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How to insert a quantity selector by editing your theme code for sectioned themes in Shopify

Sam Nguyen
Sam Updated: March 09, 2024

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For customers, adding a number of quantities of an item at once is very essential and convenient to add them to cart immediately without being back to the product page and re-adding it to cart. As a online store runner, now you are able to help them by adding a quantity selector to product pages. It will enable your customers to add several items to their cart at once just like this:

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However, please keep reading our instructional writing on How to insert a quantity selector by editing your theme code for sectioned themes to know more deeply about one this topic.

How to insert a quantity selector by editing your theme code for sectioned themes

Check the settings of your quantity selector

There are a lot of themes including the option to make the quantity selector enabled on product pages. To see whether your theme does include this option or not:

1. Come to theme editor and tap any product in the theme view. When viewing a product page which is in the theme preview, in the theme editor, you will see the Product pages tab like this:

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2. Tap Product pages. In case your theme does include the option to get the quantity selector turned on, then you will see a checkbox called Show quantity selector in the theme editor, like this:

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3. Check the Show quantity selector checkbox.

4. Tap Save.

Please notice that in case your theme does not include the option to get the quantity selector turned on, then you are able to add one by configuring your theme code. Please keep following the next steps below.

Insert a quantity selector by editing your theme code for sectioned themes

  • Step 1: Go to Online Store > Themes from your Shopify Admin panel. Or choose the theme you want to edit and click Actions > Edit code.

  • Step 2: In the Sections directory, tap product-template.liquid.

  • Step 3: Search in the code for the opening <form> tag.

  • Step 4: Please paste the code given below right between the opening <form> tag and the closing </form> tag:

<label for="quantity">Qty: </label>
<input min="1" type="number" id="quantity" name="quantity" value="1" />
<style>#quantity { padding:5px; width:35px; border: 1px solid #555; }</style>

The code’s accurate position will vary from theme to theme. You are able to experiment with putting the code in various places to find out the location that pleases you.

  • Step 5: Tap Save.

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  • Step 1: From the Shopify app, choose Store.

  • Step 2: Click Online Store in the Sales channels section.

  • Step 3: Choose Manage themes.

  • Step 4: Go to Online Store > Themes from your Shopify Admin panel.
    Or choose the theme you want to edit and click Actions > Edit code.

  • Step 5: In the Sections directory, tap product-template.liquid.

  • Step 6: Search in the code for the opening <form> tag.

  • Step 7: Please paste the code given below right between the opening <form> tag and the closing </form> tag:

<label for="quantity">Qty: </label>
<input min="1" type="number" id="quantity" name="quantity" value="1" />
<style>#quantity { padding:5px; width:35px; border: 1px solid #555; }</style>

The code’s accurate position will vary from theme to theme. You are able to experiment with putting the code in various places to find out the location that pleases you.

  • Step 8: Tap Save.

Conclusion

Kindly note that the instruction written above is for the sectioned themes only. Please keep looking at our posts to get more information on how to insert a quantity selector by editing your theme code forthe non-sectioned themes.


Sam Nguyen is the CEO and founder of Avada Commerce, an e-commerce solution provider headquartered in Singapore. He is an expert on the Shopify e-commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale systems. Sam loves talking about e-commerce and he aims to help over a million online businesses grow and thrive.

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