Pagination - Leading article throws out count for # of items

When using the " # Leading " parameter in the template settings, it throws out the count of our items in list view on frontend.

Example:

Category set to display 18 items ( 3 items per row ), for a nice even layout. BUT when "# Leading" items set to 1 in template parameters, pagination is thrown out of whack. We then see leading article on frontpage with one empty slot at end of list... then, when navigating to page 2 of list items the leading article is gone and thus the list is fine again.

How do I increase the number of list items needed on page 1 to 19 from 18, and ONLY for page 1?

Hello

the template is used for presenting the items,

it does not care of what the DB model does,
- DB model use will retrieve N "items per page" (*it willl retrieve more in v3.x due to endless scroll)

- so you 1st page will show:
L leading items
then N - L intro items

do you get something different than the above ?

I get this result for page 1, yes. But page two does not show leading item, and thus the positioning is out of place. I get 3 items per row, except for last row which only has one item and two blank spaces.

Hello

the leading items are for the 1st page, only

please take into consideration this when you make your planning