Prerequisites

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Describe the issue

I use the docs layout for a library of presentations that I have created. I want the sections to appear in the left nav in a specific order. I use weight: and navWeight: to manage the order. The result as built doesn't follow any understandable order. It's not alphabetical and it's not in weight order.

Steps to reproduce

My site: https://sdwheeler.github.io/seanonit/docs/ - Note the order of the left nav
Source: https://github.com/sdwheeler/seanonit/tree/main/content/docs - Note the weights for these items

Here is a list of the weights:

• 01-contributedocs/_index.md: weight: 1 - navWeight: -1000
• 02-opensource/_index.md: weight: 2 – navWeight: -2000
• 03-markdown/_index.md: weight: 3 - navWeight: -3000
• 04-github/_index.md: weight: 4 navWeight: -4000
• 05-psprofiles/_index.md: weight: 5 - navWeight: -5000
• 06-pshelp/_index.md: weight: 6 - navWeight: -6000
• 07-crescendo/_index.md: weight: 7 - navWeight: -7000
• 08-binding/_index.md: weight: 8 - navWeight: -8000
• 09-git-fundamentals/_index.md: weight: 4 - navWeight: -4000

Expected behavior

I expect the weight metadata to control the order of appearance in the left nav

What operating system(s) are you seeing the problem on?

Windows

What browser(s) are you seeing the problem on?

Microsoft Edge

What version of theme are you using?

require github.com/razonyang/hugo-theme-bootstrap v1.9.3

What version of Hugo are you using?

go 1.23

What version of Node.js are you using?

v23.3.0

What version of Git are you using?

git version 2.48.1.windows.1

Additional context

No response