Navigation and Menus

Configure OINK navigation, language switching, sidebars, and page outlines.

OINK combines Hugo’s content tree and menu model with a documentation workspace: a global navbar, a collapsible and resizable section sidebar, and a collapsible page outline. The same structure works for English, Chinese, and right-to-left languages.

The global navbar is built from Hugo’s main menu plus OINK-generated controls. Depending on configuration and page type, it can include version, language, color-mode, and search controls.

Adding main menu entries

Define a menu entry in page front matter:

---
title: Documentation
linkTitle: Docs
menu:
  main:
    weight: 20
    pre: <i class="fa-solid fa-book" aria-hidden="true"></i>
---

Lower weights appear first. A site-level external link is similar:

menus:
  main:
    - name: GitHub
      identifier: github
      weight: 50
      url: https://github.com/pgsty/oink
      pre: <i class="fa-brands fa-github" aria-hidden="true"></i>

Use an identifier for configuration that refers to a menu item. Localize name or linkTitle in language configuration, but keep identifiers stable.

Version menu

The selector appears when params.versions is configured. Each entry can be a heading, separator, release, development build, or site variant:

params:
  version: v1.0.0
  version_menu: v1.0.0
  version_menu_pagelinks: true
  versions:
    - version: v1.1.0-dev
      kind: next
      url: https://next.example.org/
    - version: v1.0.0
      kind: latest
      url: https://docs.example.org/

version identifies the published site variant and is not necessarily a Git ref. Commands that require a resolvable tag should use the project’s explicit release-ref parameter instead. With page links enabled, OINK first tries the equivalent path on the target version and otherwise uses its configured URL.

Language menu

OINK builds language targets from Hugo’s AllTranslations. When a translated peer is missing, the target language’s home page is used instead of a broken URL. One configured language hides the control. With two or more languages, a click advances to the next language by weight, while hovering for half a second or focusing the control opens the complete menu. The current site cycles from English to Simplified Chinese and back. Targets include lang, hreflang, locale, and text-direction attributes.

Light/dark theme menu

When color-mode support is enabled, the navbar and documentation workspace show a theme control. See Light/dark-mode menu.

The documentation workspace uses a local search dialog when offline search is enabled. The sidebar button advertises the platform shortcut (Command/Ctrl+K). Online search integrations remain available by explicit configuration. See Search.

Adding icons to the navbar

Use pre or post on a menu entry. OINK includes the free local Font Awesome assets:

menus:
  main:
    - name: Source
      identifier: source
      url: https://github.com/pgsty/oink
      weight: 50
      pre: <i class="fa-brands fa-github" aria-hidden="true"></i>
      post: <span class="visually-hidden"> (external)</span>

Decorative icons need aria-hidden="true"; the link itself must retain a useful text or accessible label. External links that open a new tab must use rel="noopener".

Side navigation

The left panel on docs and blog pages is generated from the content hierarchy. OINK orders entries by weight and uses linkTitle when present. Sections come from _index.md files; translated sections need a peer _index.zh.md so their navigation metadata is localized.

Hide a page from the sidebar with:

toc_hide: true

Hide it from a section landing-page summary with hide_summary: true. Set both only when the page should be absent from both discovery surfaces.

Side-nav options

The common controls are:

params:
  ui:
    sidebar_menu_compact: true
    sidebar_menu_foldable: true
    sidebar_menu_truncate: 128
    sidebar_cache_limit: 2000
    sidebar_search_disable: false
    sidebar_width_min: 220
    sidebar_width_max: 480
    sidebar_item_overflow: ellipsis
  • sidebar_menu_compact shows the active branch and nearby entries.
  • sidebar_menu_foldable lets readers expand or collapse sections.
  • sidebar_menu_truncate limits entries and emits a build warning when the limit is too small.
  • sidebar_cache_limit enables shared navigation markup above the configured site size.
  • sidebar_width_min and sidebar_width_max clamp the desktop drag-resizer.
  • sidebar_item_overflow is ellipsis by default; use wrap for long labels.

The reader’s collapse state, width, and scroll position are preserved locally. The mobile view becomes a dismissible drawer with a backdrop and focus-safe controls.

Adding icons to the side nav

Set icon in page front matter:

---
title: Operations
icon: fa-solid fa-screwdriver-wrench
---

Use icons consistently across siblings. They are secondary cues, not a replacement for text labels.

Create a placeholder page at the desired position:

---
title: API status
weight: 90
manualLink: https://status.example.org/
manualLinkTitle: Live service status
manualLinkTarget: _blank
---

Use manualLinkRelref instead of manualLink for an internal content reference; Hugo then fails the build if it cannot resolve the destination. OINK adds noopener for new-tab links. Include a short body explaining the destination because Hugo still generates a page for the placeholder.

Enable rooted sidebars:

params:
  ui:
    sidebar_root_enabled: true
    sidebar_root_menu: true

Then set a section’s _index.md:

---
title: API Reference v2
sidebar_root_for: self
sidebar_root_link_self: true
---

self applies the root to the section index and descendants; children keeps the index in the parent tree but roots its descendants. The optional root menu lets readers switch between roots. Rooted sections can nest, but redundant or invalid values produce build warnings.

Table of contents (TOC)

Hugo builds the right-side page outline from Markdown headings. OINK renders it as a fixed documentation panel with quick links, language and theme controls, repository metadata, and taxonomy terms. Readers can collapse the panel; its state is stored locally.

Headings emitted by Markdown shortcodes ({{% ... %}}) participate in Hugo’s table of contents. Headings emitted only by standard shortcodes ({{< ... >}}) generally do not, so content structure should remain in Markdown whenever possible.

TOC customization

Hide the outline on one page:

notoc: true

Configure which heading levels Hugo includes:

markup:
  tableOfContents:
    startLevel: 2
    endLevel: 4
    ordered: false

Localize labels such as toc_on_this_page in the site’s i18n bundle. If custom CSS changes the outline rail or fixed-panel dimensions, test active tracking, zoom, keyboard focus, and pages with no headings.

Active TOC entry tracking with ScrollSpy

OINK uses a local Bootstrap ScrollSpy patch and IntersectionObserver to track the active heading. The workspace draws a continuous rail, active segment, and position marker. Disable tracking for a page with:

params:
  ui:
    scrollSpy:
      disable: true

The legacy ScrollSpy configuration also accepts a global rootMargin. Changing it affects when an entry becomes active and should be tested with short sections, long sections, and direct fragment navigation.

Advanced ScrollSpy customization

Prefer configuration and project CSS. Overriding the ScrollSpy attribute partial or docs-shell.js creates an implementation-level fork; add browser fixtures for hash updates, back/forward navigation, resizing, reduced motion, and pages that contain duplicate or missing IDs.

Breadcrumbs are shown above ordinary content pages and in taxonomy results. Disable them globally:

params:
  ui:
    breadcrumb_disable: true
    taxonomy_breadcrumb_disable: true

The same ui.breadcrumb_disable value can be set in a page or section cascade. Breadcrumb labels come from localized page titles and must follow the same logical hierarchy as the sidebar.

Enable OINK’s heading render hook in a consuming site:

{{ partial "td/render-heading.html" . }}

The generated .td-heading-self-link control uses # by default. It remains visible on touch devices and appears on hover or focus for pointer devices. Keep the link keyboard reachable and preserve a scroll offset that clears fixed navigation.

Heading aliases and in-page targets

Changing a heading can break inbound fragment links. Treat its ID as a public route. To rename an ID, retain the old one as an empty anchor and set the new one explicitly:

## Quickstart <a id="get-started"></a> {#quickstart}

Use an empty <a id="..."></a> for an alias or other in-page target. Do not use a span solely as a fragment target. IDs must be unique, stable, ASCII where practical, and identical across language variants.

Quickstart

This live heading demonstrates that both #get-started and #quickstart reach the same location. Translated headings should write the English rendered ID explicitly rather than relying on language-specific automatic slug generation.

Implementation notes

  • The document sets a global scroll offset for fixed chrome.
  • Built-in block targets use td-anchor-no-extra-offset to avoid applying the additional offset twice.
  • The translation audit compares rendered heading IDs between English and Chinese pages.
  • Removing an old alias is a breaking documentation change and needs a redirect or an explicitly documented compatibility decision.
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