Hugo Dollar Sign Variable

Sep 9, 2017
.Title vs $.Title

Dollar sign ($) variable is used to refer to variable in the global scope.

Assuming you are editing template in layouts/_default/single.html

  • .Title and $.Title will refer to current page title.
  • When you are in a loop of range .Site.Pages, .Title will refer each .Site.Pages title, while $.Title still refer to current page title.
<pre>
CurrentPageTitle={{ .Title }}
CurrentPageTitle={{ $.Title }}

{{ range .Site.Pages }}
  Title={{ .Title }} - CurrentPageTitle={{ $.Title }}
{{ end }}
</pre>

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