content/snippets/css/s/sticky-list-titles.md
---
title: List with sticky section headings
type: snippet
language: css
tags: [visual]
cover: interior-7
excerpt: Creates a list with sticky headings for each section.
listed: true
dateModified: 2020-12-30
---
Creates a list with sticky headings for each section.
- Use `overflow-y: auto` to allow the list container (`<dl>`) to overflow vertically.
- Set headings (`<dt>`) `position` to `sticky` and apply `top: 0` to stick to the top of the container.
```html
<div class="container">
<dl class="sticky-stack">
<dt>A</dt>
<dd>Algeria</dd>
<dd>Angola</dd>
<dt>B</dt>
<dd>Benin</dd>
<dd>Botswana</dd>
<dd>Burkina Faso</dd>
<dd>Burundi</dd>
<dt>C</dt>
<dd>Cabo Verde</dd>
<dd>Cameroon</dd>
<dd>Central African Republic</dd>
<dd>Chad</dd>
<dd>Comoros</dd>
<dd>Congo, Democratic Republic of the</dd>
<dd>Congo, Republic of the</dd>
<dd>Cote d'Ivoire</dd>
<dt>D</dt>
<dd>Djibouti</dd>
<dt>E</dt>
<dd>Egypt</dd>
<dd>Equatorial Guinea</dd>
<dd>Eritrea</dd>
<dd>Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)</dd>
<dd>Ethiopia</dd>
</dl>
</div>
```
```css
.container {
display: grid;
place-items: center;
min-height: 400px;
}
.sticky-stack {
background: #37474f;
color: #fff;
margin: 0;
height: 320px;
border-radius: 1rem;
overflow-y: auto;
}
.sticky-stack dt {
position: sticky;
top: 0;
font-weight: bold;
background: #263238;
color: #cfd8dc;
padding: 0.25rem 1rem;
}
.sticky-stack dd {
margin: 0;
padding: 0.75rem 1rem;
}
.sticky-stack dd + dt {
margin-top: 1rem;
}
```