Allow creating a link that points to an external site in menus.toml

[Yvand]

Summary

I would like to add a link (either in docs or in main section) that redirects to an external site (for example, a link "report an issue" that redirects to my GitHub project).

Basic example

Something like this in menus.toml:

[[docs]]
  name = "Report an issue"
  url = "https://github.com/Yvand/LDAPCP/issues"
  weight = 100

Ideally, the link would render with an icon that indicates it redirects to an external site

Motivation

I think it makes sense from a navigation perspective. But maybe I'm using a wrong approach and menus.toml is not the right approach?

[h-enk]

@Yvand, the headers of the left navigation sidebar (set in ./config/_default/menus.toml) do not contain an <a> element (see also line 3 of ./layouts/partials/sidebar/docs-menu.html). You could change that — for all or just for the concerning link only.

Or, you could add the link manually (like I did for the Doks Showcase) — add to ./layouts/partials/sidebar/docs-menu.html something like:

<h3 class="sidebar-link"><a href="https://github.com/h-enk/doks/discussions?discussions_q=category%3A%22Show+and+tell%22">Submit to Showcase →</a></h3>

And customize styling to your liking.