Sidebar Configuration

Configure the sidebar from the Flowershow dashboard under Site Settings → Content, or using config.json if you prefer to version-control your settings or manage them via an automated workflow.

Showing and hiding the sidebar

Go to Settings → Content → Show Sidebar and set it to true or false.

You can also hide the sidebar on a specific page (e.g. a landing page) by adding showSidebar: false to that page's frontmatter:

---
showSidebar: false
---

This overrides both the site-wide Show Sidebar setting and Sidebar Paths.

Sorting sidebar items

Go to Settings → Content → Sidebar Order and choose how items are sorted:

• Path — sort items alphabetically by their file path/name
• Title — sort items alphabetically by their document title

Showing the sidebar only on specific routes

Go to Settings → Content → Sidebar Paths and enter a JSON array of path prefixes. When set, the sidebar only appears on pages whose path starts with one of the listed prefixes, and only displays content within those paths.

["/docs", "/guides"]

With this configuration, the sidebar shows on /docs, /docs/getting-started, /guides/intro, etc., but not on /, /blog, or other pages.

If Sidebar Paths is not set, the sidebar shows on all pages (default behavior).

Hiding paths from the sidebar

To hide specific subfolders from the sidebar tree, use the Content Hide setting under Settings → Content. Hidden pages are still accessible by URL — they just won't appear in the sidebar navigation or search results.

See Content Filtering for details.

Mobile breadcrumbs

On mobile, the sidebar is replaced by a slide-out drawer with a breadcrumb bar showing your current location in the site tree. Folder names in the breadcrumbs are clickable links if the folder has an index page (e.g. README.md or index.md). Folders without an index page are shown as plain text.

Using config.json

If you want to version-control your configuration, or have your editor's AI agent manage settings without touching the dashboard, you can define everything in config.json instead. Values set in config.json take precedence over dashboard settings.

{
  "showSidebar": true,
  "sidebar": {
    "orderBy": "title",
    "paths": ["/docs", "/guides"]
  }
}

• showSidebar: Set to false to hide the sidebar site-wide
• sidebar.orderBy: Sort order for sidebar items — "title" (alphabetical by document title) or "path" (alphabetical by file path)
• sidebar.paths: Array of path prefixes — when set, the sidebar only appears on pages matching one of the listed prefixes

To disable the sidebar on a single page, add showSidebar: false to that page's frontmatter — this works regardless of how you configure the site-wide setting.