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Featured menu buttons
This guide describes how to set up the Featured menu buttons section.
Use this section to add a menu to a store page that displays menu items as links or buttons.
The previous image shows the home page of an example store. In the upper left, part of the Theme editor's Featured menu buttons section menu is displayed. The Main menu is selected in the section's Menu picker. At the top of the image, the menu's items are displayed as buttons inside the section.
For general guidance with modifying sections, refer to Sections overview and Shopify help: Sections and blocks.
Configure the Featured menu buttons section
To configure your Featured menu buttons section:
In the Theme editor, at the top of the page, use the theme templates dropdown menu to select a page that contains a Featured menu buttons section.
Note
The section can be added to any page except Checkout, Gift card, and Customer pages. To add the section to the current page, select Add section > Featured menu buttons. Refer to Shopify help: Add a section.
From the side menu, select Featured menu buttons.
Select a setting described in the following table.
| Setting name | Description |
|---|---|
| Menu | Use the Menu picker to select a menu to display in the section. Note that the menu will not show dropdown items. |
| Mobile font size scale | Adjust the Mobile font size scale slider to set a font size for the section's text on mobile display devices. The minimum value is -2 and the maximum is 4. |
| Desktop font size scale | Adjust the Desktop font size scale slider to set a font size for the section's text on desktop display devices. The minimum value is -2 and the maximum is 9. |
| Display | Use the Display options to specify a style for displaying the section's menu. The options are List, Paragraph, and List mobile, paragraph desktop. The List option displays the section's menu as a list, with each item stacked vertically above the next. The Paragraph option displays the items horizontally, in a single line of text, like a paragraph, with each item separated by a Paragraph word separator. The List mobile, paragraph desktop option shows the section's items as a list on mobile display devices and as a paragraph on desktop display devices. |
| Paragraph word separator | Use the Paragraph word separator options to select a symbol to display between the section's menu items. The options are None, Hyphen, Emdash, Dot, and Bullet. To use this option, set Display to Paragraph or List mobile, paragraph desktop. |
| Superscript | Use the Superscript options to add a prefix or suffix to each menu item in the section. The Index option prefixes each item with an ascending index number, like a numbered list. The first item is prefixed with 1, the second item is prefixed with 2, etc. The Collection products count option suffixes each menu item with a count of the total number of products in a collection. To remove prefixes and suffixes, select None. |
| Text alignment | Use the Text alignment options to align the text in the section to the Left, Center, or Right. |
| Maximum desktop width | Use the Maximum desktop width options to select a maximum width constraint for the section's content. The options are 9/12, 10/12, 11/12, or Full. Note that this option applies when Display is set to Paragraph. |
| Uppercase | Use the Uppercase option to turn uppercase text on or off for the section's menu items. To use this option, set Theme settings > Typography > Headings > Uppercase to off. |
| Show menu images on hover | Use the Show menu images on hover option to show or hide images for menu items in the section. The images are displayed when a customer hovers over an item. |
| Dim other links on hover | Use the Dim other links on hover option to turn dimming effects on or off for links that are not currently being hovered over. This option does not apply to links displayed as buttons with an accented background color. |
| Buttons > Show links as buttons | Use the Show links as buttons option to turn the display of links as buttons on or off. With this option enabled, the section's menu items are displayed as buttons. |
| Buttons > Button style | Use the Button style option to apply the Primary or Secondary button style to the section's buttons. To use this option, enable the Show links as buttons option. |
| Color > Color scheme | Use the Color scheme picker to select a color scheme for the section. Refer to Colors. |
| Theme settings | If available, select Theme settings to access additional settings for the section. Refer to Section theme settings menu. |
| Custom CSS | Select Custom CSS. In the CSS field, enter custom CSS styles to apply only to the current section. Refer to Shopify help: Add custom CSS. To apply custom styles to your entire online store, refer to Theme settings > Custom CSS. |
| Remove section | Select Remove section to delete the section from the current page. |
Note
To connect a metafield to a setting that supports metafields, select the Connect dynamic source icon displayed beside the setting in the Theme editor.
To learn how to connect a metafield to a supported setting, refer to Shopify help: Connecting metafields to your theme by using the Theme editor.