gohugoio--hugo/docs/content/en/methods/page/Layout.md

title, description, categories, keywords, params

title	description	categories	keywords	params
Layout	Returns the layout for the given page as defined in front matter.			functions_and_methods returnType signatures string PAGE.Layout

Specify the layout field in front matter to target a particular template. See details.

{{< code-toggle file=content/contact.md fm=true >}} title = 'Contact' layout = 'contact' {{< /code-toggle >}}

Hugo will render the page using contact.html.

layouts/
├── baseof.html
├── contact.html
├── home.html
├── page.html
├── section.html
├── taxonomy.html
└── term.html

Although rarely used within a template, you can access the value with:

{{ .Layout }}

The Layout method returns an empty string if the layout field in front matter is not defined.