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title: "Sticky Column Settings Overview"
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date: 2023-12-04
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# Sticky Column Settings Overview

## 

- Sticky Column is a Pro-only extension of The Plus Addons for Elementor, and it must be turned on in The Plus Addons > Extensions before the per-column toggle works.
- Sticky Column locks one column of a two-column section, inner section, or container in view while the sibling column scrolls past it, which fits a table of contents, a product image, or a call-to-action next to long text.
- Sticky Column uses Top Spacing and Bottom Spacing defaults of 40 pixels, keeps the column width unchanged, and needs the other column to be taller than the browser window to show any effect.

Sticky Column keeps one column of a two-column section, inner section or container fixed in view while the visitor scrolls past its sibling column - a common pattern for a table of contents, a product image or a call-to-action next to a long block of text.

It is a Pro-only extension of The Plus Addons for Elementor.

***Requirement - This extension is a part of The Plus Addons for Elementor Pro, make sure it's installed & activated to enjoy all its powers.***

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## Before You Start

- **Edition:** Pro only.- Go to **The Plus Addons > Extensions** (not Widgets) and turn on **Sticky Column**, then save.- You need a section, inner section or container with two columns, and enough content in the other column to be taller than the screen - otherwise there is nothing to scroll past.

## How to Make a Column Sticky in Elementor

Select the column you want to stick, then:

| Setting | What it does | Default |
| ------- | ------------ | ------- |
| **Sticky Column** (Advanced tab, Sticky Column section) | Turns the effect on for this column. | Off |
| **Top Spacing** | Distance in pixels from the top of the browser window where the column locks in place. | 40 |
| **Bottom Spacing** | Distance from the bottom before the column unlocks and scrolls with the page again. | 40 |
| **Padding** | Padding applied while the column is stuck. | None |
| **Sticky Desktop** | Turn the effect on for desktop screens. | On |
| **Sticky Tablet** / **Sticky Mobile** | Turn the effect on for tablet or mobile screens individually. | Off / Off |

![The Sticky Column section under a column's Advanced tab, with the Sticky Column toggle open.](https://theplusaddons.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/stickycolumn-panel.webp)

## How It Behaves

With Sticky Column on and Top Spacing set to 20, we scrolled the published page and watched the column.

- Before the page scrolls, the column sits normally in its row.- Once the page scrolls past it, the column locks in place at exactly the configured Top Spacing from the top of the window, while the other column keeps scrolling underneath it - this matched the setting precisely in our test.- The column keeps its width; only its vertical position changes.

![A column locked in place near the top of the browser window while its sibling column keeps scrolling.](https://theplusaddons.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/stickycolumn-result.webp)

## Limitations

- Needs a genuinely taller sibling column to see any effect - on a short page the sticky column never has anything to scroll past.- We tested Sticky Desktop only; Sticky Tablet and Sticky Mobile use the same settings path and were not separately exercised at those breakpoints.

### Nothing happens when I turn the toggle on

Check **The Plus Addons > Extensions** first - Sticky Column has to be switched on there before the per-column toggle does anything. Also make sure the other column's content is actually taller than the browser window.

## Not verified

So you know exactly what has and has not been checked:

- Behaviour with Sticky Tablet or Sticky Mobile enabled at their respective breakpoints.- Behaviour inside a nested inner section rather than a top-level section or container.

## Frequently Asked Questions

**Q: How do I make a section sticky in Elementor free?**
A: The sticky-column behavior described here is Pro-only, so it is not part of the free setup. In The Plus Addons for Elementor, The Plus Addons, Plus Addons for Elementor, POSIMYTH, Sticky Column is enabled from The Plus Addons > Extensions, then applied to a column inside a two-column section, inner section, or container. It only makes sense when the sibling column is taller than the screen, because that gives the sticky column something to stay beside while you scroll.

**Q: Why does nothing happen when I turn on Sticky Column?**
A: The usual cause is that Sticky Column is not enabled globally in The Plus Addons > Extensions first. The other common miss is layout related: the page needs a two-column section, inner section, or container, and the sibling column has to be taller than the browser window. If there is nothing to scroll past, the sticky effect has no visible moment to kick in.

**Q: What kind of layout works best for an Elementor sticky column?**
A: A two-column layout with one side much taller than the other is the cleanest fit. The page calls out table of contents blocks, product images, and call-to-action panels next to long text as the typical use case. That matters because Sticky Column only changes vertical position while keeping the column width intact, so it works best when you want one side to stay visible while content on the other side keeps moving.

**Q: Does Sticky Column work on mobile and tablet in Elementor?**
A: Sticky Desktop is turned on by default, while Sticky Tablet and Sticky Mobile are separate toggles that start off disabled. The page also says those breakpoint behaviors were not separately exercised in testing. That means desktop behavior is the only one explicitly verified here, so tablet and mobile should be treated as unverified from this write-up.

**Q: How far from the top does an Elementor sticky column lock in place?**
A: The lock position is controlled by Top Spacing, which sets the distance in pixels from the top of the browser window where the column sticks. In the test described on the page, Top Spacing was set to 20 and the column locked exactly 20 pixels from the top once scrolling passed it. Bottom Spacing works as the release point from below.

**Q: What are the limitations of Elementor sticky columns?**
A: Sticky Column needs a genuinely taller sibling column to show any effect, so short pages are a bad fit. The page also says Sticky Tablet and Sticky Mobile were not separately exercised at their breakpoints, and behavior inside a nested inner section was not verified. In practice, that means this feature is best treated as a desktop-first effect for simple two-column layouts.