- Where to find it
- Labelled Height in the "Selected Column" section of the Modify drawer.
- Per device
- Yes — you can set one value for every screen, or separate values for phone, tablet, and desktop.
- Underlying CSS
height
In plain English
Height is how much vertical room the column takes. By default a column is exactly as tall as the content inside it, growing when you add a line of text and shrinking when you remove one. That is usually the behaviour you want, because content that outgrows a fixed height has to go somewhere.
Set an explicit height when the shape of the box matters more than the words in it — matching card heights, a banner of a specific depth, or a full-screen hero section (a height of 100vh means "exactly one screen tall").
What each option does
| Option | What you will see |
|---|---|
auto | Let the content decide how tall the column is. This is the default behaviour. |
When you would use it
- A hero banner should fill the visitor's screen: use 100vh.
- Cards in a row look untidy because each is a slightly different height.
- A decorative coloured band needs a specific depth regardless of content.
How to change it
- Select the column, open "Selected Column", then "Height".
- Enter a number and choose a unit, or select "auto" to let the content set the height.
- If content might grow beyond the height you set, decide what should happen using Overflow.
One value, or one per device? Every input in this setting sits under a “Same value for all resolutions” checkbox. Leave it checked for a single value everywhere, or uncheck it to give phones, tablets, and desktops their own. How per-device values work.
Watch out for
- Content longer than the height you set will spill out of the box. Either use Min Height instead, or pair the height with an Overflow setting.
- A height in percent needs the surrounding element to have a height of its own. Inside a normal row it usually does nothing — use vh instead.
- Matching card heights is often better achieved with the row's Vertical Alignment set to "stretch" than by hard-coding a height.
Related settings
For developers
The technical reference for what this setting produces: MDN: height. You do not need any of it to use the setting — it is there for whoever is building the components or debugging the published page.
Where to go next
- Back to the full attribute reference
- The Composer — the editing surface these settings live in.
- Publishing — how a change like this reaches your live site.