From c8215e572307642932ef15c130d9fbd8526c63fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: squidfunk <martin.donath@squidfunk.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 12:58:39 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: regression in default navigation handling

Signed-off-by: squidfunk <martin.donath@squidfunk.com>
---
 crates/zensical/src/structure/nav.rs      | 9 ++++-----
 crates/zensical/src/structure/nav/item.rs | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crates/zensical/src/structure/nav.rs b/crates/zensical/src/structure/nav.rs
index a1304b5..c987cea 100644
--- a/crates/zensical/src/structure/nav.rs
+++ b/crates/zensical/src/structure/nav.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 
 //! Navigation.
 
-use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use std::hash::{DefaultHasher, Hash, Hasher};
 
 use ahash::HashMap;
@@ -124,7 +123,7 @@ impl Navigation {
                         }
 
                         // Extract page metadata for selected keys
-                        item.meta = page.meta.clone();
+                        item.meta = Some(page.meta.clone());
                     }
                 }
 
@@ -144,7 +143,7 @@ impl Navigation {
                     title: Some(page.title.clone()),
                     url: Some(page.url.clone()),
                     canonical_url: page.canonical_url.clone(),
-                    meta: page.meta.clone(),
+                    meta: Some(page.meta.clone()),
                     children: Vec::new(),
                     is_index: true,
                     active: false,
@@ -334,7 +333,7 @@ impl From<Chunk<Id, Page>> for Navigation {
                         title: Some(title),
                         url: None,
                         canonical_url: None,
-                        meta: BTreeMap::default(),
+                        meta: None,
                         children: Vec::new(),
                         is_index: false,
                         active: false,
@@ -351,7 +350,7 @@ impl From<Chunk<Id, Page>> for Navigation {
                 title: Some(page.data.title),
                 url: Some(page.data.url),
                 canonical_url: page.data.canonical_url,
-                meta: page.data.meta.clone(),
+                meta: Some(page.data.meta.clone()),
                 children: Vec::new(),
                 is_index: is_index(&file),
                 active: false,
diff --git a/crates/zensical/src/structure/nav/item.rs b/crates/zensical/src/structure/nav/item.rs
index b9cf8d2..38d884a 100644
--- a/crates/zensical/src/structure/nav/item.rs
+++ b/crates/zensical/src/structure/nav/item.rs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ pub struct NavigationItem {
     /// Item canonical URL.
     pub canonical_url: Option<String>,
     /// Item metadata.
-    pub meta: PageMeta,
+    pub meta: Option<PageMeta>,
     /// Item children.
     pub children: Vec<NavigationItem>,
     /// Whether this item is an index page.