# Section is not showing container element

**URL:** <https://forum.bricksbuilder.io/t/section-is-not-showing-container-element/16580>\
**Category:** How To\
**Tags:** container, how-to\
**Created:** [October 27, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://forum.bricksbuilder.io/t/section-is-not-showing-container-element/16580 "2023-10-27T17:37:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![stewtech](https://forum.bricksbuilder.io/user_avatar/forum.bricksbuilder.io/stewtech/32/14731_2.png) [@stewtech](https://forum.bricksbuilder.io/u/stewtech)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://forum.bricksbuilder.io/t/section-is-not-showing-container-element/16580/1 "2023-10-27T17:37:05Z")

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Every Youtube video I am watching there is always a center container in the middle of the section. There is nothing in my section. Is this something I must set in the theme settings? Even if I set the padding to 120px right and left and 20px top and bottom the container does not show.

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**Author:** ![clickfusion63](https://forum.bricksbuilder.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/3ab097/32.png) [@clickfusion63](https://forum.bricksbuilder.io/u/clickfusion63)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2023, 7:09am UTC](https://forum.bricksbuilder.io/t/section-is-not-showing-container-element/16580/2 "2023-10-28T07:09:50Z")

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> **[Understanding The Layout](https://academy.bricksbuilder.io/article/layout/)**
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> Bricks has four layout elements (since 1.5) to group & lay out your content in a fast, predictable, and streamlined approach: If you are new to web design, we recommend using the Section, Container, and Block element. As they come with presets...

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**Author:** ![charaf](https://forum.bricksbuilder.io/user_avatar/forum.bricksbuilder.io/charaf/32/34412_2.png) [@charaf](https://forum.bricksbuilder.io/u/charaf)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2023, 8:14am UTC](https://forum.bricksbuilder.io/t/section-is-not-showing-container-element/16580/3 "2023-10-28T08:14:30Z")

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The link @clickfusion63 shared should help 🙂 You’re probably looking for the container element.

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**Author:** ![Sunbonex](https://forum.bricksbuilder.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sunbonex](https://forum.bricksbuilder.io/u/Sunbonex)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2025, 8:53am UTC](https://forum.bricksbuilder.io/t/section-is-not-showing-container-element/16580/4 "2025-04-11T08:53:57Z")

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By chance, did you ever receive clarification on this? I’m finding the same issue but following a tutorial to setup and can’t move forward until I figure out to “roll” the elements down.