Enums are not getting rendered correctly

[ritz078]

Expected Behavior

Enums should be rendered correctly if exported via an object

Actual Behavior

There are two different issues depending on the way we write our enums:

• If the enum is written in separate file, the enum is rendered as a variable.
• If the enum is written in the same file, it is identified as an enum but the page is blank except the title.

Steps to reproduce the bug

enums.ts

/**
 * This is a custom enum that is exported as a constant object.
 * 
 * @enum
 */
export const CustomEnum = {
    /** A */
    A: "A",
} as const;

index.ts

import { CustomEnum } from "./enums";

/**
 * This is a second custom enum that is exported as a constant object.
 * 
 * @enum
 */
const CustomEnum2 = {
    ...CustomEnum,
    D: "D",
} as const;

/** @namespace */
export const ExportedObject = {
    CustomEnum,
    CustomEnum2
}

This renders like the following:

2025-08-25.at.13.30.43.-.Coffee.Orca.mp4

As you can see:

• CustomEnum2 is identified as an enum but the dedicated page is blank.
• CustomEnum is identified as a variable.

Environment

• Typedoc version: 0.28.11
• TypeScript version: 5.9.2
• Node.js version: 22.11.0
• OS: MacOS

[Gerrit0]

... I already regret #2999. This is (partially) because that magic doesn't also handle the extra level of indirection from the import. If you want a namespace, at some point, you should actually make a namespace... or should make a file and import it as a namespace....

[ritz078]

I wanted to avoid namespace but looks like there is no better solution right now. Thank you.

[Gerrit0]

I still plan on fixing at least one of these -- the empty enum shouldn't have this issue. I'll look if there's an easy way to support the other one as well.