# How to Add Utility Bar 1 to the Sense Theme

> Source: https://section-shop.com/theme-guides/sense/add-utility-bar-1/ — Section Shop, 164 free native Shopify sections. Install: https://apps.shopify.com/section-shop

A three-zone top rail: quick links on the left, a scrolling message in the middle, and country, language and social links on the right. Only the middle moves, so the links and the country picker stay clickable. The softer divider tone is worked out from your text colour and measured against the background, so recolouring the bar cannot quietly drop it below a readable contrast. This guide shows how to add the Utility Bar 1 section to the Sense theme with Section Shop — as a native Online Store 2.0 section, customized in the theme editor, without touching Sense's code. Sense is a free theme by Shopify, known for soft gradients, rounded cards, wellness-brand energy — and headers & navigation like this one are exactly the kind of section it doesn't ship out of the box.

## Why Utility Bar 1 fits Sense

Headers and navigation layouts with room for your collections and brand. On Sense, Utility Bar 1 slots in like any built-in section: it inherits the theme's fonts by default, picks up your color choices in the editor, and lives alongside Sense's own sections in the picker — prefixed "SShop:" so it's easy to spot.

## Steps

1. **Install Section Shop (free)** — Add the app from the Shopify App Store. It's free, carries the Built for Shopify badge, and changes nothing in your Sense setup until you add a section.
2. **Find “Utility Bar 1” in the library** — Open the app and browse to it — it's in the Headers & Navigation category — or use search.
3. **Click “Add to theme”** — Section Shop writes the section into your Sense theme through Shopify's official theme API, the same mechanism Sense uses for its own sections.
4. **Open the Sense theme editor** — In Online Store → Themes → Customize, click “Add section”: you'll find it as “SShop:Utility Bar 1” in the picker.
5. **Customize and save** — Adjust text, images, colors and layout. Typography follows your Sense font settings by default — or switch the section to any Shopify font. Hit Save and it's live.

## FAQ

### Does Utility Bar 1 work with the Sense theme?

Yes. Sense is an Online Store 2.0 theme, and Utility Bar 1 installs as a native OS 2.0 section through Shopify's official theme API. It appears in Sense's theme editor as “SShop:Utility Bar 1”, alongside the theme's own sections.

### Will Utility Bar 1 match Sense's design?

By default the section inherits your theme's fonts, so it picks up Sense's typography automatically. Colors, spacing, images and content are all editable in the theme editor — no CSS required.

### Is Utility Bar 1 free, and what if I uninstall Section Shop?

Utility Bar 1 is free, like every section in the 164-section library. Once added it's a standard theme file: if you uninstall the app, the section stays in your Sense theme and keeps working.