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title: How to edit elements?
description: "The ChurchTools Website lets you insert one or more elements into a page's content or sidebar. Of course, you can edit and customize the list of elements and the elements themselves at any time. We'll explain how to do that…"
url: "https://staging.churchtools.academy/en/help/website-and-finder/pages/how-to-edit-elements/"
updated: "2026-06-16"
category: Website / Pages
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# How to edit elements?

The ChurchTools Website lets you insert one or more elements into a page's content or sidebar. Of course, you can edit and customize the list of elements and the elements themselves at any time. We'll explain how to do that in this article.

### (1) Expand/collapse all items

Using the " Fold in all*sets* " and *"Fold out all sets* " buttons in the upper-right corner (three-dot menu) above the list of elements, you can collapse all previously inserted elements to their title bars or expand them to show their details. Collapsing the elements gives you a quick overview of their layout on the page, especially on larger pages.

### (2) Move elements

Using the handle to the left of the element's title, you can easily grab an element with the mouse and *move* it up or down in the layout.

### (3) Show/hide an element on the website

If the switch is active, *the element is displayed on the webpage*. Clicking the switch deactivates it, and the corresponding element is no longer displayed. This makes it easy, for example, to show and hide elements for recurring events, rather than having to delete and recreate them over and over again.

### (4) Three-dot menu

Using an item's *three-dot menu*, you can *expand* or *collapse* the item, *duplicate* it, or *delete* it.

### (5) Heading

You can add a *heading* to most elements.

### (6) Enter/select information about the element

For some elements, you'll need to provide additional information: select external *services*, choose *tags* to narrow down your selection of groups, posts, people, or events, define *buttons*, add *descriptive text*, and upload *images*. It all depends on the element and how you plan to use it.

### (7) Design Options

For many elements, you have the option to customize the *design* to suit your preferences.

**Tip**

On mobile devices, you can also display teasers, groups, events, posts, people, and galleries as a horizontal carousel in certain layouts. This keeps the page organized even when it contains many elements and prevents it from becoming unnecessarily long. To do this, the *“Mobile Devices – Sideways Scroll”* setting is available in some layout options.

### (8) Additional Settings

In an element's advanced settings, you can set a *time period* during which the element should be visible, enable *automatic* slide *transitions*, or add *teaser elements*.

[![Screenshot Website Page content Add element](https://staging.churchtools.academy/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Website_Page-content_Add-element.png)](https://staging.churchtools.academy/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Website_Page-content_Add-element.png)

### Insert Additional Elements

To add new items *to the end of the list*, use the *+ icon* below the last item on the page.

If you want to add another element *between two existing ones*, hover your mouse over the space between the two elements and click the *+ icon* that appears there.