Decreasing Section Padding Squarespace 7.1

I am using Squarespace 7.1 and need to remove vertical padding from sections - i.e. where sections join other sections. I imagine I'm not the only one thinking there is too much white space as a default and I can't find a way to remove it. 

Any ideas? I'm a new squarespace user and unfamiliar with custom css but will go down that road if needed. 

Thanks!

Can you provide a link to your site?

First click on the little pencil to edit the block...

Then use the section height tool to adjust the section height....

I hope this helps.

Thank you both for taking the time to try to help me. Unfortunately I can't share the site link yet as it is password protected and I don't have permission from the organisation it is for. I tried to adjust the section height to go as small as possible but there is still too much white space for my liking. I am using for the home page text overlaid on a background image, followed by a section containing blog posts displayed as a carousel, followed by a footer. I want to reduce the white space between the carousel and the image (on top) and footer (on bottom).  I'll keep playing around with this:) Thanks again. 

There is a min-height of 33vh set on sections. You need to override that to get the sections smaller. 

For all sections this would be:

.page-section {
    min-height: 0 !important;
}

For a specific section you need to specify the data-section-id that can be found by inspecting the page code using your browser's developer tools.

Somethig like this:

.page-section[data-section-id="5d979fd8590a832f3c411579"] {
    min-height: 0 !important;
}

Thank you

Hi Colin, 

This CSS isn't working on my site. I've DM'd you details.

Does is have something to do with "MagicPaddingController"?

Any ideas on what else I can try? Thank you 🙂
 

I am having the same problem. The CSS isn't working for me and when I inspect the page, I also have "MagicPaddingController. Can anyone help? I am trying to reduce the padding on all gallery sections.

12 hours ago, mpuls1 said:

I am having the same problem. The CSS isn't working for me and when I inspect the page, I also have "MagicPaddingController. Can anyone help? I am trying to reduce the padding on all gallery sections.

Use CSS

[data-section-id="enter section id here"] .content-wrapper {padding-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px;}

Each section has different ID. If you share link to your site, I can take a look

On 4/4/2020 at 4:11 AM, tuanphan said:

Use CSS

[data-section-id="enter section id here"] .content-wrapper {padding-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px;}

Each section has different ID. If you share link to your site, I can take a look

@tuanphan I am brand new to coding and website-building. Could you take a peek at the website I am working on? I am trying to make a very short block at the footer of every page for the copyright notice, but I haven't gotten anything to work yet.

Website: vdlbuilders.com / password: preview

I believe the block id is block-24f7fac60c5ecb3e84ae. I am not able to enter a custom code block with the plan I am on.

17 hours ago, tv42 said:

@tuanphan I am brand new to coding and website-building. Could you take a peek at the website I am working on? I am trying to make a very short block at the footer of every page for the copyright notice, but I haven't gotten anything to work yet.

Website: vdlbuilders.com / password: preview

I believe the block id is block-24f7fac60c5ecb3e84ae. I am not able to enter a custom code block with the plan I am on.

 

Use this CSS

footer#footer-sections>section:last-child .content-wrapper {
    padding-top: 5px;
    padding-bottom: 5px;
}

3 hours ago, tuanphan said:

Use this CSS

footer#footer-sections>section:last-child .content-wrapper {
    padding-top: 5px;
    padding-bottom: 5px;
}

 

Thanks for your response. It doesn't look like that worked either, though 😞

41 minutes ago, tuanphan said:

Try this

[data-section-id="5e8f4059a780b645bb8468ac"] {
    min-height: 10vh !important;
}
[data-section-id="5e8f4059a780b645bb8468ac"] .content-wrapper {
    padding-top: 2px !important;
    padding-bottom: 2px !important;
}

 

That worked! Thanks for your help!

On 10/14/2019 at 10:05 AM, colin.irwin said:

Can you provide a link to your site?

On 10/15/2019 at 6:07 AM, colin.irwin said:

There is a min-height of 33vh set on sections. You need to override that to get the sections smaller. 

For all sections this would be:

.page-section {
    min-height: 0 !important;
}

For a specific section you need to specify the data-section-id that can be found by inspecting the page code using your browser's developer tools.

Somethig like this:

.page-section[data-section-id="5d979fd8590a832f3c411579"] {
    min-height: 0 !important;
}

 

Working in 7.1 and I'm not really a coder. Is there a way to take section heights all the way to 0 on a site? (It doesn't allow for lower than 10) I have too much space between text blocks and image content.

Yeah I do think you would need code to do this @AdamR-NC ....Default padding makes sense for keeping pages responsive across devices. 

@tuanphan If I want to change the vertical padding on every slideshow throughout my site, do I need to write a bit of code that identifies each of those items individually or is there a way to implement a site-wide change to this aspect of the design? Thanks for all the help you provide in this community!

The site I'm working on is hillashapira.com, password: 2020. Just trying to close the gap between slideshows and the text section beneath them. 

On 6/6/2020 at 11:00 PM, AdamR-NC said:

Working in 7.1 and I'm not really a coder. Is there a way to take section heights all the way to 0 on a site? (It doesn't allow for lower than 10) I have too much space between text blocks and image content.

Add to Home > Design > Custom CSS to remove min-height 10

#page section {
	min-height: unset !Important;
	height: auto !important;
}

On 6/20/2020 at 12:32 AM, nellykate said:

@tuanphan If I want to change the vertical padding on every slideshow throughout my site, do I need to write a bit of code that identifies each of those items individually or is there a way to implement a site-wide change to this aspect of the design? Thanks for all the help you provide in this community!

The site I'm working on is hillashapira.com, password: 2020. Just trying to close the gap between slideshows and the text section beneath them. 

I think I answered you. You can check again

I injected the code you sent above without success. Where I see #page, do I need to use .gallery-slideshow instead? Attached, you'll see a photo of what I'm hoping to achieve. Thank you!

2 hours ago, tuanphan said:

Add to Home > Design > Custom CSS to remove min-height 10

#page section {
	min-height: unset !Important;
	height: auto !important;
}

 

20 hours ago, nellykate said:

I injected the code you sent above without success. Where I see #page, do I need to use .gallery-slideshow instead? Attached, you'll see a photo of what I'm hoping to achieve. Thank you!

Can you share link to page in screenshot? I can't find exact portfolio page

https://www.hillashapira.com/its-ok-to-love-flowers 

Site password: 2020

9 hours ago, nellykate said:

https://www.hillashapira.com/its-ok-to-love-flowers 

Site password: 2020

Add to Home > Design > Custom CSS

[data-section-id="5eebfb3b41e0e356fec85a0a"] .gallery-slideshow {
    padding-bottom: 2vw !important;
}

Hi, I need help adjusting the height in the section of my page that has "Free Shipping" in it.

I tried the code above and couldn't get it to work.

Here is the link to my page. I'm still in the free trial period, so hopefully this is the correct link. If not, please let me know what you need.  

https://terrier-tetra-hwye.squarespace.com/