Children

Th' children shortcode lists child planks 'n various layouts.

Usage

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{{% children sort="title" %}}
{{ partial "shortcodes/children.html" (dict
  "page" .
  "sort" "title"
)}}

Parameter

Name Default Notes
type tree Th' layout used fer th' list'n.

- tree: a nested, unordered list
- list: a non-nested list wit' titles resembl'n a head'n style depend'n on th' depth
- flat: a non-nested list wit' titles 'n standard text style
- card: a card fer each top-level children.
    depth will be ignored by th' default cardtemplate.
    See below fer details
showhidden false When true, child planks hidden from th' menu will be displayed as well.
descript'n false When true shows a short text under each plank 'n th' list. When no descript'n or summary exists fer th' plank, th' first 70 words o' th' rrrambl'n be taken - read more info about summaries on gohugo.io.
depth 1 Th' depth o' descendants t' display. For example, if th' value be 2, th' shortcode will display two levels o' child planks. T' get all descendants, set this value t' a high number eg. 999.
sort auto Th' sort criteria o' th' displayed list.

- auto defaults t' ordersectionsby o' th' page’s Front Matter
    or t' ordersectionsby o' th' configurat'n Opt'n
    or t' default
- weight
- title
- modifieddate
- expirydate
- publishdate
- date
- length
- default adher'n t' Hugo’s default sort criteria
cardtemplate default If type=card, th' template t' be used t' display a card. See below fer details.

Remarks fer th' Card Type

Th' card type uses th' cards shortcode t' display th' top-level children o' a plank. See below fer an example.

Each children be displayed 'n its own card, us'n th' default cardtemplate. Wit' it th' card will display

  • a featured image at th' start; it be picked automatically check'n 'n th' follow'n order an' stopp'n th' check once an image was found
    • featured.webp, featured.png, featured.jpg, featured.jpeg
    • cover.webp, cover.png, cover.jpg, cover.jpeg
    • image.webp, image.png, image.jpg, image.jpeg
    • th' first image 'n th' bundle
  • th' title o' th' child plank as card title
  • if description=true th' summary

If ye have advanced requirements, ye can write yer own cardtemplate.

Own Card Templates

Th' children shortcode displays each children us'n th' card shortcode fer display. If ye have advanced requirements t' display th' children, ye can place a card layout partial into layouts/partials/card.

For example, if ye want t' see debug output display'n th' parameter th' partial receives, ye could set cardtemplate=debug which will cause th' partial layouts/partials/debug.html t' be called. Th' debug card template be shipped wit' th' theme.

A card template will be called wit' th' follow'n parameter by th' children shortcode:

  • plank: th' plank, th' children shortcode was contained 'n
  • rrrambl'n: th' summary
  • href: ready t' use link t' th' children plank
  • image: ready t' use link t' th' featured image
  • title: title o' th' children plank
  • params.page: th' children plank
  • params.depth: th' shorrrtcodes depth parameter value
  • params.descript'n: th' shorrrtcodes descript'n parameter value
  • params.showhidden: th' shorrrtcodes showhidden parameter value
  • params.sort: th' shorrrtcodes sort parameter value

Examples

All Default

{{% children %}}

Wit' Descript'n

{{% children descript'n="true" %}}
  • plank X

    This be a plain plank test, an' th' beginn'n o' a YAML multiline descript'n...

  • plank 1

    This be a demo child plank

  • plank 2

    This be a demo child plank wit' no descript'n. So its rrrambl'n be used as descript'n.

  • plank 3

    This be a demo child plank

Infinite Depth an' Hidden Planks

{{% children depth="999" showhidden="true" %}}

List Type wit' Depth an' Descript'n

{{% children type="list" depth="3" descript'n="true" %}}
plank X

This be a plain plank test, an' th' beginn'n o' a YAML multiline descript'n...

plank 1

This be a demo child plank

plank 1-1

This be a demo child plank

plank 1-1-2 (headless)

This be a demo child plank

plank 1-1-3

This be a demo child plank

plank 2

This be a demo child plank wit' no descript'n. So its rrrambl'n be used as descript'n.

plank 3

This be a demo child plank

plank 3-1

This be a plain plank test nested 'n a parent

Flat Type wit' Depth

{{% children type="flat" depth="3" %}}
plank X
plank 1
plank 1-1
plank 1-1-2 (headless)
plank 1-1-3
plank 2
plank 3
plank 3-1

Card Type wit' Descript'n

{{% children type="card" descript'n="true" %}}

  • This be a plain plank test, an' th' beginn'n o' a YAML multiline descript'n...

  • This be a demo child plank wit' no descript'n. So its rrrambl'n be used as descript'n.

Subsct'ns o' Children

plank X

This be a plain demo child plank X.

Subsct'ns o' plank 1

Subsct'ns o' plank 1-1

plank 1-1-2 (headless)

Subsct'ns o' plank 1-1-2 (headless)

plank 2

This be a demo child plank wit' no descript'n.

So its rrrambl'n be used as descript'n.

Subsct'ns o' plank 3