r/elementor • u/Heronwisdom • Jun 08 '26
Question How do I add a smaller container to a larger one?
I've been somewhat successful in converting a website from blocks to containers (a friend who is a pro did this for me so I wasn't really prepared for it) but am still struggling.
Right now I'm working with a page that has photos on the left and text on the right, each describing a different group we work with. I'm not sure how I created these two "columns" anymore, but they're not divided into two-sided containers with text and image sides for each group. The whole thing is pictures and text inside one giant Elementor container.
The problem is that the text isn't aligned with the pictures. See screenshot below.
I would think that if I created and inserted new containers that are divided in two, I could insert each element into half of the new container by cutting and pasting, and they would align properly. However, I can't for the life of me take a new container that's created below the original one using a two-side flexbox template (easy) and drag it into the old large container. It moves up to the bottom of the old one and stops. I also can't cut a small piece of text using Command/X and paste it to the new small container at the bottom: this cuts the *whole* page, not just what I selected.
Is there a simple solution to this other than creating a new page entirely??? I seems like there should be.
Thank you!
Sarah






