Sections are the largest building blocks in the Divi Builder. They act as horizontal stacking blocks to organize content into distinct areas. Divi offers three types of sections: Regular, Fullwidth, and Specialty. Each section has customizable settings to create visually engaging layouts.
Add a Divi Section
When you load the Visual Builder, Divi automatically adds a Section.
Click the Blue Plus icon
to insert a new Section.Click on the Green Plus icon
to insert a Row.Click the Gray Plus icon
inside the Row to open the Divi Module Library.
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The Divi Section use cases
Creating Hero Sections: Use the Section element to design full-width hero areas with background images, videos, or gradients that introduce the page and grab user attention.
Segmenting Page Content: Divide your page into distinct sections to organize content. For example, separate services, testimonials, and contact information for better readability.
Adding Parallax Effects: Leverage the Section element’s background settings to create parallax effects, adding depth and visual appeal to your website.
Section Settings Breakdown
Once you've added the Section, the element's settings automatically pop up. This is where this element's content and design styles are configured. These settings are organized into three groups via the tabs at the top of the module:
The Content tab
Inside the Content tab, you can choose the Section's Link, background, and admin label.
Link - Make the entire Section module clickable, creating a seamless way to direct users to another page, section, or external site.
Background - Choose the Section module's background styles.
Admin Label - Choose the Section module's label text to assist you in keeping things organized and easy to understand in the Visual Builder.
The Design tab
All the design styles and options for the Section module are in this tab.
Layout - Choose the show/hide the section's inner shadow.
Dividers - Choose different types of top and bottom dividers, including their size, color, and more.
Sizing - Choose the Section module's sizing.
Spacing - Choose the Section module's spacing.
Border - Choose the Section module's border styles.
Box Shadow - Choose the Section module's Box Shadow styles.
Filters - Choose the Section module's filters such as hue shifts, saturation changes, and blending modes.
Transform - Choose the Section module's advanced design effects, such as scaling, rotating, skewing, and translating.
Animation - Choose the Section module's animation styles.
The Advanced tab
The Advanced tab provides tools for experienced designers, including options for adding CSS IDs and Classes, controlling visibility, managing transitions, adjusting element positions, and creating scroll effects.
CSS ID & Classes - Allows you to assign unique identifiers or reusable labels to modules, enabling advanced custom styling through your child theme’s stylesheet or Divi’s custom CSS settings.
Custom CSS - Allows you to add custom CSS code to fine-tune your Section module, enabling advanced styling that perfectly aligns with your vision.
Conditions - Allows you to create dynamic, personalized content, ensuring the right message reaches the right audience at the right time.
Visibility - Choose the Section's module visibility based on different devices.
Transitions - Choose how long the Section's module animation takes, adding subtle, impactful animations that enhance user experience and make your modules stand out.
Position - Choose precise control of the Section's module placement and create dynamic, visually engaging designs.
Scroll Effects - Control how the Section module behaves and transforms during scrolling.
What's the next step?
Save your changes and exit the Visual Builder
To save the page design, you can type CMD + S on a Mac or CTRL + S on a PC.
You can also:
Click on the Save button.
Click on the Exit button.
