated>2021-12-30T17:22:46Z</updated>
    <published>2021-12-30T17:22:46Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Hello, I'm using Liferay 7.3 GA6 and I'm wondering about adding a
  button to the pagination bar. I can add the button via jquery/xpath
  but it appears Liferay is adding it to the top and bottom bars. I only
  want the top bar&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
  &lt;img alt="" src="/documents/14/0/Screen+Shot+2021-12-30+at+12.13.03+PM.png/0617571d-ec26-060f-2e45-1cab4067c277?t=1640884651057&amp;amp;imagePreview=1" /&gt;
  &lt;br /&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In my code, I'm adding like this&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;
    &lt;b&gt;var&lt;/b&gt; buttonHTML = '&amp;lt;button type=&amp;quot;button&amp;quot;
    class=&amp;quot;btn-primary-new-alert-worklist-btn&amp;quot;
    name=&amp;quot;alertWorklistBtn&amp;quot;
    id=&amp;quot;&amp;lt;portlet:namespace/&amp;gt;alertWorklistBtn&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Alerts Worklist&amp;lt;/button&amp;gt;';&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;
    &lt;b&gt;var&lt;/b&gt; paginationText=$('.taglib-search-iterator-page-iterator-top').find('div').find('div').find('small').text();&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;console.log(&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;gt; PAGINATION TEXT: &amp;quot;+paginationText);&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;
    &lt;b&gt;var&lt;/b&gt; newPaginationText = paginationText +
    &amp;quot;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;
    + buttonHTML;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;$('.taglib-search-iterator-page-iterator-top').find('small').html('');&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;$('.taglib-search-iterator-page-iterator-top').find('small').html(newPaginationText);&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As you can see I only append to
  the &lt;strong&gt;taglib-search-iterator-page-iterator-top&lt;/strong&gt;, so why
  is it appearing in both the top and bottom pagination bar?? Also, my
  click event won't work.. I tied it to the both the name
  &amp;quot;alertWorklistBtn&amp;quot; and the id =
  &amp;quot;&amp;lt;portlet:namespace/&amp;gt;alertWorklistBtn&amp;quot; with no luck. &lt;/p&gt;</summary>
    <dc:creator>Kevin Neibarger</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2021-12-30T17:22:46Z</dc:date>
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