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webflow sticky position not working
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you set position to sticky in webflow and it just... scrolls away like normal. ninety percent of the time the cause is the same: a parent element has overflow set to hidden, scroll, or auto, which silently breaks sticky on every child. here's how to find and fix it.
short answer
sticky needs a top or bottom offset - it does nothing without one. after that, walk up the navigator: any ancestor with overflow set to hidden, scroll or auto breaks sticky, and that setting usually got added to stop horizontal scrolling.
or do it yourself
- 1select your sticky element and confirm position is 'sticky' with a top (or bottom) value set - sticky does nothing without an offset.
- 2in the navigator, click each parent up the tree (especially body and page-wrapper) and check its style panel.
- 3find any parent whose overflow is set to hidden, scroll, or auto, and change it back to 'visible'.
- 4if you needed overflow hidden to stop horizontal scrolling, move it to a different wrapper that isn't an ancestor of the sticky element.
- 5republish and test - sticky only works while inside its direct parent's height, so make sure that parent is tall enough.
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downloadcommon questions
why is my webflow sticky element not sticking?
a parent element (often body or page-wrapper) has overflow set to hidden, scroll, or auto - change it to visible and sticky starts working.
does sticky need a top value in webflow?
yes - sticky elements ignore the setting unless you give them a top or bottom offset like 0px.