absLangURL isn't working

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Hi I found that absLangURL isn’t working. It doesn’t output the full path.

Here’s the hugo code:

{{ range .Site.Menus.main -}}
          <li>
            <a href="{{.URL | absLangURL}}">{{.Name}}</a>
          </li>
{{ end -}}

and here’s the menu:

[menu]
  [[languages.en.menu.main]]
    identifier = "Item"
    name = "Item"
    url = "/page-1"
    weight = 10
  [[languages.en.menu.main]]
    identifier = "Item-2"
    name = "Item 2"
    url = "#contact"
    weight = 20
  [[languages.de.menu.main]]
    identifier = "Item"
    name = "Item"
    url = "/page-1"
    weight = 10
  [[languages.de.menu.main]]
    identifier = "Item-2"
    name = "Item 2"
    url = "#contact"
    weight = 20

I expect to get domain.com/page-1 or domain.com/de/page-1 but get only domain.com/
but if I use reLangURL

    {{ range .Site.Menus.main -}}
          <li>
            <a href="{{.URL | reLangURL}}">{{.Name}}</a>
          </li>
    {{end}}

I get /page-1 which is correct.

2
  1. What is your Hugo version
  2. Can you recheck your last code sample? There is no reLangURL. Just in case you typed it instead of copying it.

Other than that:

  • absURL is absolute from site root
  • relURL is relative from the current page.

Assuming you are on /some/page/ then a link to /some/other/page/ should come out as /some/other/page/ in absURL and ../other/page in relURL.

I wouldn’t think this is a bug. I would expect domain-less URLs for these links. You also want it to be that way, because you can migrate easier to a new topleveldomain.