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Sidebar not displayed if no Quarto document

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Description

The sidebar is not displayed if it does not include a Quarto document even-though there is content such as external links.

Sidebar displayedSidebar not displayed
project:
  type: website

website:
  title: "Test"
  page-navigation: true
  navbar:
    left:
      - text: "External working"
        href: "https://quarto.org"
        target: "_blank"

  sidebar:
    - title: "Dropdown"
      contents:
        - text: "External working"
          href: "https://quarto.org"
          target: "_blank"
        - index.qmd

format:
    html: default

project:
  type: website

website:
  title: "Test"
  page-navigation: true
  navbar:
    left:
      - text: "External working"
        href: "https://quarto.org"
        target: "_blank"

  sidebar:
    - title: "Dropdown"
      contents:
        - text: "External working"
          href: "https://quarto.org"
          target: "_blank"

format:
    html: default

Originally posted by @mcanouil in https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/9153#issuecomment-2029528267

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Research direction

Start with the minimal Quarto project configuration shown in the issue and reproduce the sidebar behavior with only an external link in its contents. Compare it with the configuration that includes index.qmd; done means the sidebar is rendered for external-only contents as well.

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Domain
web-dev
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
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