# Post Collecties, Topic-naar-Topic Navigatieknoppen, Menu's, Ankerlinks en Topic TOC

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-collections-topic-to-topic-navigation-buttons-menus-anchor-links-and-topic-toc/244048
**Category:** General
**Created:** [2 november 2022 om 17:39 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-collections-topic-to-topic-navigation-buttons-menus-anchor-links-and-topic-toc/244048 "2022-11-02T17:39:18Z")
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### Author: ![denvergeeks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/denvergeeks/32/327671_2.png) [@denvergeeks](https://meta.discourse.org/u/denvergeeks)
#### Post date: [2 november 2022 om 17:39 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-collections-topic-to-topic-navigation-buttons-menus-anchor-links-and-topic-toc/244048/1 "2022-11-02T17:39:18Z")

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> Please add and/or correct here. This Topic is a work-in-progress.

Just starting a new Doc here and collecting existing posts regarding methods for providing navigation buttons and menus on Topic posts and Reply posts in Discourse using already built-in features.

“ **Reply as Linked Topic** ” is a built-in feature in Discourse which can be re-purposed to create an ordered Collection of Topic posts with navigation buttons (i.e. Back/Prev and Forward/Next) at the top of each Topic post in the series…

> [@Is pagination impossible or just hard?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-pagination-impossible-or-just-hard/231838/16):
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> To create navigation from Topic to Topic (and auto insert Back/Prev and Forward/Next buttons on each Topic in the sequence), I’m doing it this way… I’m repurposing the “Reply as Linked Topic” and then CSS styling the links like so … And adding some CSS in the Theme Settings … play_button MINIMAL CSS JUST FOR THE BUTTONSplay_button INSTRUCTIONS AND THE …

**Anchor Links** within posts (connecting Reply posts within a Topic) can also be used to create a Table of Contents for a Topic, to hop up and down from Reply-to-Reply (to appear within the content of a Topic post or a Reply post…

> [@Internal Link Shortcuts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/internal-link-shortcuts/50904/10):
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> trying it… with /t/50904/6 [link to post 6](https://meta.discourse.org/t/50904/6) yay! thanks

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### Author: ![denvergeeks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/denvergeeks/32/327671_2.png) [@denvergeeks](https://meta.discourse.org/u/denvergeeks)
#### Post date: [8 november 2025 om 17:20 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-collections-topic-to-topic-navigation-buttons-menus-anchor-links-and-topic-toc/244048/2 "2025-11-08T17:20:16Z")

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@Alteras (experimental) Topic Collections Plugin provides for users to manually and arbitrarily control the sequencing of linked Topics, along with a menu style navigation UI:

> [@Collections](https://meta.discourse.org/t/collections/372817):
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> information_sourceSummary User created collections of linked Topicshammer_and_wrenchRepository Link [https://github.com/Alteras1/discourse-collections](https://github.com/Alteras1/discourse-collections)open_bookInstall Guide [How to install plugins in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-plugins-in-discourse/19157)Preview play_button Mobile Collections This allows users to create collections of Topics that are visible when viewing said Topics. Collections may include any URL and will be visible on any linked Topic. Collections can be organized into sections, and any changes to a…
