Customizing Content Overviews in Starlight

Jan 7, 2026

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The Table of Contents (TOC) is vital for long pages. starlight-toc-overview-customizer (or similar TOC plugins) gives you more control over how this navigation element appears.

Customization Options

While Starlight’s built-in TOC is great, plugins in this space often allow:

Depth Control: Changing how many heading levels are shown.
Styling: Custom highlight colors or markers for the active section.
Placement: Moving the TOC to the left or keeping it floating.

Implementation

Note: Always check the latest community plugins list as TOC customization is a rapidly evolving area.

Typically, you install the package and add it to your plugins array.

// pseudo-code for a generic TOC plugin
import starlightTOC from 'starlight-toc-plugin';

plugins: [
  starlightTOC({
    minHeadingLevel: 2,
    maxHeadingLevel: 4,
  }),
]

Refining your TOC improves readability and helps users jump to the exact information they need.