Chapter Opening, Designed Pattern, Pattern Paste Canonical: https://patternpaste.com/designed-patterns/chapter/ Designed Patterns (https://patternpaste.com/designed-patterns/) Page header (https://patternpaste.com/designed-patterns/?category=page-header) Needs the plugin # Chapter Opening A continuous publication opener with sticky chapter contents, live reading progress and a scroll-responsive chapter numeral in aubergine and warm paper. Native headings and reading links guide the reader through the issue. ## All patterns Search patterns Loading patterns… About this pattern ## Where Chapter Opening fits Opens a long-form article, report or issue, giving readers a sticky contents list and progress bar as they move through its chapters. ### Use it for - Research journal issue opener - Long-form report contents - Online book chapter index - Annual review sections What you can edit ## Every word, image and link is a WordPress block Select any of them in the block editor and change it in place. Colours, type and spacing use the blocks’ own controls. The layout stays protected while you edit. Unlock layout, in the section’s settings, lets you insert, move and remove any block. - 3 headings all required - 32 text lines 14 optional - 3 items Add item or Remove last item; 1 always stays - 3 items Add item or Remove last item; 1 always stays - 3 items Add item or Remove last item; 1 always stays - 3 items Add item or Remove last item; 1 always stays ### Section settings - Appearance: Designed or Use my theme - Animate changes - Unlock layout How it behaves ## It still works when things are switched off As you scroll, a sticky contents list marks the current chapter, a large numeral changes and a progress bar fills. Choose any chapter in the list to jump to it. Motion off or reduced motion It shows its final state at once; anything a visitor can press or drag still works. JavaScript off All content stays visible and readable; controls the script adds are hidden. Plugin missing or older It pastes as plain WordPress blocks, in reading order, without the designed layout. Questions ## Chapter Opening: common questions What is Chapter Opening for? Opens a long-form article, report or issue, giving readers a sticky contents list and progress bar as they move through its chapters. Typical uses: research journal issue opener, Long-form report contents, online book chapter index and annual review sections. Does Chapter Opening need a plugin? Yes. Designed Patterns come with a subscription, which includes the Pattern Paste plugin that runs them; Chapter Opening arrived in plugin 0.37.0. Without the plugin, or on an older version, it pastes as plain WordPress blocks: the content reads in order, without the designed layout. What can I edit in Chapter Opening? As pasted it has 3 headings and 32 text lines, 14 of them optional and removable. The items are a repeatable set: the item controls add one or remove the last. The layout stays protected while you edit. Unlock layout, in the section’s settings, lets you insert, move and remove any block. Will Chapter Opening match my theme? Choose Designed to keep its own palette and type, or Use my theme to let it follow your theme’s colours and fonts. Either works in any block theme on WordPress 7.0 or later. Choose Use my theme in the preview above to see it follow a theme before you copy. Can the motion be switched off? Yes. Turn off Animate changes in the section settings, and visitors who ask their device for reduced motion get the same: the section shows its final state at once and anything they can press or drag still works. With JavaScript off, all content stays visible. Back to Designed Patterns (https://patternpaste.com/designed-patterns/?category=page-header) One-time setup ## Install once, then paste Install and activate the Pattern Paste plugin on your WordPress site. Then paste this section into the block editor. Get the plugin (https://patternpaste.com/account/#themes)Installation guide (https://patternpaste.com/docs/install-pattern-paste/) ## Specifications Section Page header, Editorial, Single articles Needs Pattern Paste plugin Since Plugin 0.37.0 Appearance Designed or your theme Motion Optional, off for reduced motion Themes Any block theme WordPress 7.0+ Tested In WordPress, 10 checks (https://patternpaste.com/how-we-test/)