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+++ description = "Default behavior of the navigation menu" options = ["alwaysopen", "collapsibleMenu", "ordersectionsby"] title = "Navigation Menu" weight = 4 +++
The navigation menu is automatically created from your content files.
All configurations options apply to all pages but can be changed in each page's front matter.
Expand State of Nested Sections
{{% badge style="cyan" icon="gears" title=" " %}}Option{{% /badge %}} Use alwaysopen to control how submenus appear. Set it to true to expand submenus, or false to collapse them. If not set, the first menu level is collapsed, and all others are expanded.
{{< multiconfig file=hugo >}} [params] alwaysopen = true {{< /multiconfig >}}
See the user guide how this setting will be applied.
Expander for Nested Sections
{{% badge style="cyan" icon="gears" title=" " %}}Option{{% /badge %}} Set collapsibleMenu=true to add an expander for submenus. This shows submenus as collapsible trees with a clickable expander.
{{< multiconfig file=hugo >}} [params] collapsibleMenu = true {{< /multiconfig >}}
Warning
Using this option may slow down your build process, especially with many pages.
We've seen builds taking 2 minutes with 1000+ pages, and over 30 minutes with 5000+ pages.
This happens because each new page affects all other pages, leading to exponentially longer build times.
Default Sort By
{{% badge style="cyan" icon="gears" title=" " %}}Option{{% /badge %}} Use ordersectionsby to choose how navigation menus are sorted. The default is weight. You can sort by weight, title, linktitle, modifieddate, expirydate, publishdate, date, length, or default (Hugo's standard order).
{{< multiconfig file=hugo >}} [params] ordersectionsby = 'weight' {{< /multiconfig >}}