How to make a vertical header?

Topic summary

A user working with Shopify’s Spotlight theme wants to create a vertical header positioned on the left side of their store, similar to a reference image they provided. They attempted to implement this but encountered an issue: a blank space appeared on the left while the original header remained in place and couldn’t be removed through theme customization settings.

Current Status:

  • The user shared their store URL for troubleshooting assistance
  • Multiple community members have offered to help resolve the implementation issue
  • The problem remains unresolved, with the discussion still open

Key Challenge:
The main difficulty involves properly repositioning the header vertically while removing or hiding the default horizontal header that persists after their initial CSS attempt.

Summarized with AI on October 28. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.

Hi! Im on the Spotlight theme and I want to make the header verticaly - on the left side but I really dont know how… Im posting an inspiration below.

what code?

Hi @jakubzurek , kindly provide your store URL please and if it is password protected, please share the password as well. Thanks

thank you! I just made it but and it created blank header space on the left but the main header its still there and i cant do nothing with it in customization…

Hello jakubzurek,

I hope you are good, Regarding your request have you been able to get it solved? I would love to render assist with this

Please let me know

Thanks

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