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Background
Buttons
Fonts
Height
Links
Margin and Padding
Text Align
Border
Thermometer
Custom Style
Advanced Styling

Add Style

Learn about the styling options available for elements, rows, and sections in the Website Editor.

Clicking Add Style on a selected element, row, or section opens the styling options available for that item. Not all properties are available for every element — what appears depends on the element type.

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An example of the Add Style options for an element.

Background

Controls the element's background color, image, and image repeat behavior. See Background for full details.


Buttons

Available on the Item Catalog and Donor Catalog elements. Controls the appearance of catalog action buttons.

PropertyDescription
Button BackgroundBackground color of the button in its default state.
Button Background on HoverBackground color when a guest hovers over the button.
Button ColorText color of the button label in its default state.
Button Color on HoverText color when a guest hovers over the button.

See Change Catalog Button Colors for more details.


Fonts

Controls text color, size, font family, weight, and line height. See Fonts for full details.


Height

Controls the height, minimum height, and maximum height of the element. See Height for full details.


Links

Available on navigation elements such as the menu and header. Controls the color of links when hovered.

PropertyDescription
Link Color on HoverText color when a guest hovers over a link.
Link Background Color on HoverBackground color behind the link text when hovered.

Margin and Padding

Controls the spacing inside and around the element.

PropertyDescription
MarginSpace outside the element's border, between it and surrounding content. Can be set for each side independently.
PaddingSpace inside the element's border, between the border and the content within. Can be set for each side independently.

Text Align

Sets the horizontal alignment of text within the element.

OptionDescription
LeftAligns text to the left edge. Default for most elements.
CenterCenters text horizontally.
RightAligns text to the right edge.

Border

Controls the border drawn around the element.

PropertyDescription
Border WidthThickness of the border.
Border StyleVisual style of the border — Solid, Dashed, Dotted, or None.
Border ColorColor of the border.
Border RadiusRounds the corners of the element.

Thermometer

Available on the Progress Tracker element. Controls the colors of the progress thermometer.

PropertyDescription
Thermometer ColorFill color of the thermometer bar.
Thermometer Border ColorColor of the thermometer's border.
Thermometer Background ColorBackground color behind the thermometer bar.

Custom Style

The Custom Style option provides an input field for entering individual CSS property-value pairs. Use this to apply styles not covered by the options above.


Advanced Styling

For more complex customization, Advanced Styling lets you write and apply custom CSS directly to the element. See Introduction To Advanced Styling for details.

In this section:

  • Background
  • Fonts
  • Height

See also:

  • Background
  • Fonts
  • Height
  • Introduction To Advanced Styling
  • Button
  • Change Catalog Button Colors

Last reviewed: July 2026
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