From 05e28a716df8b7983c39375992fa9beea2d9f1bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Xin <5097752+imfing@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2026 12:27:37 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] feat(navbar): enhance active link detection for multilingual
 section landing pages (#913)

- Added logic to normalize trailing slashes for section landing pages in multilingual sites, improving the accuracy of active link detection in the navbar.
- This enhancement ensures that the correct link is highlighted as active, providing a better user experience across different languages.
---
 layouts/_partials/navbar-link.html | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/layouts/_partials/navbar-link.html b/layouts/_partials/navbar-link.html
index 57f4186..df6844a 100644
--- a/layouts/_partials/navbar-link.html
+++ b/layouts/_partials/navbar-link.html
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@
 {{- $external := .external -}}
 
 {{- $active := or ($currentPage.HasMenuCurrent "main" $item) ($currentPage.IsMenuCurrent "main" $item) -}}
+{{- /* Additional check for section landing pages in multilingual sites (normalize trailing slashes) */ -}}
+{{- if and (not $active) $link -}}
+  {{- $currentPath := strings.TrimSuffix "/" $currentPage.RelPermalink -}}
+  {{- $linkPath := strings.TrimSuffix "/" $link -}}
+  {{- if eq $currentPath $linkPath -}}
+    {{- $active = true -}}
+  {{- end -}}
+{{- end -}}
 {{- $activeClass := cond $active "hx:font-medium" "hx:text-gray-600 hx:hover:text-gray-800 hx:dark:text-gray-400 hx:dark:hover:text-gray-200" -}}
 
 {{- if $item.HasChildren -}}