```qmd
quarto create-project --type website:blog demo-toc-left
echo "toc-location: left" >> demo-toc-left/_quarto.yml
quarto render demo-toc-left
````

From the dev version, `toc-location: left` produces an empty left sidebar and "glass" side abr at the top[^1].
<img width="1512" alt="Screenshot 2023-04-16 at 20 34 23" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/8896044/232334406-57857bb9-b23a-4553-819e-bba677c90548.png">

From the latest 1.2, only the empty sidebar
<img width="1508" alt="Screenshot 2023-04-16 at 20 37 53" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/8896044/232334493-4a19f7e5-3886-4617-9d16-7a1a372a30f2.png">

Note that, I did not noticed unexpected behaviour with `toc-location: right` and `toc-location: body`.

[^1]: Discussed in https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/discussions/5203
dragonstyle
2023-04-16T18:41:42Z
mcanouil
bug websites
v1.4
open
`toc-location: left` not handled properly in (at least) "about" page (website)
https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/5204