diff --git a/docs/user_guide/configuring.rst b/docs/user_guide/configuring.rst
index d4f6b9ff8..af1eb6add 100644
--- a/docs/user_guide/configuring.rst
+++ b/docs/user_guide/configuring.rst
@@ -245,8 +245,8 @@ override this behavior and control the sidebar on a per-page basis, use the
 
 .. _navigation-depth:
 
-Navigation depth and collapsing of the sidebar
-==============================================
+Navigation depth and collapsing the sidebar
+===========================================
 
 By default, this theme enables to expand/collapse subsections in the left
 sidebar navigation (without actually navigating to the page itself), and this extends
@@ -272,6 +272,34 @@ default, you can use the following configuration in ``conf.py``:
 This will make the first two navigations show up by default (AKA, top-level
 pages and their immediate children).
 
+Collapse entire toctree captions / parts
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+If your ``toctree`` elements have captions assigned to them (with ``:caption:``), you may
+collapse navigation items so that only the caption is visible. Clicking on the
+caption will display the items below.
+
+To enable this behavior, set the ``show_nav_level`` value to 0, like below:
+
+.. code:: python
+
+   html_theme_options = {
+      "show_nav_level": 0
+   }
+
+
+
+
+You can only collapse your ``toctree`` items underneath their caption if a caption is defined for them!
+If your ``toctree`` does not have a caption defined, then all of the pages underneath it will be displayed
+(the same as the default theme behavior). See `the toctree documentation <https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/restructuredtext/directives.html#directive-toctree>`_
+for more details.
+
+.. note::
+
+   In some Sphinx sites, the top-level ``toctree`` groupings make up "parts" in the documentation, with
+   each page beneath making up a "chapter".
+
 .. _remove_toctrees:
 
 Selectively remove pages from your sidebar
diff --git a/src/pydata_sphinx_theme/__init__.py b/src/pydata_sphinx_theme/__init__.py
index e1b767053..32018a7d5 100644
--- a/src/pydata_sphinx_theme/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pydata_sphinx_theme/__init__.py
@@ -131,6 +131,25 @@ def generate_nav_html(kind, startdepth=None, show_nav_level=1, **kwargs):
             for ul in soup("ul", recursive=False):
                 ul.attrs["class"] = ul.attrs.get("class", []) + ["nav", "bd-sidenav"]
 
+            # Add collapse boxes for parts/captions.
+            # Wraps the TOC part in an extra <ul> to behave like chapters with toggles
+            # show_nav_level: 0 means make parts collapsible.
+            if show_nav_level == 0:
+                partcaptions = soup.find_all("p", attrs={"class": "caption"})
+                if len(partcaptions):
+                    new_soup = bs("<ul class='list-caption'></ul>", "html.parser")
+                    for caption in partcaptions:
+                        # Assume that the next <ul> element is the TOC list
+                        # for this part
+                        for sibling in caption.next_siblings:
+                            if sibling.name == "ul":
+                                toclist = sibling
+                                break
+                        li = soup.new_tag("li", attrs={"class": "toctree-l0"})
+                        li.extend([caption, toclist])
+                        new_soup.ul.append(li)
+                    soup = new_soup
+
             # Add icons and labels for collapsible nested sections
             _add_collapse_checkboxes(soup)
 
@@ -264,6 +283,12 @@ def _add_collapse_checkboxes(soup):
         # We check all "li" elements, to add a "current-page" to the correct li.
         classes = element.get("class", [])
 
+        # expanding the parent part explicitly, if present
+        if "current" in classes:
+            parentli = element.find_parent("li", class_="toctree-l0")
+            if parentli:
+                parentli.select("p.caption ~ input")[0].attrs["checked"] = ""
+
         # Nothing more to do, unless this has "children"
         if not element.find("ul"):
             continue
@@ -278,8 +303,12 @@ def _add_collapse_checkboxes(soup):
         # Add the "label" for the checkbox which will get filled.
         if soup.new_tag is None:
             continue
+
         label = soup.new_tag("label", attrs={"for": checkbox_name})
         label.append(soup.new_tag("i", attrs={"class": "fas fa-chevron-down"}))
+        if "toctree-l0" in classes:
+            # making label cover the whole caption text with css
+            label["class"] = "label-parts"
         element.insert(1, label)
 
         # Add the checkbox that's used to store expanded/collapsed state.
@@ -292,6 +321,7 @@ def _add_collapse_checkboxes(soup):
                 "name": checkbox_name,
             },
         )
+
         # if this has a "current" class, be expanded by default
         # (by checking the checkbox)
         if "current" in classes:
diff --git a/src/pydata_sphinx_theme/assets/styles/index.scss b/src/pydata_sphinx_theme/assets/styles/index.scss
index be386c83f..00deae819 100644
--- a/src/pydata_sphinx_theme/assets/styles/index.scss
+++ b/src/pydata_sphinx_theme/assets/styles/index.scss
@@ -165,34 +165,6 @@ footer {
   }
 }
 
-.bd-sidebar {
-  padding-top: 1em;
-  overflow-y: auto;
-  display: flex;
-  flex-direction: column;
-
-  @include media-breakpoint-up(md) {
-    border-right: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
-
-    @supports (position: -webkit-sticky) or (position: sticky) {
-      position: -webkit-sticky;
-      position: sticky;
-      top: var(--pst-header-height);
-      z-index: 1000;
-      height: calc(100vh - var(--pst-header-height));
-    }
-  }
-
-  &.no-sidebar {
-    border-right: 0;
-  }
-
-  .sidebar-end-items {
-    margin-top: auto;
-    margin-bottom: 1em;
-  }
-}
-
 .bd-links {
   padding-top: 1rem;
   padding-bottom: 1rem;
@@ -346,7 +318,8 @@ nav.bd-links {
 
 /* Nav: hide second level (shown on .active) */
 
-.bd-toc .nav {
+.bd-toc .nav,
+.list-caption {
   .nav {
     display: none;
 
@@ -522,8 +495,44 @@ nav.bd-links {
 }
 
 .bd-sidebar {
+  padding-top: 1em;
+  overflow-y: auto;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+
+  @include media-breakpoint-up(md) {
+    border-right: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
+
+    @supports (position: -webkit-sticky) or (position: sticky) {
+      position: -webkit-sticky;
+      position: sticky;
+      top: var(--pst-header-height);
+      z-index: 1000;
+      height: calc(100vh - var(--pst-header-height));
+    }
+  }
+
+  &.no-sidebar {
+    border-right: 0;
+  }
+
+  .sidebar-end-items {
+    margin-top: auto;
+    margin-bottom: 1em;
+  }
+  .list-caption {
+    list-style: none;
+    padding-left: 0px;
+  }
   li {
     position: relative;
+    // If it has children, add a bit more padding to wrap the content to avoid
+    // overlapping with the <label>
+    &.has-children {
+      > .reference {
+        padding-right: 30px;
+      }
+    }
   }
   label {
     position: absolute;
@@ -553,12 +562,17 @@ nav.bd-links {
       }
     }
   }
-
-  // If it has children, add a bit more padding to wrap the content to avoid
-  // overlapping with the <label>
-  li.has-children {
-    > .reference {
-      padding-right: 30px;
+  .label-parts {
+    width: 100%;
+    height: 100%;
+    &:hover {
+      background: none;
+    }
+    i {
+      width: 30px;
+      position: absolute;
+      top: 0.3em; // aligning chevron with text
+      right: 0em; // aligning chevron to the right
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/tests/test_build.py b/tests/test_build.py
index a7e88df12..c5f1ac815 100644
--- a/tests/test_build.py
+++ b/tests/test_build.py
@@ -281,6 +281,46 @@ def test_sidebars_level2(sphinx_build_factory, file_regression):
     file_regression.check(sidebar.prettify(), extension=".html")
 
 
+def test_sidebars_show_nav_level0(sphinx_build_factory, file_regression):
+    """
+    Regression test for show_nav_level:0 when the toc is divided into parts.
+    Testing both home page and a subsection page for correct elements.
+    """
+    confoverrides = {"html_theme_options.show_nav_level": 0}
+    sphinx_build = sphinx_build_factory("sidebars", confoverrides=confoverrides).build()
+
+    # 1. Home Page
+    index_html = sphinx_build.html_tree("section1/index.html")
+    sidebar = index_html.select("nav#bd-docs-nav")[0]
+
+    # check if top-level ul is present
+    ul = sidebar.find("ul")
+    assert "list-caption" in ul.attrs["class"]
+
+    # get all li elements
+    li = ul.select("li")
+
+    # part li
+    assert "toctree-l0 has-children" in " ".join(li[0].attrs["class"])
+    assert "caption-text" in li[0].select("p span")[0].attrs["class"]
+    assert "label-parts" in li[0].find("label").attrs["class"]
+
+    # basic checks on other levels
+    assert "toctree-l1 has-children" in " ".join(li[1].attrs["class"])
+    assert "toctree-l2" in li[2].attrs["class"]
+
+    # 2. Subsection Page
+    subsection_html = sphinx_build.html_tree("section1/subsection1/index.html")
+    sidebar = subsection_html.select("nav#bd-docs-nav")[0]
+
+    # get all input elements
+    input_elem = sidebar.select("input")
+
+    # all input elements should be collapsed in this page
+    for ii in input_elem:
+        assert "checked" in ii.attrs
+
+
 def test_included_toc(sphinx_build_factory):
     """Test that Sphinx project containing TOC (.. toctree::) included
     via .. include:: can be successfully built.