encompass-cs-docs/themes/hugo-theme-learn/exampleSite/content/shortcodes/children/_index.en.md

title	description
Children	List the child pages of a page

Use the children shortcode to list the child pages of a page and the further descendants (children's children). By default, the shortcode displays links to the child pages.

Usage

Parameter	Default	Description
page	current	Specify the page name (section name) to display children for
style	"li"	Choose the style used to display descendants. It could be any HTML tag name
showhidden	"false"	When true, child pages hidden from the menu will be displayed
description	"false"	Allows you to include a short text under each page in the list. when no description exists for the page, children shortcode takes the first 70 words of your content. read more info about summaries on gohugo.io
depth	1	Enter a number to specify the depth of descendants to display. For example, if the value is 2, the shortcode will display 2 levels of child pages. Tips: set 999 to get all descendants
sort	none	Sort Children By Weight - to sort on menu order Name - to sort alphabetically on menu label Identifier - to sort alphabetically on identifier set in frontmatter URL - URL

Demo

{{%/* children  */%}}

{{% children %}}

{{%/* children description="true"   */%}}

{{%children description="true" %}}

{{%/* children depth="3" showhidden="true" */%}}

{{% children depth="3" showhidden="true" %}}

{{%/* children style="h2" depth="3" description="true" */%}}

{{% children style="h2" depth="3" description="true" %}}

{{%/* children style="div" depth="999" */%}}

{{% children style="div" depth="999" %}}