Get customers to choose an option
Caution
Vintage themes aren't available in the Theme Store. These themes don't have the features included in Shopify's Online Store 2.0 themes , and Shopify free Vintage themes don't receive updates beyond security fixes.
Note
This customization is for vintage Shopify themes, and doesn't apply to Online Store 2.0 themes.
When a customer visits a product page in your online store, the first available variant is selected by default. You can use this customization to disable the auto-selecting of the first available variant. That way, the customer will be prompted to manually select a variant before one is shown.
Note
Because this customization prevents a variant from being selected by default, your theme might not show a product price until after the customer selects a variant. This is expected behaviour, because products with variants do not have a featured price. The price that is displayed is determined by the variant that is selected.
Sectioned and non-sectioned themes
Note
The steps for this tutorial differ depending on whether you are using a sectioned or a non-sectioned theme. A sectioned theme lets you drag and drop to arrange the layout of your home page, and a non-sectioned theme doesn't.
To figure out whether your theme supports sections, go to the theme's Edit code page. If there are files in the Sections directory, you are using a sectioned theme. Non-sectioned themes were released before October 2016, and do not have files in the Sections directory.
If you are using a sectioned theme, click the Sectioned themes button and follow the instructions. If you are using an older, non-sectioned theme, click the Non-sectioned themes button and follow the instructions.