Passing a variable in a menu range?

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Hello everyone,

Is it possible to pass a variable in a menu array? I have a menu and want to pass diffrent classes to it depending on where it’s included?

Partial:

{{ partial "menus/main" (dict "class" "foo bar bazz" ) }}

menus/main:

{{- range site.Menus.main }}
  <a class="{{ .class }}" href="{{ .URL }}">
    {{ .Name }}
  </a>
{{- end }}

It gives me an error saying .class is not there, the code works outside of the range but not inside of it?! What am I missing?

Many thanks in advance.

2

Context. Within the range, the dot isn’t what you hope it is.

3

Oh I see, so the dot stops working when it’s within a range?

4

No, the dot means something else within the range. The with and range statements rebind the context.

To get to context passed to the template from within a block that has a different context, prefix with $.

{{- range site.Menus.main }}
  <a class="{{ $.class }}" href="{{ .URL }}">
    {{ .Name }}
  </a>
{{- end }}
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I tried everything but that :smiley: ! Thank you so much @jmooring I learnt something new today thanks to you. Appreciate it!