How to Automatically Generate Container Space for Your Fixed Divi Header (Using JQuery)

When opting for a fixed header on your website, you’ll automatically find yourself using Divi and its built-in position options. The fixed position option inside Divi allows you to stick any element to a specific location on your page. When using a fixed position, however, the container space of your element is removed. The fixed header floats on top of your page content creating an overlap that you don’t necessarily want. To avoid this, you can generate container space for your section using a placeholder.

In this tutorial, we’ll show you exactly how to do that using some JQuery code. The code we’ll add at the end of this tutorial automatically calculates the container space of your custom-built header section and assigns that height to a new div around your header. You can use this JQuery code for any kind of header you built using one section. You’ll be able to download the JSON file for free as well!

Let’s get to it.

Preview

Before we dive into the tutorial, let’s take a quick look at the outcome across different screen sizes.

Desktop

Mobile

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1. Start Building Global Header Template

Go to Divi Theme Builder

Start by going to the Divi Theme Builder in the backend of your WordPress website and click on ‘Add Global Header’.

Start Building Global Header

Continue by selecting the ‘Build Global Header’ option.

2. Use One Section to Build The Entire Hero Section

Section Settings

Background Color

Now, in the next part of this tutorial, we’ll recreate the exact header design that was shown in the preview of this post. If you want, you can skip this part and go to the third part of this tutorial that shows you how to generate container space for your header section. If you, however, want to recreate the header section design as well, open the section settings of the section you can notice inside the template editor and add a background color.

• Background Color: #6f4fff

Background Image

Then, upload the background image you can find in the download folder that you were able to download at the beginning of this tutorial.

• Background Image Size: Cover
• Background Image Position: Center

Spacing

Remove the section’s default top and bottom padding next.

• Top Padding: 0px
• Bottom Padding: 0px

Box Shadow

We’re using a subtle box shadow too.

• Box Shadow Blur Strength: 80px
• Shadow Color: rgba(0,0,0,0.3)

Position

And complete the settings by making the section fixed in the position settings.

• Position: Fixed
• Location: Top Center

Add New Row

Column Structure

Once you’ve completed the section settings, continue by adding a new row using the following column structure:

Sizing

Without adding any modules yet, open the row settings and modify the sizing settings as follows:

• Use Custom Gutter Width: Yes
• Gutter Width: 2
• Width: 100%
• Max Width: 100%

Spacing

Modify the top and bottom padding across different screen sizes next.

• Top Padding: 20px (Desktop), 0px (Tablet & Phone)
• Bottom Padding: 20px (Desktop), 0px (Tablet & Phone)

Main Element

And to align all column content, we’ll add two lines of CSS code to the row’s main element.

display: flex;
align-items: center;

Hide Column 2 & 3 on Tablet & Phone

Last but not least, we’ll hide the second and third column on smaller screen sizes to limit the height of our header.

• Disable on: Phone & Tablet

Add Menu Module to Column 1

Select Menu

Time to add modules, starting with a Menu Module in column 1. Select a menu of your choice.

Upload Logo

Then, upload a logo.

Remove Background Color

Remove the background color next.

Layout

Move on to the design tab and make sure the following layout settings apply:

• Style: Left Aligned
• Dropdown Menu Direction: Downwards

Menu Text Settings

Continue by modifying the menu text settings accordingly:

• Menu Font: IBM Plex Sans Condensed
• Menu Font Weight: Semil Bold
• Menu Text Color: #dddddd (Desktop), #6f4fff (Tablet & Phone)
• Menu Text Size: 0.8vw (Desktop), 2.5vw (Tablet), 3vw (Phone)

Dropdown Menu Settings

Change the dropdown menu line color next.

• Dropdown Menu Line Color: #ffffff

Icons Settings

And change the hamburger menu icon color too.

• Hamburger Menu Icon Color: #ffffff

Spacing

Then, navigate to the module’s spacing settings and add some custom margin values.

• Bottom Margin: 0px
• Left Margin: 10%
• Right Margin: 10% (Tablet & Phone Only)

Menu Logo CSS

Complete the Menu Module settings by adding some custom right margin to the menu logo CSS settings.

Desktop:

margin-right: 8vw !important;

Tablet & Phone:

margin-right: 0px !important;

Add Text Module to Column 2

Add Content

In the second column, the only module we need is a Text Module. Add some copy of your choice.

Add Link

Then, add a link.

Text Settings

Move on to the module’s design tab and change the text settings as follows:

• Text Font: IBM Plex Sans Condensed
• Text Font Weight: Semi Bold
• Text Color: #dddddd
• Text Size: 0.8vw
• Text Alignment: Right

Sizing

Modify the module’s sizing settings next.

• Width: 45%
• Module Alignment: Right

Spacing

Add some bottom padding too.

Border

Along with a bottom border.

• Bottom Border Width: 1px
• Bottom Border Color: #dddddd

Main Element

Complete the module settings by modifying the cursor using a single line of CSS code in the module’s main element.

cursor: pointer;

Add Button Module to Column 3

Add Copy

In the third module, the only module we need is a Button Module. Add some copy of your choice.

Button Settings

Move on to the module’s design tab and style the button accordingly:

• Use Custom Styles For Button: Yes
• Button Text Size: 0.7vw
• Button Text Color: #ffffff
• Gradient Color 1: #ffcfaa
• Gradient Color 2: #fa6eb9
• Gradient Type: Linear
• Gradient Direction: 89deg

• Button Border Width: 0px
• Button Border Radius: 4px
• Button Font Weight: Bold

Spacing

Add some custom padding values next.

• Top Padding: 0.8vw
• Bottom Padding: 0.8vw
• Left Padding: 1.5vw
• Right Padding: 1.5vw

Box Shadow

And complete the module settings by adding a box shadow.

• Box Shadow Vertical Position: 20px
• Box Shadow Blur Strength: 40px
• Box Shadow Spread Strength: 0px
• Shadow Color: rgba(252,160,177,0.7)

3. Use JQuery Code to Create a Header Placeholder & Automatically Generate Container Space

Add CSS Class to Header Section

Now that we have all our modules in place, it’s time to generate container space for the header section. To do that, we’ll need to reopen the section settings and assign a CSS class to it. We’ll use this CSS class in our JQuery code to create a placeholder around the section and calculate the section’s height.

• CSS Class: header-section-container

Add Code Module to Column 1

Time to make the magic happen! Add a Code Module to the row’s first column.

Insert JQuery Code

Place the JQuery code inside the Code Module and make sure you use script tags as you can notice in the print screen of the post.

jQuery(function($){
  
var headerSection = $('.header-section-container');   
headerSection.wrap('<div class="header-placeholder"></div>');
var headerWrap = $('.header-placeholder');
   
var headerHeight = headerSection.outerHeight();
headerWrap.css('height', headerHeight);  
  
$(window).resize(function() {
  headerHeight = headerSection.outerHeight();
  headerWrap.css('height', headerHeight);
});  
  
});

Insert CSS Code

We’ll make one additional tweak on smaller screen sizes by adding some CSS code in between style tags as well.

.et_pb_column {
margin-bottom: 0px !important;
} 

4. Save All Theme Builder Changes and View Outcome on Website

The only thing left to do is save all theme builder changes and view the outcome on your website!

Preview

Now that we’ve gone through all the steps, let’s take a final look at the outcome across different screen sizes.

Desktop

Mobile

Final Thoughts

In this post, we’ve shown you how to automatically generate container space for your custom-built global header. By default, as soon as you turn an element fixed, the container space is removed and the element floats on top of your pages. This leads to an overlap with existing content at the top of your page, something which you might want to avoid. In this tutorial, we’ve used some JQuery code to automatically generate container space for your header. This code works for any kind of section header you build, as long as you add the CSS class to the section settings. You were able to download the JSON file for free as well! If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to leave a comment in the comment section below.

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