Title: Sticky element width
Last modified: April 15, 2018

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# Sticky element width

 *  Resolved [Mew](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gokumew2/)
 * (@gokumew2)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sticky-element-width/)
 * Hi! Thank you for your assistance with my first issue. I would like to ask about
   another matter.
 * At present, the width of the sticky menu is the exact width of the element. I
   know I can add a width element to the CSS so that it becomes the full screen,
   but I would actually just like for the menu to be 2 or 3 pixels longer on each
   side. The reason for this is because of the image on my Home page. It has a box
   shadow on it and when you scroll down and the menu overlaps the image, you can
   see the shadow a bit on the left side of the menu.
 * Is there any way to extend the sticky menu’s size by a few pixels on both sides?
   My content area is 1040px and I’ve tried changing the width of the menu to 1040px
   when sticky, but it only extends to the right and not the left.
 * Any assistance would be appreciated! Thank you.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fsticky-element-width%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [Senff – a11n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/senff/)
 * (@senff)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sticky-element-width/#post-10205129)
 * Try adding this and let me know if that works:
 *     ```
       .element-is-sticky {
           margin-left: -10px !important;
           padding-left: 10px !important;
       }
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [Mew](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gokumew2/)
 * (@gokumew2)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sticky-element-width/#post-10205315)
 * Worked like a charm! Thank you so much!!

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 * Last reply from: [Mew](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gokumew2/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sticky-element-width/#post-10205315)
 * Status: resolved