---
category: Layout
created: '2019-11-15'
description: Create a sticky header with CSS
keywords: css layout, css position sticky, css sticky header
thumbnail: /assets/css-layout/thumbnails/sticky-header.png
title: Sticky header
---

## HTML

```html index.html
<div>
    <header class="sticky-header__header">...</header>
    <main>...</main>
</div>
```

## CSS

```css styles.css
.sticky-header__header {
    /* Stick to the top */
    position: sticky;
    top: 0;
}
```

<Playground>
```css placeholders.css hidden
.lines {
    padding: 0.25rem 0;
    width: 100%;
    align-items: center;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
    flex-direction: column;
}
.line {
    background: #d1d5db;
    height: 1px;
    margin-bottom: 0.25rem;
}
.line.line--20 {
    width: 20%;
}
.line.line--40 {
    width: 40%;
}
.line.line--60 {
    width: 60%;
}
.line.line--80 {
    width: 80%;
}
.line.line--100 {
    width: 100%;
}
.rectangle {
    background: #d1d5db;
    border-radius: 0.25rem;
    height: var(--rectangle-height);
    width: var(--rectangle-width);
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--20 {
    --rectangle-width: 20%;
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--40 {
    --rectangle-width: 40%;
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--60 {
    --rectangle-width: 60%;
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--80 {
    --rectangle-width: 80%;
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--100 {
    --rectangle-width: 100%;
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--sm {
    --rectangle-height: 0.5rem;
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--md {
    --rectangle-height: 2rem;
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--lg {
    --rectangle-height: 4rem;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--20 {
    --rectangle-height: 20%;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--40 {
    --rectangle-height: 40%;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--60 {
    --rectangle-height: 60%;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--80 {
    --rectangle-height: 80%;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--100 {
    --rectangle-height: 100%;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--sm {
    --rectangle-width: 0.5rem;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--md {
    --rectangle-width: 2rem;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--lg {
    --rectangle-width: 4rem;
}
```

```css styles.css hidden
body {
    height: 24rem;
}

.sticky-header {
    /* Demo */
    border: 1px solid #d1d5db;
    border-radius: 0.25rem;
    height: 100%;
    width: 100%;
}

.sticky-header__header {
    /* Stick to the top */
    position: sticky;
    top: 0;

    /* Demo */
    padding: 0.25rem;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #d1d5db;
}
```

```html index.html hidden
<div class="sticky-header">
    <div class="sticky-header__header">
        <div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--sm rectangle--100"></div>
    </div>
    <div class="lines">
        <div class="line line--20"></div>
        <div class="line line--80"></div>
        <div class="line line--40"></div>
        <div class="line line--60"></div>
        <div class="line line--20"></div>
    </div>
</div>
```
</Playground>