Negative Margins behave unresponsively #66861
Description
Description
When trying to create a layout using negative margins, the Columns block is not working well ideally on mobile:
| Desktop | Mobile |
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The intended look would be something like the following:
| Option 1 | Option 2 |
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Step-by-step reproduction instructions
- Copy the markup:
<!-- wp:group {"align":"wide","layout":{"type":"constrained"}} -->
<div class="wp-block-group alignwide"><!-- wp:columns {"verticalAlignment":null,"align":"wide","style":{"spacing":{"margin":{"bottom":"-50px"}}}} -->
<div class="wp-block-columns alignwide" style="margin-bottom:-50px"><!-- wp:column {"style":{"spacing":{"blockGap":"0px"}}} -->
<div class="wp-block-column"><!-- wp:image {"id":10,"sizeSlug":"full","linkDestination":"none","style":{"spacing":{"margin":{"top":"0px","bottom":"0px","right":"-130px"}}}} -->
<figure class="wp-block-image size-full" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:-130px;margin-bottom:0px"><img src="http://tt5.local/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/image-404.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-10"/></figure>
<!-- /wp:image --></div>
<!-- /wp:column -->
<!-- wp:column {"verticalAlignment":"center"} -->
<div class="wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center"><!-- wp:group {"className":"is-style-section-3","style":{"spacing":{"padding":{"top":"var:preset|spacing|50","bottom":"var:preset|spacing|50","left":"var:preset|spacing|50","right":"var:preset|spacing|50"}}},"layout":{"type":"constrained"}} -->
<div class="wp-block-group is-style-section-3" style="padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)"><!-- wp:heading -->
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">This is a heading</h2>
<!-- /wp:heading -->
<!-- wp:paragraph -->
<p>This is a paragraph that will overlap the image on the left, hopefully. But no, well, not on mobile.</p>
<!-- /wp:paragraph -->
<!-- wp:buttons -->
<div class="wp-block-buttons"><!-- wp:button -->
<div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button">Button</a></div>
<!-- /wp:button --></div>
<!-- /wp:buttons --></div>
<!-- /wp:group --></div>
<!-- /wp:column --></div>
<!-- /wp:columns --></div>
<!-- /wp:group -->
- Paste it in the editor.
- Notice on Tablet and Mobile how the layout scales badly.
Screenshots, screen recording, code snippet
negative-margins.mp4
Environment info
- Theme: 2025
- Gutenberg version: 19.6.0
- WordPress version: 6.7 Beta
Please confirm that you have searched existing issues in the repo.
- Yes
Please confirm that you have tested with all plugins deactivated except Gutenberg.
- Yes
Please confirm which theme type you used for testing.
- Block
- Classic
- Hybrid (e.g. classic with theme.json)
- Not sure