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`parent`¶

When a template uses inheritance, it's possible to render the contents of the parent block when overriding a block by using the parent function:

{% extends "base.html" %}

{% block sidebar %}
    <h3>Table Of Contents</h3>
    ...
    {{ parent() }}
{% endblock %}

The parent() call will return the content of the sidebar block as defined in the base.html template.

parent¶