Hero · Sphere (helix)

The intro on the left, one photo cut into strips on a turning helix in the middle and three numbered points on the right.

Full-page views: desktop, phone and dark mode

At 1440px wide.

At 390px wide.

With your site in dark mode.

See it live: Hero · Sphere (helix) on fancybricks.co — the live preview, and the button that copies it.

In the builder

Preview on the front end. Scripts don't run inside the builder, so here you only see the layout: the builder shows the photo whole and still; the pieces, the turn and the pause button need the front end. Save and open the page to see the full result.

Structure

This is what the Bricks Structure panel shows after you paste the template. Component instances say which component they are.

Hero · Helix
  Brand slot (decorative, empty)
  Container
    Intro   (FBK Intro)
      Button   (FBK Button)
    Photo helix   (FBK Photo sphere)
    Points
      Point · Research first
        Point · Research first   (FBK Intro)
      Point · Systems thinking
        Point · Systems thinking   (FBK Intro)
      Point · Built to last
        Point · Built to last   (FBK Intro)

The template also pastes a dashed note above the section, with the short version of this page. It only shows inside the builder, never on the published page — see Builder notes.

How to adjust

Every step is the same move: pick the element in the Structure panel, change its Properties.

Where are those panels?

How to adjust a template shows every one of them in a screenshot of the real builder: the Structure and Properties panels, the classes on an element, a component's style families and the field where a CSS variable goes.

The classes this element carries, in the Bricks panel.

This template's own component, with its Style group open.

1. Paste the template in Bricks first — see Copy and paste.
2. Select Intro, Point · Research first, Point · Systems thinking (+1 more) (FBK Intro) › Properties: Eyebrow, Hide eyebrow, Title, Title level, Lead, Hide lead · Style group: Eyebrow style, Highlight, Title size, Accent line · Layout group: Alignment, Layout, Background, Spacing · Motion group: Reveal in slider.
3. Select Button (FBK Button) › Properties: Text, Link, Tone, Shadow on hover · Icon group: Icon, Icon position · Style group: Style, Size, Width, Hover effect.
4. Select Photo helix (FBK Photo sphere) › Properties: Photo, Shape · Style group: Size · Motion group: Show the whole photo on hover, Speed.

Requirements

• Code execution. Needs "Execute code" enabled for the role in Bricks → Settings → Custom code, or the JS block shows as plain text instead of running.

What each requirement is, and how to set it up once for the whole site: Requirements.

Finish by hand

• The figure is the FBK Photo sphere component: pick ONE photo in its Photo property (landscape 3:2, at least 1200 px wide; decoration). It is cut into the pieces by CSS, so only one image loads. Shape (sphere or helix), Show the whole photo on hover, size and speed are its other options.
• The pause button is required while it turns (WCAG 2.2.2); it needs "Execute code". Without it, and in the builder, the photo shows whole and still.
• The button's hover is the FBK Button effect Sweep (Hover effect dropdown; Color change for a plain one).

On phones

The template is designed desktop first, the Bricks default, and only changes at the two widths the library uses:

• 991px and below — .fbk-intro.
• 767px and below — .fbk-psphere, .fbk-section.

Those changes live in Bricks' own breakpoint fields, so you edit them where you always do: pick the breakpoint in the toolbar and the same fields follow.

Careful with the classes shared by the whole library (fbk-section, fbk-intro, the component classes): a change there shows up in every template that uses them.

If your site's breakpoints are set up mobile first, copy the mobile-first variant of the template instead — see Copy and paste.

Accessibility

In this template, keyboard focus is visible on every interactive piece; movement is cut back when the visitor's system asks for less motion; the state screen readers need is already set (aria-hidden, aria-label).

What is checked on every template, and what depends on your own palette: Accessibility.

Dark mode

This section is dark on purpose (class fbk-section--dark), so it looks the same whether your site is in light or dark mode.

How the library follows your site's color scheme: Dark mode and preview.

Replaces

• Hero helix from Fancy Bricks 2.0

What happened to the old libraries, and what to do with pages already built with them: Migrating from 1.0/2.0.