# Highlight current doc topic in the sidebar identified by their slugs in the index

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/highlight-current-doc-topic-in-the-sidebar-identified-by-their-slugs-in-the-index/392857>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** doc-categories\
**Created:** [January 6, 2026, 5:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/highlight-current-doc-topic-in-the-sidebar-identified-by-their-slugs-in-the-index/392857 "2026-01-06T17:17:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 6

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Neil\_Evans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/neil_evans/32/511055_2.png) [@Neil\_Evans](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Neil_Evans)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 7:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/highlight-current-doc-topic-in-the-sidebar-identified-by-their-slugs-in-the-index/392857/6 "2026-01-07T19:21:49Z")

</div>

I noticed there was an update for this, so I have tried it on my system - but it doesn’t appear to work. Apologies if this is still in progress 🙂

---

_[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/highlight-current-doc-topic-in-the-sidebar-identified-by-their-slugs-in-the-index/392857)._