{{ .Content }} loads for first item in list but not for the rest until small change in template

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I’m having an issue where the {{ .Content }} for the first item in a list loads, but not for the other items in the list even though their other attributes load.

I have a shortcode {{< key_finding >}} that is called from within the content of another content type called chapter. For example:

Within content/chapter/Two.md:

{{< key_finding chapter="2" >}}

All of the Key Findings are stored in content/key_finding. My shortcode template calls all of the key findings within the specified chapter as follows:

<div class="container-fluid owl-carousel-wrapper">
	<div class="owl-carousel owl-theme">
		{{ range where (index .Site.Sections "key_finding") ".Page.Params.chapter" .Params.chapter }}
			{{ with .Page }}
				<div id="finding-{{ .Params.chapter }}{{ .Params.ordinal }}" data-ohash="finding-{{ .Params.chapter }}{{ .Params.ordinal }}" class="owl-carousel-item container col-md-offset-1 col-md-10">
					<h3>Key Finding {{ .Params.ordinal }}: {{ .Params.title }}</h3>
					<p>{{ .Content }}</p>
				<div class="supporting-evidence">
					<a href="{{ safeURL .Params.gcis_uri }}" class="traceable_account_a qtip-top" title="Supporting Evidence">Supporting Evidence</a>
				</div>
			{{ end }}
		</div>
		{{ end }}
	</div>
</div>

In the carousel where they load, the variables that load for all of the Key Findings are {{ .Params.title }} and {{ .Params.ordinal }} but for some reason {{ .Content }} only loads for the first one. If I change a character anywhere in the template, or add a line break, save, and refresh, then the {{ .Content }} for each list item shows up. But when I restart hugo server, the issue happens again.

This is on my local. However we deployed the site to a stage area and it does the same thing.

Not really sure what the issue is, any help appreciated.

It looks like there is a similar, unanswered, question here:

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I suspect there is a GitHub issue about this, but this is described as the “chicken and the egg problem”. A shortcode is included in a page’s content so it is impossible to to include that page’s content from that page’s shortcode, which would create an infinite loop.

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Thanks for your response!

The content being called in by the shortcode is from a different file. So I have a shortcode in content/chapters/Two.md that is calling the content from a different file in content/key_finding/2_2.md, for example. The content for content/key_finding/2_1.md shows up, but not the content for 2_2.md, 2_3.md, etc. The other front matter parameters of content/key_finding/2_2.md etc. show up though ( ordinal, title ).

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Yes, this is a Content thing, the front matter is metadata which is handled fine. Let just say that using .Content from shortcodes is not supported and the behaviour is undefined.

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Got it. Thanks for the info.

Fixed the issue by turning the shortcode into a partial. Then added a field in the front matter of each chapter to denote whether a chapter has key findings. Called the partial from the single.html template for the chapter.