Closes #6441: Improve UI paginator to optimize page object count

docs/release-notes/version-2.11.md

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 * [#6393](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/issues/6393) - Add `description` filter for IP addresses
 * [#6400](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/issues/6400) - Add cyan color choice for plugin buttons
+* [#6441](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/issues/6441) - Improve UI paginator to optimize page object count
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 

netbox/utilities/paginator.py

@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ from django.core.paginator import Paginator, Page
 
 class EnhancedPaginator(Paginator):
 
-    def __init__(self, object_list, per_page, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(self, object_list, per_page, orphans=None, **kwargs):
+
+        # Determine the page size
         try:
             per_page = int(per_page)
             if per_page < 1:
@@ -12,7 +14,13 @@ class EnhancedPaginator(Paginator):
         except ValueError:
             per_page = settings.PAGINATE_COUNT
 
-        super().__init__(object_list, per_page, **kwargs)
+        # Set orphans count based on page size
+        if orphans is None and per_page <= 50:
+            orphans = 5
+        elif orphans is None:
+            orphans = 10
+
+        super().__init__(object_list, per_page, orphans=orphans, **kwargs)
 
     def _get_page(self, *args, **kwargs):
         return EnhancedPage(*args, **kwargs)