diff --git a/book/theme/index.hbs b/book/theme/index.hbs
index ed27410f6437..0a0bc55019cb 100644
--- a/book/theme/index.hbs
+++ b/book/theme/index.hbs
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 <!DOCTYPE HTML>
-<html lang="{{ language }}" class="sidebar-visible no-js {{ default_theme }}">
+<html lang="{{ language }}" class="{{ default_theme }}" dir="{{ text_direction }}">
     <head>
         <!-- Book generated using mdBook -->
         <meta charset="UTF-8">
         <title>{{ title }}</title>
         {{#if is_print }}
-        <meta name="robots" content="noindex" />
+        <meta name="robots" content="noindex">
         {{/if}}
         {{#if base_url}}
         <base href="{{ base_url }}">
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
         <meta name="description" content="{{ description }}">
         <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
-        <meta name="theme-color" content="#ffffff" />
+        <meta name="theme-color" content="#ffffff">
 
         {{#if favicon_svg}}
         <link rel="icon" href="{{ path_to_root }}favicon.svg">
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@
 
         <!-- Fonts -->
         <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ path_to_root }}FontAwesome/css/font-awesome.css">
-        <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com">
-        <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Inter:wght@200;400;500;700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
         {{#if copy_fonts}}
         <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ path_to_root }}fonts/fonts.css">
         {{/if}}
@@ -55,7 +53,7 @@
         <script async src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/mathjax/2.7.1/MathJax.js?config=TeX-AMS-MML_HTMLorMML"></script>
         {{/if}}
     </head>
-    <body>
+    <body class="sidebar-visible no-js">
     <div id="body-container">
         <!-- Provide site root to javascript -->
         <script>
@@ -85,24 +83,29 @@
             try { theme = localStorage.getItem('mdbook-theme'); } catch(e) { }
             if (theme === null || theme === undefined) { theme = default_theme; }
             var html = document.querySelector('html');
-            html.classList.remove('no-js')
             html.classList.remove('{{ default_theme }}')
             html.classList.add(theme);
-            html.classList.add('js');
+            var body = document.querySelector('body');
+            body.classList.remove('no-js')
+            body.classList.add('js');
         </script>
 
+        <input type="checkbox" id="sidebar-toggle-anchor" class="hidden">
+
         <!-- Hide / unhide sidebar before it is displayed -->
         <script>
-            var html = document.querySelector('html');
+            var body = document.querySelector('body');
             var sidebar = null;
+            var sidebar_toggle = document.getElementById("sidebar-toggle-anchor");
             if (document.body.clientWidth >= 1080) {
                 try { sidebar = localStorage.getItem('mdbook-sidebar'); } catch(e) { }
                 sidebar = sidebar || 'visible';
             } else {
                 sidebar = 'hidden';
             }
-            html.classList.remove('sidebar-visible');
-            html.classList.add("sidebar-" + sidebar);
+            sidebar_toggle.checked = sidebar === 'visible';
+            body.classList.remove('sidebar-visible');
+            body.classList.add("sidebar-" + sidebar);
         </script>
 
         <nav id="sidebar" class="sidebar" aria-label="Table of contents">
@@ -141,9 +144,9 @@
                 <div id="menu-bar-hover-placeholder"></div>
                 <div id="menu-bar" class="menu-bar sticky">
                     <div class="left-buttons">
-                        <button id="sidebar-toggle" class="icon-button" type="button" title="Toggle Table of Contents" aria-label="Toggle Table of Contents" aria-controls="sidebar">
+                        <label id="sidebar-toggle" class="icon-button" for="sidebar-toggle-anchor" title="Toggle Table of Contents" aria-label="Toggle Table of Contents" aria-controls="sidebar">
                             <i class="fa fa-bars"></i>
-                        </button>
+                        </label>
                         <button id="theme-toggle" class="icon-button" type="button" title="Change theme" aria-label="Change theme" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="theme-list">
                             <i class="fa fa-paint-brush"></i>
                         </button>
@@ -220,7 +223,7 @@
                         {{/previous}}
 
                         {{#next}}
-                            <a rel="next" href="{{ path_to_root }}{{link}}" class="mobile-nav-chapters next" title="Next chapter" aria-label="Next chapter" aria-keyshortcuts="Right">
+                            <a rel="next prefetch" href="{{ path_to_root }}{{link}}" class="mobile-nav-chapters next" title="Next chapter" aria-label="Next chapter" aria-keyshortcuts="Right">
                                 <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i>
                             </a>
                         {{/next}}
@@ -238,7 +241,7 @@
                 {{/previous}}
 
                 {{#next}}
-                    <a rel="next" href="{{ path_to_root }}{{link}}" class="nav-chapters next" title="Next chapter" aria-label="Next chapter" aria-keyshortcuts="Right">
+                    <a rel="next prefetch" href="{{ path_to_root }}{{link}}" class="nav-chapters next" title="Next chapter" aria-label="Next chapter" aria-keyshortcuts="Right">
                         <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i>
                     </a>
                 {{/next}}
