# dnd\_sections

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/dnd-sections/120385>\
**Category:** CMS Development\
**Tags:** starter\
**Created:** [November 13, 2024, 8:55am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/dnd-sections/120385 "2024-11-13T08:55:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Hutfuchs](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/hutfuchs/32/204411_2.png) [@Hutfuchs](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Hutfuchs)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2024, 8:55am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/dnd-sections/120385/1 "2024-11-13T08:55:09Z")

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How can i prevent the User from editing the section preferences like Background, padding and so on? I know how to set the defaults but can i lock them too? --\> in custom dnd\_sections

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**Author:** ![Anton](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/anton/32/103167_2.png) [@Anton](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Anton)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/dnd-sections/120385/2 "2024-11-13T14:50:54Z")

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Hi @Hutfuchs,

to my knowledge you can’t prevent this since it’s a core function of dnd\_sections.

But this doesn’t mean there’s no solution for this case.

A few ways you can create a workaround:

- create “full-width” custom modules. This is something that dates back to the “pre-theme” days of HubSpot development and still is a quite common technique. The main idea is to create custom modules, that will have the functionality of a whole row but only with the settings you like to provide. It also can be a better solution than the dnd\_sections since you can add quite a lot more functionality to modules than sections. The big drawback of this is, that you don’t have dnd functionality inside a module. This means that such a module can get quite an effort to develop(depending on your requirements) but to be honest: nothing that can’t be done with some boolean/choice fields 😄
- create a custom CSS file. Add your desired styling to some classes and load this CSS file after {{ standard\_header\_includes }} of your theme (this line is most likely inside the base.html or similar). Once done, create some [reusable sections templates](https://developers.hubspot.com/beta-docs/guides/cms/content/templates/drag-and-drop/sections#create-reusable-sections) and add those classes to the template(s).

best,

Anton

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**Author:** ![GRajput](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/grajput/32/102020_2.png) [@GRajput](https://community.hubspot.com/u/GRajput)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 6:42am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/dnd-sections/120385/3 "2024-11-14T06:42:09Z")

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Hi @Hutfuchs

You can lock those settings. Instead, you can create a new section within that specific module ( like a full-width container ) and give your styles to that section, and by **[using content prevention settings](https://prnt.sc/-J1t_yMqaruE)**, you can lock the fields to prevent the user from making changes.

I hope this will help you out. Please mark it as **Solution Accepted and upvote** to help another Community member.  
Thanks!

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**Author:** ![NBrown67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f05b48/32.png) [@NBrown67](https://community.hubspot.com/u/NBrown67)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/dnd-sections/120385/4 "2024-11-15T17:52:35Z")

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You can’t. just one more stupid implementation and feature added to “improve” the platform by the genius product team.

Good luck trying to optimize the 2.5+ megabyte imagery the content editors add with zero recourse for development interoperability without getting super hacky. Condolences to your performance.

Gradient banding, lack of smoothing, misaligned content that’s non-responsive from overly simplistic box model editing, etc, etc. Lack of theme adherence, design system adherence, etc, etc.

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**Author:** ![Anton](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/anton/32/103167_2.png) [@Anton](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Anton)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 6:20pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/dnd-sections/120385/5 "2024-11-15T18:20:43Z")

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Man, looking at all of your responses over the years, it seems like you still don’t think that HubSpot is a good software…

You might wanna think about if this board is a right place to post constantly unhelpful and almost troll-like comments.

p.s: Flagged it as Inappropriate Content

Nonetheless - happy friday