The Sticky Layout Pattern

The Sticky Layouts pattern keeps key UI elements—such as headers, footers, sidebars, or call-outs—visible as users scroll. This improves navigation, maintains context, and makes frequent actions easily accessible. It’s especially helpful in long or dynamic pages where consistent access to controls or labels enhances usability.

How the pattern works

This pattern uses the CSS position: sticky property, which allows elements to toggle between relative and fixed positioning based on the user’s scroll position. The element behaves like a relatively positioned element until a defined scroll threshold is reached, at which point it becomes fixed in place relative to its parent container.