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Section Layout

A range of content blocks that respond to the user's device and used to build a 'tree' of content blocks. Generic Section Layouts have a section to build blocks in and a range of settings to modify the layout and the content blocks inside.

There are 5 Section Layouts to choose from:

Settings

Section Layouts have the following settings:

  • Hide - hides the whole page layout together with the page components inside.
  • Alternative Heading Color - changes the heading colors inside the Section Layout to an accessible alternative color.
  • Mobile Content Direction - swaps page components sort order inside the Section Layout on mobile devices (device width less than 992px).
  • Content Vertical Position - sets the vertical position of the content inside the Section Layout.
  • Section Layout Width - sets the Section Layout width to build page components in.
  • Section Background Color - sets the Section Layout color to be shown on the page.

Alternative Heading Color

Toggling this setting will change the color of all the headings inside the Section Layout to an accessible alternative color. Examples below showcase different heading colors inside different color Section Layouts with Alternative Heading Color setting enabled.

Standard Heading Color

Alternative Heading Color

Standard Heading Color

Alternative Heading Color

Standard Heading Color

Alternative Heading Color

Standard Heading Color

Alternative Heading Color

Standard Heading Color

Alternative Heading Color

Standard Heading Color

Alternative Heading Color

Standard Heading Color

Alternative Heading Color

Standard Heading Color

 ! No Paragraph Text Should be Placed Inside the Teal Layout - only Headings !

Alternative Heading Color

 ! No Paragraph Text Should be Placed Inside the Teal Layout - only Headings !

Mobile Content Direction

Toggling this setting will swap page components sort order inside the Section Layout on mobile devices (device width less than 992px). This has no impact on desktop devices and One Column Section Layout. It is useful when content is built in a zig-zag pattern on desktop and the content should be consistent on mobile devices without having a zig-zag pattern in a column.

An example below showcases the functionality of the toggle (change the browser size to see the results).

First example has the toggle turned off

Once the device width goes to below 992px, the Column 1 stays at the top and Column 2 goes below it.


Column 1



Column 2


Second example has the toggle turned on

Once the device width goes to below 992px, the Column 2 stays at the top and Column 1 goes below it.


Column 1



Column 2


Content Vertical Position

Sets the vertical position of the content inside the Section Layout. Active only when one of the columns has more content than the other. By default, the content will be centered in the center.


Top Content Vertical Position



Top

Content

Vertical

Position



Center Content Vertical Position



Center

Content

Vertical

Position



Bottom Content Vertical Position



Bottom

Content

Vertical

Position


Section Layout Width

Sets the Section Layout width to build page components in.

Extra Narrow Section Layout


Column


Narrow Section Layout


Column


Section Background Color

Sets the Section Layout color to be shown on the page.

White Section Layout

Gray Section Layout

Dark Teal Section Layout

Bright Teal Section Layout

Green Section Layout

Yellow Section Layout

Blue Section Layout

Teal Section Layout

 ! No Paragraph Text Should be Placed Inside the Teal Layout - only Headings !

Padding Settings

Padding settings are a way to configure the empty space or in other way called padding around the Section Layout. Padding settings are split into two categories - Mobile Padding and Desktop Padding. These groups have a number of settings to modify the Section Layout padding.

Mobile Padding

Section Layouts have the following mobile padding settings:

  • Mobile Custom Padding - activates custom Section Layout padding on mobile devices (device width less than 992px). Without this toggle enabled, any changes done to Mobile Top Padding and/or Mobile Bottom Padding won't have any effect.
  • Mobile Top Padding - changes the Section Layout top padding.
  • Mobile Bottom Padding - changes the Section Layout bottom padding.

Examples below showcases the padding functionality on mobile devices (the padding on desktop devices is left unchanged as the Desktop Custom Padding setting is not enabled) - change the browser size to see the results:


Section Layout with Mobile Padding enabled and Top and Bottom Padding set to 6



Section Layout with Mobile Padding enabled and Top and Bottom Padding set to 0



Section Layout with Mobile Padding enabled, Top Padding set to 6 and Bottom Padding set to 0


Desktop Padding

Section Layouts have the following desktop padding settings:

  • Desktop Custom Padding - activates custom Section Layout padding on desktop devices (device width more or equal to 992px). Without this toggle enabled, any changes done to DesktopTop Padding and/or Desktop Bottom Padding won't have any effect.
  • Desktop Top Padding - changes the Section Layout top padding.
  • Desktop Bottom Padding - changes the Section Layout bottom padding.

Examples below showcases the functionality on desktop devices (the padding on mobile devices is left unchanged as the Mobile Custom Padding setting is not enabled):


Section Layout with Desktop Padding enabled and Top and Bottom Padding set to 6



Section Layout with Desktop Padding enabled and Top and Bottom Padding set to 0



Section Layout with Desktop Padding enabled, Top Padding set to 6 and Bottom Padding set to 0


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