# Adding child columns woes

**URL:** <https://community.wpbeaverbuilder.com/t/adding-child-columns-woes/18416>\
**Category:** Beaver Builder\
**Tags:** column, beaver-builder\
**Created:** [March 23, 2024, 4:48pm UTC](https://community.wpbeaverbuilder.com/t/adding-child-columns-woes/18416 "2024-03-23T16:48:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![ben\_b](https://community.wpbeaverbuilder.com/user_avatar/community.wpbeaverbuilder.com/ben_b/32/4122_2.png) [@ben\_b](https://community.wpbeaverbuilder.com/u/ben_b)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 4:48pm UTC](https://community.wpbeaverbuilder.com/t/adding-child-columns-woes/18416/1 "2024-03-23T16:48:55Z")

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Hi all, I have always had a tricky time getting child columns dragged in another column. It’s been a few months since i built using BB, and now with BB updates, it’s still trying to get the best of me, but it’s different. It seems if i drag from modules \> rows \> columns, into a column i already have (not a child), it will let me drag the 2 columns module, but not the 1 column. If i _do_ drag the 2, and then delete one of them, it removes both of them. What the gel is happening?

I bet i can use a shortcode from a saved column template, which i can do, but i would also like to simply add in the builder.

Before recent updates (don’t remember which exact version) i think it would let me sometimes drag from one column to another in the modules list, or some other workaround ish way.

So, what’s the way to add a column inside another in the builder? And or link to updated docs might be great if that’s what I’m missing. Here is a Loom of me trying to add a column, then adding two, and how it deletes both if i delete just one: [https://www.loom.com/share/a7a2f303103c41f08df766afb98fc83c?sid=e64f2377-fb64-458c-bd63-0197f49bb76c](https://www.loom.com/share/a7a2f303103c41f08df766afb98fc83c?sid=e64f2377-fb64-458c-bd63-0197f49bb76c)

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**Author:** ![craiger522](https://community.wpbeaverbuilder.com/user_avatar/community.wpbeaverbuilder.com/craiger522/32/1390_2.png) [@craiger522](https://community.wpbeaverbuilder.com/u/craiger522)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.wpbeaverbuilder.com/t/adding-child-columns-woes/18416/2 "2024-03-23T17:11:32Z")

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Hey Ben,

It seems to be a problem with 2.8.xx. I had the same problem, and thought I was crazy. I removed the new version and installed the 2.7.3.1 version and creating child columns is no longer a problem. The changelog for 2.8.0.6 indicates various hotfixes related to drag/dropping columns, but I haven’t tried it yet.

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**Author:** ![ben\_b](https://community.wpbeaverbuilder.com/user_avatar/community.wpbeaverbuilder.com/ben_b/32/4122_2.png) [@ben\_b](https://community.wpbeaverbuilder.com/u/ben_b)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 5:17pm UTC](https://community.wpbeaverbuilder.com/t/adding-child-columns-woes/18416/3 "2024-03-23T17:17:36Z")

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Thanks @craiger522 ! I might try that. I do have that newest version so I guess there’s still a bug.