Eleventy: How do I access front matter data of the current page?

[proog]

I'm migrating a Jekyll site to Eleventy using Liquid templates.

In Jekyll, it's possible to access the current page's front matter data in a layout simply by using the page variable. For instance, I can print the page title using {{ page.title }}. I understand that in Eleventy front matter is stored under data, but {{ page.data.title }} gives me nothing, and indeed the entire data key seems to be missing.

What's the intended way to access front matter data of the current page (in a layout)?

[teknetia]

I'm not sure how much the template engine impacts this, but in liquid I just use {{ title }} to get the title: item from the front matter. I only use the .data. method when working with data from collections.

[proog]

Ah, you're right. Thank you!

It is in my opinion somewhat unintuitive that page doesn't have the same structure as when reading it from a collection. Adding to the confusion is that both "collection" and "current" forms of the page contain some of the properties I would expect, like date and url, with the former also defined in the front matter.

I'm closing this as my question was answered.

[binyamin]

It is in my opinion somewhat unintuitive that page doesn't have the same structure as when reading it from a collection.

@proog You may be interested in #338.