What's .Data in Page variable?

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Hello everyone. I’m new to Hugo. I can’t understand .Data in Page variables in the document

.Data
the data specific to this type of page.

I’ve tried to console log .Data but I only get {}
Can someone help me understand what’s this for?

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Place this in baseof.html:

.Data  = {{ printf "%v" .Data }}<br>
.Data.Pages  = {{ printf "%v" .Data.Pages }}<br>
.Pages  = {{ printf "%v" .Pages }}<br>

Then visit:

  • A single page
  • A list page (home for example)
  • A taxonomy page
  • A term page

1) On single pages:

  • .Data is an empty map.
  • .Data.Pages is an empty page collection
  • .Pages is an alias to .Data.Pages

In some older themes, before the .Pages alias was available, sometimes you will still see:

{{ range .Data.Pages }}

2) On the home page or section pages:

  • .Data is a map containing a pages element
  • .Data.Pages is the page collection available to the current page
  • .Pages is an alias to .Data.Pages

3) On taxonomy pages:

  • .Data is a map containing the following elements: Plural, Singular, Terms, pages, etc. See documentation
  • .Data.Pages is the page collection available to the current page
  • .Pages is an alias to .Data.Pages

4) On term pages:

  • .Data is a map containing the following elements: Plural, Singular, Term, pages, etc. See documentation
  • .Data.Pages is the page collection available to the current page
  • .Pages is an alias to .Data.Pages
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Thank you @jmooring. This is an AWESOME answer.

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