topic Re: Adding Class and ID attributes to Custom Sections in CMS Development

Adding Class and ID attributes to Custom Sections

JLarry5001 — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 21:57:48 GMT

Newbie having trouble here.

My overall problem is that Class and ID attributes are not available on most elements in HS. (Insert rant here)

My solution is to create a new section that has class and id attributes available to the user to edit. I have done this with custom modules but I'm having trouble with sections. Has anyone else had trouble doing this?

Re: Adding Class and ID attributes to Custom Sections

GiantFocal — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 00:42:29 GMT

Hi @JLarry5001,

Sections don't support IDs/classes. Two workarounds you can try:

Develop section-as-module with custom ID and class fields.
Develop a "Settings" module that appends custom ID and class values to the section it's added into.

We use approach #2 in all of our HubSpot themes.

Re: Adding Class and ID attributes to Custom Sections

JLarry5001 — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 22:23:33 GMT

Thanks @GiantFocal!

If you have a moment, could you elaborate on Option 2? I'm just getting started with HubL and am not familiar with how to append class and ID to a parent.

I appreciate it.