Table Of Contents — cinder playground

Overview

On-page heading navigation for long-form content and docs layouts.

<script lang="ts">
  import TableOfContents from '@lostgradient/cinder/table-of-contents';
</script>

<TableOfContents target="#article-content" />

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Use when

Adding an "On this page" rail for long-form docs or settings screens.
Letting users jump between headings while keeping context via active-section highlighting.

Avoid when

Navigating between routes or top-level app areas — use navigation-bar or side-navigation.
The page has too few headings to justify a secondary navigation rail.
Rendering expandable hierarchical data with selection state. Use Tree instead

Automatically derives nested entries from headings in a target content region.

Uses a controlled nested items array for custom table-of-contents ordering.

Props for table-of-contents
Name	Type	Default	Description
`ariaLabel`	`text`	`'On this page'`	Accessible name for the nav landmark.
`items`	`TableOfContentsItem[]`		Explicit TOC items. When provided, this source wins. If omitted, headings are derived from `target` + `headingSelector`.
`target`	`string \| HTMLElement`		Target heading container for derived mode. Accepts a CSS selector string or an HTMLElement.
`headingSelector`	`text`	`'h2, h3, h4'`	CSS selector for headings queried inside the target in derived mode.
`observeRootMargin`	`text`	`'0% 0% -70% 0%'`	Root margin forwarded to IntersectionObserver when computing the active heading.