Creates a HTML list with position: sticky; section headings. The code utilizes position: sticky;. Sourced under a permissive license. 

Creates a list with position: sticky; section headings – A HTML and CSS code snippet

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<div class="container">
<dl class="sticky-stack">
<dt>A</dt>
<dd>Algeria</dd>
<dd>Angola</dd>
<dt>B</dt>
<dd>Benin</dd>
<dd>Botswana</dd>
<dd>Burkina Faso</dd>
<dd>Burundi</dd>
<dt>C</dt>
<dd>Cabo Verde</dd>
<dd>Cameroon</dd>
<dd>Central African Republic</dd>
<dd>Chad</dd>
<dd>Comoros</dd>
<dd>Congo, Democratic Republic of the</dd>
<dd>Congo, Republic of the</dd>
<dd>Cote d'Ivoire</dd>
<dt>D</dt>
<dd>Djibouti</dd>
<dt>E</dt>
<dd>Egypt</dd>
<dd>Equatorial Guinea</dd>
<dd>Eritrea</dd>
<dd>Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)</dd>
<dd>Ethiopia</dd>
</dl>
</div>
<style>
.container {
display: grid;
place-items: center;
min-height: 400px;
}
.sticky-stack {
background: #37474f;
color: #fff;
margin: 0;
height: 320px;
border-radius: 1rem;
overflow-y: auto;
}
.sticky-stack dt {
position: sticky;
top: 0;
font-weight: bold;
background: #263238;
color: #cfd8dc;
padding: 0.25rem 1rem;
}
.sticky-stack dd {
margin: 0;
padding: 0.75rem 1rem;
}
.sticky-stack dd + dt {
margin-top: 1rem;
}
</style>
<div class="container"> <dl class="sticky-stack"> <dt>A</dt> <dd>Algeria</dd> <dd>Angola</dd> <dt>B</dt> <dd>Benin</dd> <dd>Botswana</dd> <dd>Burkina Faso</dd> <dd>Burundi</dd> <dt>C</dt> <dd>Cabo Verde</dd> <dd>Cameroon</dd> <dd>Central African Republic</dd> <dd>Chad</dd> <dd>Comoros</dd> <dd>Congo, Democratic Republic of the</dd> <dd>Congo, Republic of the</dd> <dd>Cote d'Ivoire</dd> <dt>D</dt> <dd>Djibouti</dd> <dt>E</dt> <dd>Egypt</dd> <dd>Equatorial Guinea</dd> <dd>Eritrea</dd> <dd>Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)</dd> <dd>Ethiopia</dd> </dl> </div> <style> .container { display: grid; place-items: center; min-height: 400px; } .sticky-stack { background: #37474f; color: #fff; margin: 0; height: 320px; border-radius: 1rem; overflow-y: auto; } .sticky-stack dt { position: sticky; top: 0; font-weight: bold; background: #263238; color: #cfd8dc; padding: 0.25rem 1rem; } .sticky-stack dd { margin: 0; padding: 0.75rem 1rem; } .sticky-stack dd + dt { margin-top: 1rem; } </style>
<div class="container">
  <dl class="sticky-stack">
    <dt>A</dt>
    <dd>Algeria</dd>
    <dd>Angola</dd>

    <dt>B</dt>
    <dd>Benin</dd>
    <dd>Botswana</dd>
    <dd>Burkina Faso</dd>
    <dd>Burundi</dd>

    <dt>C</dt>
    <dd>Cabo Verde</dd>
    <dd>Cameroon</dd>
    <dd>Central African Republic</dd>
    <dd>Chad</dd>
    <dd>Comoros</dd>
    <dd>Congo, Democratic Republic of the</dd>
    <dd>Congo, Republic of the</dd>
    <dd>Cote d'Ivoire</dd>

    <dt>D</dt>
    <dd>Djibouti</dd>

    <dt>E</dt>
    <dd>Egypt</dd>
    <dd>Equatorial Guinea</dd>
    <dd>Eritrea</dd>
    <dd>Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)</dd>
    <dd>Ethiopia</dd>
  </dl>
</div>
<style>
.container {
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  min-height: 400px;
}

.sticky-stack {
  background: #37474f;
  color: #fff;
  margin: 0;
  height: 320px;
  border-radius: 1rem;
  overflow-y: auto;
}

.sticky-stack dt {
  position: sticky;
  top: 0;
  font-weight: bold;
  background: #263238;
  color: #cfd8dc;
  padding: 0.25rem 1rem;
}

.sticky-stack dd {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0.75rem 1rem;
}

.sticky-stack dd + dt {
  margin-top: 1rem;
}
</style>

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