Metadata¶

The Metadata extension makes it possible to add metadata to a document which gives more control over the theme in a page-specific context.

Usage¶

Metadata is written as a series of key-value pairs at the beginning of the Markdown document, delimited by a blank line which ends the metadata context. Naturally, the metadata is stripped from the document before rendering the actual page content and made available to the theme.

Example:

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title: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
description: Nullam urna elit, malesuada eget finibus ut, ac tortor.
path: path/to/file
source: file.js

# Headline

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See the next section which covers the metadata that is supported by Material.

Setting a hero text¶

Material exposes a simple text-only page-local hero via Metadata, as you can see on the current page when you scroll to the top. It's as simple as:

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hero: Metadata enables hero teaser texts

Linking sources¶

When a document is related to a specific set of source files and the repo_url is defined inside the project's mkdocs.yml, the files can be linked using the source key:

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source: file.js

The filename is appended to the repo_url set in your mkdocs.yml, but can be prefixed with a path to ensure correct path resolving:

Example:

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path: tree/master/docs/extensions
source: metadata.md

Result:

See the source section for the resulting output.

Redirecting to another page¶

It's sometimes necessary to move documents around in the navigation tree and redirect user from the old URL to the new one. The redirect meta-tag allows to create a redirection from the current document to the address specified in the tag.

For instance, if your document contains:

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redirect: /new/url

accessing that document's URL will automatically redirect to /new/url.

Overrides¶

Page title¶

The page title can be overridden on a per-document level:

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title: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet

This will set the title tag inside the document head for the current page to the provided value. It will also override the default behavior of Material for MkDocs which appends the site title using a dash as a separator to the page title.

Page description¶

The page description can also be overridden on a per-document level:

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description: Nullam urna elit, malesuada eget finibus ut, ac tortor.

This will set the meta tag containing the site description inside the document head for the current page to the provided value.

Source