From c2e9c6832c6c07fc4743a66a659566c2dfcb2f6d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: squidfunk <martin.donath@squidfunk.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2026 20:01:22 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: don't show button on mobile if table of contents is
 empty

Signed-off-by: squidfunk <martin.donath@squidfunk.com>
---
 dist/base.html | 15 +++++++++++----
 src/base.html  | 27 +++++++++++++++++++--------
 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dist/base.html b/dist/base.html
index e7de9915..add1dda3 100644
--- a/dist/base.html
+++ b/dist/base.html
@@ -181,10 +181,17 @@
               <div class="md-sidebar md-sidebar--secondary" data-md-component="sidebar" data-md-type="toc" {{ hidden }}>
                 <div class="md-sidebar__scrollwrap">
                   {% if config.theme.variant != "classic" %}
-                    <input class="md-nav__toggle md-toggle" type="checkbox" id="__toc">
-                    <div class="md-sidebar-button__wrapper">
-                      <label class="md-sidebar-button" for="__toc"></label>
-                    </div>
+                    {% set toc = page.toc %}
+                    {% set first = toc | first %}
+                    {% if first and first.level == 1 %}
+                      {% set toc = first.children %}
+                    {% endif %}
+                    {% if toc %}
+                      <input class="md-nav__toggle md-toggle" type="checkbox" id="__toc">
+                      <div class="md-sidebar-button__wrapper">
+                        <label class="md-sidebar-button" for="__toc"></label>
+                      </div>
+                    {% endif %}
                   {% endif %}
                   <div class="md-sidebar__inner">
                     {% include "partials/toc.html" %}
diff --git a/src/base.html b/src/base.html
index efc0ff1c..f56f23be 100644
--- a/src/base.html
+++ b/src/base.html
@@ -324,14 +324,25 @@
               >
                 <div class="md-sidebar__scrollwrap">
                   {% if config.theme.variant != "classic" %}
-                    <input
-                      class="md-nav__toggle md-toggle"
-                      type="checkbox"
-                      id="__toc"
-                    />
-                    <div class="md-sidebar-button__wrapper">
-                      <label class="md-sidebar-button" for="__toc"></label>
-                    </div>
+                    {% set toc = page.toc %}
+
+                    <!-- Don't render a button if there're no items -->
+                    {% set first = toc | first %}
+                    {% if first and first.level == 1 %}
+                      {% set toc = first.children %}
+                    {% endif %}
+
+                    <!-- Table of contents title and list -->
+                    {% if toc %}
+                      <input
+                        class="md-nav__toggle md-toggle"
+                        type="checkbox"
+                        id="__toc"
+                      />
+                      <div class="md-sidebar-button__wrapper">
+                        <label class="md-sidebar-button" for="__toc"></label>
+                      </div>
+                    {% endif %}
                   {% endif %}
                   <div class="md-sidebar__inner">
                     {% include "partials/toc.html" %}