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# Product variants

## Variant selector display

Configure how variants appear in **Theme settings → Variant selector**:

* **Dropdown** — classic select menu
* **Pills** — clickable buttons for each option
* **Color pills** — visual color swatches. Enter the exact option name (e.g. `Color`) to activate

## Color pills on collection cards

To show color swatches on product cards in collection pages:

1. Go to **Theme Editor → Collection template → Product grid section**
2. Enable **"Enable color pills"**

## Variant images not switching

If the gallery doesn't update when you select a variant:

1. Go to **Theme Editor → Products → Product overview section**
2. Make sure **"Show the first image instead of the variant's"** is **unchecked**
3. If using **"Show only media of selected variant"**, add the variant name in brackets to the image Alt text in Shopify Admin — e.g. `(Red)`, `(Blue)`

## Hiding single-value options (v7)

Enable **"Hide product options with only one variant"** in Product overview section settings. Cleans up the UI for products with only one size or color.

## 2048 variants support (v8)

Avante supports up to 2,048 variants per product (vs Shopify's default 100). No additional configuration needed — the theme handles this automatically.


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