How can I adjust the size of my website's announcement bar?

Topic summary

A user seeks to reduce the height of their website’s announcement bar, which appears too large for their design preferences.

Solution Provided:

  • Navigate to theme code editor and locate the base.css file
  • Add custom CSS targeting the utility bar class
  • The code sets a fixed height of 35px and uses flexbox alignment to vertically center content

CSS Implementation:

.utility-bar.color-scheme-3.gradient.utility-bar--bottom-border {
    height: 35px !important;
    display: flex !important;
    align-items: center !important;
}

Outcome:
The solution was accepted by the original poster, successfully resolving the sizing issue. Visual examples were provided showing the before and after states of the announcement bar.

Summarized with AI on October 31. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.

Hi All,

I could now find the solution how to make a size of announcement bar smaller, at the moment it is too big for my style.

@Daria18 Hope you are doing well.

Could you please share your store URL? so can check and guide you accordingly

Hi @Daria18 , can you share store URL?

Hi @Daria18
Can you kindly share your store link (with the password, if any) with us? We will check it and suggest you a solution if possible.

https://18sparrows.com/

Hi @Daria18

You can try to follow this step
Step 1: Go to Edit code
Step 2: Find file base.css and add this code at the end of the file

.utility-bar.color-scheme-3.gradient.utility-bar--bottom-border {
    height: 35px !important;
    display: flex !important;
    align-items: center !important;
}

Result:

Best,

Liz

Thank you