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In this article
  • Changing your section background
  • Animating your section background
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  2. Creating a website
  3. Using the Wix Harmony Editor
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  5. Wix Harmony Editor: Customizing Your Section Background

Wix Harmony Editor: Customizing Your Section Background

In this article
  • Changing your section background
  • Animating your section background
A section’s background sets the tone for your page, guiding focus and shaping how visitors feel as they scroll. Design sections to align your site's brand and fine‑tune every detail — choose a solid color, an image or a video from the library, and apply subtle effects for depth. 
A screenshot of the Wix Harmony Editor Replace Background options
Good to know:
Save time on design by choosing from a wide variety of ready-made, fully responsive sections. When adding a new section, you can see the full range and choose a template that meets your needs.

Changing your section background

Switch up your section background to instantly change the look and feel of your page. Choose a color, image, or video to match your style and grab attention.

To change your section background:

  1. Go to your editor.
  2. Select the relevant section.
  3. Click Replace Background. 
  4. Choose the background type and customize it to your needs:
Note about the mobile view:

On mobile, you can change the section background to a different solid color or gradient without affecting desktop. Image and video backgrounds are shared, so you can only replace them from desktop.

Animating your section background

Bring your section to life by adding a background scroll animation. As visitors move up and down your page, the animation creates a dynamic, engaging effect. Try out options like Parallax, 3D, or Zoom, and adjust the settings to match your style.

To animate your section background:

  1. Go to your editor.

  2. Select the relevant section.

  3. Click the Animation icon .

  4. Select an animaion.

  5. (Optional) Click Customize to fine‑tune your animation settings:

    • Preview on scroll: Click the Preview icon  to preview how your animation plays as visitors scroll.

    • Zoom: Drag the slider to adjust how much you want to zoom in or out.

    • Direction: Adjust the animation’s direction using the available options (e.g. clockwise or counterclockwise, in or out, etc).

    • Speed: Drag the slider to make the animation move quicker or slower.

    • Scale: Drag the slider to decide how far the background fades back.

    • Angle: Set the rotation angle of the animation.

    • Stretch: Set the depth and 3D feel of the animation.

    • Animation type: Choose if your animation fades in or fades out.

Notes:
  • The available animations depend on the background type you pick for your section (i.e. color, image or video).
  • The customization settings vary, based on the animation you select.

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