Why there is no ability to put column in column?

  • I run 3rd project based on Elementor. It’s minimal and lightweight comparative to VC drag-drop visual editor of pages. It’s cool, but I want to cry using it. It’s terrible. I still can’t understand why there is no ability to add column in column. May be this is hieracaticaly good way, but (!) there is no other way to make few elements in one row (display: inline-block; float: right;)


    I was trying to make one-row buttons after text in column with border I was trying to make one-row buttons after text in column with border And I made it, but buttons are in another column that had negative top margin. And this is bad way. It looks like a low level hack. The other way is to make border for section, but not for column. And with this way you I can make inline-buttons when they are in a column. Section will have heading, text, columns > buttons. But this looks a monkey pathing. For another block I need buttons out of border. So I need to make spacer? Monkey way. Sure that developer can make buttons in text editor with custom class or just inline-styles. But this is too simple thing to make it with developer support.

    This is not first time when I this problem apears. One time I was using html table to make imitation of column in column. It is a good solution, even it isn’t easy editable for client.

    I was using VC before Elementor and I don’t remember such troubles in it. What I’m going to say? I want ability to make columns in columns.

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  • Add a new section, select no of columns from 1 to 6, then add columns widget to whatever column you desire, you cannot however add a column widget into a column widget

    Thread Starter bublick

    (@bublick)

    @david-279,

    Thanks for response.

    you cannot however add a column widget into a column widget

    And this is about what my topic was. Why? Why there is no ability to add column in column?

    I found a way to do this better than below. The solution is to use ‘Template Widget’. But whatever, this is a little complicated for end-users. More easy would be to make it withouut template widget.

    I also found a hack (as say users of this method). The idea is next. There is a need to add spacer in column and after this, there appears ability to add Column Widget in column. But it works strange. Not always I can add Column Widget, but even if I added it works strange.

    @bublick can you explain how to use a “template widget” ?

    have you created a template with a coumn and have you saved it on your library?

    Also for the “hack solution” can you explain better how to do?

    I’ve thought to add a section and setting the top margin with negative position moving it up but this is not very quickli and need adding setting for every responsive view.

    Thread Starter bublick

    (@bublick)

    @mario-barretta,

    have you created a template with a coumn and have you saved it on your library?

    Yeap. All is right. Template widget is availible for Elementor Pro, but I think template can be insterted with shortcode also, without Pro version.

    Also for the “hack solution” can you explain better how to do?

    Try to make 

    <div class="spacer">
 <div class="column"></div>
 <div class="column">
  <div class="spacer"></spacer>
  <div class="column"></div>
  <div class="column"></div>
 </div>
</div>

    Pay attention to my comment for this ‘hack’.

    But it works strange. Not always I can add Column Widget, but even if I added it works strange.

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