From 60df4936aa4189a28e301ebb6fc284706f7b0046 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?S=C3=A9bastien=20Lorber?= <slorber@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2025 18:13:46 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(theme): fix unability to navigate to category's page when
 browsing its children items (#11242)

---
 .../src/theme/DocSidebarItem/Category/index.tsx             | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocSidebarItem/Category/index.tsx b/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocSidebarItem/Category/index.tsx
index 49c384c0d1..cf29059928 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocSidebarItem/Category/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/DocSidebarItem/Category/index.tsx
@@ -188,7 +188,11 @@ export default function DocSidebarItemCategory({
               ? (e) => {
                   onItemClick?.(item);
                   if (href) {
-                    if (isActive) {
+                    // When already on the category's page, we collapse it
+                    // We don't use "isActive" because it would collapse the
+                    // category even when we browse a children element
+                    // See https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus/issues/11213
+                    if (isCurrentPage) {
                       e.preventDefault();
                       updateCollapsed();
                     } else {