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Custom Collection Filter - Free Tutorial
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Custom Collection Filter - Free Tutorial

Adding filter to your products on your collection page? There’s a bunch of apps out there, but they are slow to load, create a page flicker, and charge you a monthly fee.

In this tutorial, we're going to look at a custom option. It’s a bit more specific of a use case, but I think it looks better, so if it fits for the way you want to organize your products then it might be a great addition to your store.

Compatible Themes: This code should work on all free Shopify themes (Dawn, Refresh, Craft, Studio, Publisher, Crave, Origin, Taste, Colorblock, Sense, Ride, Spotlight).

 

1. Turn off existing Filtering and Sorting (if enabled)

In the theme editor, deselect the “enable filtering” and “enable sorting” checkboxes for the product grid on the collection page

Screenshot

2. Create a new snippet for the collection filter code

Create a snippet called collection-filters-custom.liquid with the code below.

{%- style -%}

.filter-buttons-container {
    position: -webkit-sticky; /* For Safari */
    position: sticky;
    top: 65px;
    z-index: 2; /* To ensure it stays on top of other elements */
    background-color: #ffffff; /* Optional: Use this if you want the background of the sticky bar to be white (or any other color) */
    padding-top: 9px;
    padding-bottom: 5px;
    border-bottom: 0.1rem solid rgba(var(--color-foreground),.08); /* Adding the bottom border */
}

.button-and-value {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column; /* stack children vertically */
    align-items: flex-start; /* align items to the start */
}
  
#themesButton, .productTypeButton {
    background: none;
    border: none;
    padding: 0;
    cursor: pointer;
    font-family: inherit;
    font-size: 20px;
    color: inherit;
    outline: none;
}
  
.dropdown-container {
    display: inline-block; /* Makes the container act like an inline element */
    position: relative;   /* Establishes a positioning context for the dropdown */
}

.dropdown-content {
    display: none;
    position: absolute;
    top: 100%;       /* Positions the dropdown right below the button */
    left: 0;         /* Aligns the dropdown to the left of the button */
    background-color: #f9f9f9;
    min-width: 160px;
    max-width: 90vw; /* Set to 80% of the viewport width. Adjust as needed */
    max-height: 400px; /* Set this to your desired maximum height */
    overflow-y: auto;  /* This makes it scrollable when the content exceeds max-height */
    box-shadow: 0px 8px 16px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
    z-index: 1;
    white-space: nowrap
}

.dropdown-content a {
    padding: 10px 14px; /* Adjust the padding values as needed */
    text-decoration: none;
    display: block;
    color: black;
    font-size: 14px; /* Adjust font size as needed */
    line-height: 1.4; /* Adjusts the height of each line. Useful if font size is increased */
    white-space: nowrap;
    overflow: hidden;
    text-overflow: ellipsis;
}

.dropdown-content a:hover {
    background-color: #f1f1f1;
}

  
.filterButton::before {
    display: inline-block;
    content: ''; /* Empty content */
    background-image: url('YOUR-IMAGE-HERE.png');
    background-size: 20px 20px; /* This controls the size of the background image */
    width: 20px;
    height: 20px;
    margin-right: 10px;
    vertical-align: middle;
}
  
.selected-value {
    font-size: 11px; /* Adjust the size as needed */
    color: #777; /* Adjust the color as needed */
    /* margin-top: 5px;  Add some spacing between the button and the text */
}

.truncate {
    max-width: 160px; /* you can adjust this as needed */
    white-space: nowrap;
    overflow: hidden;
    text-overflow: ellipsis;
}
  
  
/* Default styles for mobile */
.product-type-container {
    float: right;
}

.product-type-container .dropdown-content {
    right: 0;
    left: auto; /* override any previously set 'left' value */
}

/* Styles for desktop (screen width 750px and above) */
@media (min-width: 750px) {

    .filter-buttons-container {
        top: 85px; /* Adjust this value as needed for desktop */
    }
  
    .product-type-container {
        float: none; /* Reset the float so it's positioned beside the Themes button */
        margin-left: 40px; /* Optional: Add some space between the two containers */
    }
    
    .product-type-container .dropdown-content {
        left: 0;
        right: auto; /* Reset the positioning */
    }
}

{%- endstyle -%}

<!-- Accessing the metaobject directly using the handle "themes" -->
{% assign themes_metaobject = shop.metaobjects.collection_filter_list.themes %}
{% assign themes_collections_list = themes_metaobject.list %}

<!-- Splitting the list into individual GIDs and extracting IDs -->
{% assign gid_list = themes_collections_list | split: '","' %}
{% assign custom_collection_ids = "" %}
{% for collection_gid in gid_list %}
    {% assign cleaned_gid = collection_gid | remove: '[' | remove: ']' | remove: '"' %}
    {% assign collection_id = cleaned_gid | split: '/' | last %}
    {% assign custom_collection_ids = custom_collection_ids | append: collection_id | append: "," %}
{% endfor %}
{% assign custom_collection_ids = custom_collection_ids | split: "," %}

{% assign found_collections = "" %}
{% assign found_collection_urls = "" %}

{% for custom_id in custom_collection_ids %}
    {% for collection in collections %}
        {% capture collection_id_string %}{{ collection.id }}{% endcapture %}
        {% if collection_id_string == custom_id %}
            {% assign found_collections = found_collections | append: collection.title | append: ", " %}
            {% assign found_collection_urls = found_collection_urls | append: collection.url | append: "," %}
        {% endif %}
    {% endfor %}
{% endfor %}

{% assign current_collection_id_string = collection.id | capture %}
{% assign current_collection_product_types = "" %}

{% for coll in collections %}
    {% if coll.id == current_collection_id_string %}
        {% for product in coll.products %}
            {% unless current_collection_product_types contains product.type %}
                {% assign current_collection_product_types = current_collection_product_types | append: product.type | append: "," %}
            {% endunless %}
        {% endfor %}
    {% endif %}
{% endfor %}

<div class="filter-buttons-container">
    <div class="page-width">
        <div class="dropdown-container themes-container">
            <div class="button-and-value">
                <button id="themesButton" class="filterButton">Themes</button>
                <div id="selectedTheme" class="selected-value truncate"></div>
            </div>
            <div id="themesDropdown" class="dropdown-content">
                {% assign split_found_collection_titles = found_collections | split: ", " %}
                {% assign split_found_collection_urls = found_collection_urls | split: "," %}
                {% for i in (0..split_found_collection_titles.size) %}
                    {% if split_found_collection_titles[i] %}
                        <a href="{{ split_found_collection_urls[i] }}">{{ split_found_collection_titles[i] }}</a>
                    {% endif %}
                {% endfor %}
            </div>
        </div>
        <div class="dropdown-container product-type-container">
            <div class="button-and-value">
                <button id="productTypeButton" class="filterButton productTypeButton">Product Types</button>
                <div id="selectedProductType" class="selected-value truncate"></div>
            </div>
            <div id="productTypeDropdown" class="dropdown-content">
                <a href="{{ collection.url }}">All Types</a>
    
                {% assign split_product_types = current_collection_product_types | split: "," %}
                {% for type in split_product_types %}
                    <a href="{{ collection.url }}?filter.p.product_type={{ type }}">{{ type }}</a>
                {% endfor %}
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

<script>
var collectionTitleMapping = {
    {% for coll in collections %}
        "{{ coll.handle }}": "{{ coll.title }}",
    {% endfor %}
};
</script>  
<script>
document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function() {
    var themesDropdown = document.getElementById("themesDropdown");
    var productTypeDropdown = document.getElementById("productTypeDropdown");

    document.getElementById("themesButton").addEventListener("click", function(event) {
        if (themesDropdown.style.display === "none" || themesDropdown.style.display === "") {
            themesDropdown.style.display = "block";
            productTypeDropdown.style.display = "none"; // Close the other dropdown
        } else {
            themesDropdown.style.display = "none";
        }
        event.stopPropagation();
    });
    
    document.getElementById("productTypeButton").addEventListener("click", function(event) {
        if (productTypeDropdown.style.display === "none" || productTypeDropdown.style.display === "") {
            productTypeDropdown.style.display = "block";
            themesDropdown.style.display = "none"; // Close the other dropdown
        } else {
            productTypeDropdown.style.display = "none";
        }
        event.stopPropagation();
    });

    // Detect selected theme from the URL path
    var pathSegments = window.location.pathname.split('/');
    var selectedTheme;
    for (var i = 0; i < pathSegments.length; i++) {
        if (pathSegments[i] === "collections" && i + 1 < pathSegments.length) {
            selectedTheme = pathSegments[i + 1];  // Get the segment right after "collections"
            break;
        }
    }

    // Detect selected product type from the URL parameters
    var urlParams = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
    var selectedProductType = urlParams.get('filter.p.product_type'); // Adjust if needed

    console.log("Selected theme from URL:", selectedTheme);  // Log the detected theme
    console.log("Selected product type from URL:", selectedProductType);  // Log the detected product type

    // Get the title from the handle using the mapping
    var selectedThemeTitle = collectionTitleMapping[selectedTheme] || selectedTheme;
    
    // Display selected values (if they exist)
    if (selectedThemeTitle) {
        document.getElementById("selectedTheme").textContent = selectedThemeTitle;
    }
    if (!selectedProductType) {
        selectedProductType = "All Types";
    }
    document.getElementById("selectedProductType").textContent = "Selected: " + selectedProductType;
    

    // Introduce a delay before attaching the outside click event listener
    setTimeout(function() {
        document.addEventListener('click', function(event) {
            if (!themesButton.contains(event.target) && !themesDropdown.contains(event.target)) {
                themesDropdown.style.display = "none";
            }
        
            if (!productTypeButton.contains(event.target) && !productTypeDropdown.contains(event.target)) {
                productTypeDropdown.style.display = "none";
            }
        });
    }, 500); // delay in ms

});
</script>

3. Render the collection filter Snippet

Render collection-filters-custom in main-collection-product-grid.liquid

<div class="section-{{ section.id }}-padding">

  {% render 'collection-filters-custom' %} 
  
  {%- paginate collection.products by section.settings.products_per_page -%}

... rest of code...

4. Upload your desired filter icon to your Shopify files

Upload a .png file of your desired filter icon to show in front of the text of the filters. Using the uploaded filename, update the code with your url+filename. The code currently has a placeholder “YOUR-IMAGE-HERE.png”

5. Create the metaobject and entry for your Themes collection list

  1. Create a metaobject called “Collection Filter List” with handle collection_filter_list (this is handle is hard-coded in the snippet)
  2. Add two fields:
    1. “Name” as type Single Line Text (this handle is hard coded in the snippet)
    2. “List” as type List of Collections (this handle is hard coded in the snippet)
  3. Create a new metaobject entry with type collection_filter_list
    1. Give it the name “Themes” (this handle is hard coded in the snippet)
    2. Under the list of collections, add all the collections you want the collection page to filter by.

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