notes/_includes/nav.html

<nav role="navigation" aria-label="Main navigation">
  <ul class="navigation-list">
    {%- assign ordered_pages_list = site.html_pages | where_exp:"item", "item.nav_order != nil" -%}
    {%- assign unordered_pages_list = site.html_pages | where_exp:"item", "item.nav_order == nil" -%}
    {%- if site.nav_sort == 'case_insensitive' -%}
      {%- assign sorted_ordered_pages_list = ordered_pages_list | sort_natural:"nav_order" -%}
      {%- assign sorted_unordered_pages_list = unordered_pages_list | sort_natural:"title" -%}
    {%- else -%}
      {%- assign sorted_ordered_pages_list = ordered_pages_list | sort:"nav_order" -%}
      {%- assign sorted_unordered_pages_list = unordered_pages_list | sort:"title" -%}
    {%- endif -%}
    {%- assign pages_list = sorted_ordered_pages_list | concat: sorted_unordered_pages_list -%}
    {%- for node in pages_list -%}
      {%- unless node.nav_exclude -%}
        {%- if node.parent == nil -%}
          <li class="navigation-list-item{% if page.url == node.url or page.parent == node.title or page.grand_parent == node.title %} active{% endif %}">
            {%- if page.parent == node.title or page.grand_parent == node.title -%}
              {%- assign first_level_url = node.url | absolute_url -%}
            {%- endif -%}
            <a href="{{ node.url | absolute_url }}" class="navigation-list-link{% if page.url == node.url %} active{% endif %}">{{ node.title }}</a>
            {%- if node.has_children -%}
              {%- assign children_list = pages_list | where: "parent", node.title -%}
              <ul class="navigation-list-child-list ">
                {%- for child in children_list -%}
                {%- unless child.nav_exclude -%}
                  <li class="navigation-list-item {% if page.url == child.url or page.parent == child.title %} active{% endif %}">
                    {%- if page.url == child.url or page.parent == child.title -%}
                      {%- assign second_level_url = child.url | absolute_url -%}
                    {%- endif -%}
                    <a href="{{ child.url | absolute_url }}" class="navigation-list-link{% if page.url == child.url %} active{% endif %}">{{ child.title }}</a>
                    {%- if child.has_children -%}
                        {%- assign grand_children_list = pages_list | where: "parent", child.title | where: "grand_parent", node.title -%}
                        <ul class="navigation-list-child-list">
                        {%- for grand_child in grand_children_list -%}
                          <li class="navigation-list-item {% if page.url == grand_child.url %} active{% endif %}">
                            <a href="{{ grand_child.url | absolute_url }}" class="navigation-list-link{% if page.url == grand_child.url %} active{% endif %}">{{ grand_child.title }}</a>
                          </li>
                        {%- endfor -%}
                      </ul>
                    {%- endif -%}
                  </li>
                {%- endunless -%}
                {%- endfor -%}
              </ul>
            {%- endif -%}
          </li>
        {%- endif -%}
      {%- endunless -%}
    {%- endfor -%}
  </ul>
</nav>