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Product - horizontal
This guide describes setting up the Product - horizontal section.
Use the section to set what's displayed on Product > Horizontal gallery pages.

The previous image shows a Product - horizontal section on a store's Horizontal gallery product page. In the upper right, part of Theme editor's section menu is displayed. To specify a height for the section's media area on desktop display devices, the menu's Desktop height option is set to 50 % (percentage of the overall section height).
For general guidance with modifying sections, refer to Sections overview and Shopify help: Sections and blocks.
Set up a Product - horizontal section
To set up a Product - horizontal section:
In Theme editor, at the top of the page, use the theme templates dropdown menu to select Products > Horizontal gallery.
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The section is available only on Products > Horizontal gallery pages. To use the section, apply the Horizontal gallery template to a product. Refer to Shopify help: Apply a new template.
From the side menu, select Product - horizontal.
Select a setting described in the following table.
| Setting name | Description |
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| Product variants > Select the first available variant | Set the Select the first available variant option to on or off. With this option enabled, the first available product variant is selected automatically when customers view the product. With this option off, adding to the cart is not possible until each product option has a selection. With this option off and the Theme settings > Products > Availability display mode option set to Adjacent, sold-out styling is not applied until selections for all options have been made. |
| Product variants > Variant media change behavior | Use the Variant media change behavior option to select Swap with first media or Scroll to media. This option specifies a behavior for the section's media area. The behavior applies when a store visitor selects a product variant inside the section.
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| Product variants > Always show product featured media first | Set the Always show product featured media first option to on or off. When the Select the first available variant option is enabled, turning on the Always show product featured media first option keeps the product’s featured media displayed first in the media gallery. |
| Media > Desktop height | Adjust the Desktop height slider to set a height for the section's media area. The slider ranges from 50 % to 100 % (percentage of the overall section height). This setting applies to desktop display devices. |
| Media > Enable image zoom | Set the Enable image zoom option to on or off. With this option enabled, the section displays product images inside a panel that opens when a customer selects a product image. The panel provides zoom in and out options for images, arrow icons for navigating between images, and an X icon to close the panel. |
| Media > Enable video looping | Set the Enable video looping option to on or off. With this option on, product videos loop continuously for customers viewing the section's product media. With this option off, product videos play once. Refer to Shopify help: Product media. |
| Media > Enable video autoplay | Set the Enable video autoplay option to on or off. With this option enabled, product videos play automatically for customers viewing the section's product media, instead of requiring customers to start playback manually. Videos are muted during automatic playback. The setting does not apply to videos hosted on YouTube or Vimeo. |
| Mobile spacing > Space above description content | Adjust the Space above description content slider between 0.5x and 2x to set the amount of space that's displayed above the section's description content area. Note that this option does not apply if the preceding block has gridlines. |
| Mobile spacing > Space above extra information content | Adjust the Space above extra information content slider between 0.5x and 2x to set the amount of space that's displayed above the section's extra information area. Note that this option does not apply if the preceding block has gridlines. |
| App blocks > App block area | Use the App block area option to set app content to display in the section's Social, Description, or Product form area. |
| App blocks > Space above | Adjust the Space above slider between 0.5x and 2x to set the amount of space that's displayed above the section's app content area. |
| Color > Color scheme | Use the Color scheme picker to select a color scheme for the section. Refer to Colors. |
| Color > Use this color scheme for header and footer | Select the Use this color scheme for header and footer option to turn "header and footer color" mode on or off. With this setting enabled, the color scheme you choose for the section is also applied to the product page’s header and footer. This option applies only to the product template. |
| 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. |
Note
To connect a metafield to a setting that supports metafields, select the Connect dynamic source icon displayed beside the setting in 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.
Configure a block within a Product - horizontal section
A default Product - horizontal section contains eight Product blocks. To configure a block inside the section:
In Theme editor, at the top of the page, use the theme templates dropdown menu to select Products > Horizontal gallery.
From the side menu, expand the Product - horizontal section menu.
To configure an existing block, select the block from the side menu.
To add a new block, select Add block, choose a block to add, and then select the block you added.
Note
Inside the section, you can add, remove, show, hide, and move blocks. Refer to Configure blocks inside a section and Shopify help: Sections and blocks.
Apply a block setting described in the Table: Product - horizontal blocks.
Table: Product - horizontal blocks
The following table describes the blocks inside the Product - horizontal section, and their corresponding settings.
Some blocks have No customizable settings available. The blocks indicated with an asterisk * are contained in a default Product - horizontal section. To configure a block, refer to Configure a block within a Product - horizontal section.
| Block name | Block description | Block setting(s) |
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Title * | Displays a product's title inside the section. |
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Price * | Displays a product's price inside the section. |
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Variant picker * | Displays product options or a "variant" picker for choosing variations of a product, inside the section. |
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Quantity selector * | Displays a quantity selector, inside the section, for choosing the number of products to purchase. |
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Buy buttons * | Displays the Add to cart and Buy it now buttons inside the section. |
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Description * | Displays a text area to contain a product's description text inside the section. |
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| Icon list | Displays a list of items with icons, inside the section. |
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| Product group | Displays a customizable product picker inside the section for selecting sibling products from within a product group. |
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| Vendor | Displays the name of a product's vendor inside the section. |
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| Complementary products | When a customer selects a product from your store, the block displays related products inside the section. To set up complementary products, install the Shopify search & discovery app, and refer to Shopify developer help: Product recommendations. |
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| Inventory status | Displays a text indicator of a product's availability, inside the section. |
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| Location inventory status | Displays the quantity of a product that's available in each of your store's inventory locations, inside the section. |
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| Text | Displays a text area to contain additional product information, inside the section. |
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| Rich text | Displays an area with formatted text and links inside the section. |
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Information list * | Displays additional product information inside the section, using a table or list layout. |
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| Collapsible tab | Displays a text area with expandable tabs, to contain additional product information, inside the section. |
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| Popup | Displays a popup overlay to contain additional product information, inside the section. |
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| Share | Displays an area, inside the section, with buttons for sharing links to your store's products via social media. Refer to Social media. |
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| Separator | Displays a separator between the current block and the previous block inside the section. |
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| Custom liquid | Displays advanced customizations from Liquid code, like app snippets, inside the section. |
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