Feature Description

The order of pages in the page tree of the sidebar should be configurable:

• (current): byWeight
• (additionally): byTitle

Problem/Solution

Currently, the pages in the page tree of the sidebar are sorted by weight. If no weight is defined for a page, it is sorted by date.
I understand that this is a practical use case for a number of users. However, there is another scenario in which this is very impractical:
Technical documentation with a large number of pages that should be sorted alphabetically.

Currently, there is no other option than to assign a weighting to each individual page or to fake the date.
And if you then add a page whose title begins with “B,” you have to adjust the weighting of all subsequent pages.

I would like to see the field that is sorted by be configurable via hugo.yaml. This would allow alphabetical sorting to be enforced.

Alternatives Considered

Of course, I can overwrite layouts/_partials/sidebar.html and replace “$items.ByWeight” with “$items.ByTitle”.
However, this makes it unnecessarily difficult to keep up with changes in Hextra.