Move xstore controls inside elementor editor below “layout” tab

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  • Avatar: kikjou
    Martin
    Participant
    May 21, 2026 at 12:17

    Hello,

    my question is about the xstore controls in elementor’s editor. see screenshot

    Is there a quick fix to move ALL xstore tabs below “layout”?

    I need the “layout” tab thousands of times but the xstore tabs sporadically. So every time I want to access “layout” I need to do another click. And with every change in widget I am back to where I was and have to click “layout” again. Honestly, it can drive one crazy! This seriously impedes the use of elementor! “Layout” is necessary for practically everything inside elementor.

    Please, help out

    Best regards
    Martin

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    Avatar: Jack Richardson
    Jack Richardson
    Support staff
    May 21, 2026 at 12:32

    Hello @Martin,

    We would like to suggest the following workaround, which will place all XStore sections under the default Elementor sections: https://gyazo.com/6934c368884f69d8cff6edbf58733218.

    If you would like to implement this solution, please add the following code snippet to your child theme’s functions.php file (https://gyazo.com/e45becebb928a9418dcf6970b5e7f856):

    add_action( 'elementor/editor/before_enqueue_scripts', 'etheme_child_enqueue_editor_styles', 9999 );
    function etheme_child_enqueue_editor_styles() {
    	wp_add_inline_style( 'et-core-elementor-style', 'div#elementor-controls {
    	    display: flex;
    	    flex-wrap: wrap;
    	    flex-direction: column;
    	}
    
    	div#elementor-controls > .elementor-control[class*=etheme] {
    	    order: 2;
    	}');
    }

    Best regards,
    Jack Richardson
    The 8Theme’s Team

    Avatar: kikjou
    Martin
    Participant
    May 26, 2026 at 11:00

    Hello Jack,

    thank you! The snipped moved the xstore options down, however the focus stayed on “Xstore Conditions”, opening it by default instead of the upper first option. That is actually the critical piece, having “layout” open for use by default.
    Could you please address that?

    Thank you
    Martin

    Avatar: Jack Richardson
    Jack Richardson
    Support staff
    May 26, 2026 at 11:36

    Hello @Martin,

    Unfortunately, it is only possible to reorder the tabs using CSS. If you would like us to temporarily modify the original file with our modules to comment them such tabs on the code side, please provide us with temporary wp-admin and FTP access, so the Layout will be displayed as first section on all widgets.

    Please note that these changes are temporary and will be lost after a theme or plugin update. However, this can serve as a temporary solution during your development stage.

    Best regards,
    Jack Richardson
    The 8Theme’s Team

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