Feature Request: Folder name with no _index should not direct to empty page. Show subpages instead

[vdawg-git]

Feature Description

Currently when a folder has no _index.md and you click on its name in the sidebar, you get redirected to a blank article page.

Problem/Solution

Either only toggle the collapse, or direct to the first item of the list, or automatically list the subpages. I like the latter the most.

Alternatives Considered

Adding an _index.md to all folders. However, they need to be maintained and kept up to date when their purpose is to link to the subpages.

[vdawg-git]

Now that I think about it: It might be better UX if the folder name only toggles the list and is not a link to a site itself, as this can be unexpected and makes it harder to find the data you are looking for (or clicking on it just list the subpages)

Edit: I had an even better idea:
By default, if no _index.md is set, it simply shows the links to the subpages.

But, one also add an _index.md with a token like {{ subpages > }}, to allow for adding more information about the category itself :)

[imfing]

Currently when a folder has no _index.md and you click on its name in the sidebar, you get redirected to a blank article page.

Hi, can you provide more details on how to reproduce this?

[vdawg-git]

This is weird. I cloned the Hextra template, removed the _index.md from folder and it works as expected.

Whereas with the files from https://github.com/visual-dawg/hyprland-wiki it creates odd behaviour. Not sure why though.
I will clone its contents into the starter repo and see if maybe my setup was simply wrong

[vdawg-git]

I created a reproducible repo using the start template here: https://github.com/Visual-Dawg/hextra-bug-report/tree/main

Edit: Here are the files using the Geekdocs theem: https://wiki.hyprland.org/

[imfing]

thanks, will look into it 👍

[vdawg-git]

Thank you! Also a huge thanks for creating this theme. It is by far the best looking theme for Hugo out there

[AndyRaphael]

Hello
I am also interested in this. I tried to create a custom view by adding a list.html to the layouts/blog folder and copied the content from the hextra\layouts\blog\list.html file. However, this causes the page to render incorrectly. all the content is displayed one another. Instead of "sidebar | content | toc", it shows
"Sidebar
toc
content"

[imfing]

@AndyRaphael

I tried to create a custom view by adding a list.html to the layouts/blog folder and copied the content from the hextra\layouts\blog\list.html file. However, this causes the page to render incorrectly. all the content is displayed one another. Instead of "sidebar | content | toc", it shows
"Sidebar
toc
content"

regarding this, can you open a separate discussion?

[AndyRaphael]

Thank you for your great looking template. Looking forward to this update to show folder content automatically.

[imfing]

@Visual-Dawg

I created a reproducible repo using the start template here: https://github.com/Visual-Dawg/hextra-bug-report/tree/main

This should be fixed by #325

but I guess you've added _index.md to every sub-directories already :)

[vdawg-git]

Nice, thank you! Yes, we did, but good to know for the future :D