Section index page naming unclear

[hosmanadam]

Description

Based on the documentation, it would be expected that the section index page is displayed with the title of the containing section as header (as on the docs screenshot), even if no title is specified for the section index page in mkdocs.yml (as in the docs code example).

However, the section index page will be displayed as Index unless the section name is re-specified, consistent with default behavior.

Using version 1.6.1 for mkdocs
Using version 9.5.49 for mkdocs-material

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Proposed change

I'm not sure whether this is a bug or the documentation is misleading. I am assuming it's the latter, in which case I would propose adding a specific name to the example code to bring it in line with what is seen on the screenshot.

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[squidfunk]

Thanks for reporting. Unfortunately, I'm having difficulties understanding what you're observing. We use section index pages in our documentation, and it does not display "Index", but uses the title of the section for the index.md page, e.g.:

mkdocs-material/mkdocs.yml

Lines 228 to 229 in 45f60a6

	- Extensions:
	- setup/extensions/index.md

Could you please provide a minimal reproduction that demonstrates your observation?