Sense Theme: make mobile footer into two columns

Topic summary

Goal: change Sense theme’s mobile footer from a single vertical list to two side-by-side columns (or alternatively use dropdown menus) to reduce scrolling.

Key proposals:

  • CSS approach (Assets > base.css): at max-width: 749px, set .footer .grid to display:flex and size .footer-block.grid__item to ~45% width, with first/last blocks at 100%. A result image was shared showing two columns.
  • Template edit (footer.liquid): replace the footer block rendering with simplified heading and list output for menus. This is a structural change and may affect theme behavior.
  • Centering columns: add CSS to center .footer-block–menu headings/links. A likely typo in the posted selector (“.footer-blo ck”) may explain why it didn’t work.
  • Dropdown option: advised to follow a prior tutorial; applicability to Dawn theme and exact placement were asked but not answered.

Outcomes/issues:

  • OP expressed thanks; centering and dropdown attempts didn’t take effect for them.
  • Another user reported the code made their footer disappear.

Status: unresolved/ongoing. Needs corrected selectors, theme-specific verification (Sense vs Dawn), and clearer guidance for dropdown implementation. Images are central to understanding the intended and resulting layouts.

Summarized with AI on January 6. AI used: gpt-5.

Hello,

Currently using Sense theme and the mobile footer only displays the footer menus in one vertical column. I would like it to be two columns (side by side). Does anyone know a CSS code I can add to this section?

Here is how it currently looks:

I would like to save space/scroll time and have it to look something like this


:

Another option would be making the menus be drop down like this (not sure if this would be easier or harder):

Website is issamiracle.com.

Thank you so much in advance!

I am tagging a few page contributors that solved similar discussions, however those codes did not work for me.Hoping you guys can help!

@PageFly-Victor @PageFly-Kate @PageFly-Richard @ParthBhut @Michael144 @GemPages @LitExtension

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Hi @Melinda5
I would like to give you a solution to support you.

You can try adding the below code:

  1. Go to Online Store → Theme → Edit code https://prnt.sc/XkUYXZPnym_E

  2. Open your base.css in the Assets folder.

  3. Paste the below code at the end of the file

@media screen and (max-width: 749px){
  .footer .grid {
    display: flex !important;
  }
  .footer-block.grid__item{
    width: 45% !important;
    margin: 0 !important;
  }
  .footer-block.grid__item:first-child, .footer-block.grid__item:last-child {
    width: 100% !important;
  }
}

Result:

Best regards,
GemPages Support Team

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Hi @Melinda5 ,

Please go to footer.liquid file and change all code here:

Code:

{%- if block.settings.heading != blank -%}
                ## {{- block.settings.heading | escape -}}
              {%- endif -%}

              {%- case block.type -%}
                {%- when 'text' -%}
                  
                    {{ block.settings.subtext }}
                  

                {%- when 'link_list' -%}
                  {%- if block.settings.menu != blank and block.settings.heading != blank -%}
                    
                      {%- for link in block.settings.menu.links -%}
                        - {{ link.title }}
                          
                        
                      {%- endfor -%}
                    

                    
                      
                    

                  {%- endif -%}

Hope it helps!

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Thank you so much for that!

Thank you so much!!! I really appreciate it. Do you know if it is possible to center the columns also or is there not enough space for that?

Thank you!

Hi @Melinda5 ,

Please go to Actions > Edit code > Assets > base.css file and paste this at the bottom of the file:

@media screen and (max-width: 749px) {
.footer-block.footer-block--menu {
text-align: center !important;
}
.footer-block.footer-block--menu .list-menu__item--link {
justify-content: center !important;
}
}

Hope it helps!

Hi @Melinda5 ,

If you want to add drop down for mobile you can follow my previous tutorial it will work fine.

Hope it helps!

I tried it, but it didn’t do anything :sad_but_relieved_face:

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Hello again, would the same code apply to the dawn theme, to get the dropdown footer menu. If so, where would I paste the code?

Thank you again!!

All it did was make my footer disappear. I thought this was to make footer columns??