Colour Variation Swatches

Replace product variation specifics with colour variations in the form of coloured square swatches, giving people a visual breakdown of the hues on offer.

Wireframe

Preparation Checklist

Before you start this tweak, it's a good idea to run through our preparation checklist below:

• Read through the Getting Started to get a better sense of how the control panel, Database and Front End store interact.
• Learn our recommended Simple Workflow. This makes the implementation process as easy as possible.
• Create a new Staging Theme for this tweak. This allows you to preview any changes before they are visible to live customers.

Coding Instructions

Step 1. Update the specific display style

1) In the control panel, go to Products > Product Specifics and click on "Colour".

2) Change the "Display Style" selection to "Text Only". Even though "Text Only" is selected, the code that will be implemented tests to see whether an image exists for that particular specific value, and displays it if so. In the absence of an image, it displays the "swatch" value for the specific instead.

Step 2. Edit the variations code

Open /products/template.html, and replace the entire [%param *variation_body%] body param section with the below:

[%param *variation_body%]
    <a class="_itmspec_lnk [%if [@selected@]%]_itmspec_selected [%/if%] thumbnail nColourSwatch" href="javascript:void(0);" ref="[@specific_id@]_[@value_id@]">
        <div class="_itmspec_listitm" ref="[@specific_id@]_[@value_id@]" >
            [%if [@value_image@]%]
                <img class="nSwatchProduct" src="[@value_image@]" alt="[@value_name@]" />
            [%else%]
                <div class="nSwatchProduct" style="background-color:[@value_swatch@];"></div>
            [%/if%]
        </div>
    </a>
[%/param%]

Step 3. Add the CSS

Add the below CSS to the appropriate stylesheet:

.nSwatchProduct {
    height: 40px; 
    width: 40px; 
    display: block;
}
.nColourSwatch._itmspec_lnk {
    display: inline-block;
    margin-right: 5px;
}
.nColourSwatch._itmspec_lnk._itmspec_selected {
    padding: 4px;
}
.nColourSwatch._itmspec_lnk._itmspec_selected::before {
    display: block;
    height: 40px;
    width: 40px;
    text-align: center;
    color: #333;
    position: absolute;
    content: "\f00c";
    font: normal normal normal 26px/1 FontAwesome;
    line-height: 40px;
    z-index: 10;
}
.nColourSwatch._itmspec_lnk._itmspec_selected .nSwatchProduct {
    opacity: 0.5;
}
.nColourSwatch ._itmspec_listitm {
    margin: 0;
}

Final Result