Comment on page

Swatches

Product variant swatches

Broadcast will display swatches for color variants in collection filtering and the product form on product pages.
Collection filtering
Product form, default product template
Broadcast will detect if your variant label is Color or Colour and automatically display swatches
Product admin - Variant label name
Customize the trigger words
To customize the trigger words which activate swatches, use the Language Editor (Edit languages) and add or modify the values:
Change trigger words by using the Language Editor
You can add more trigger words that will help use swatches for other options.
Language Editor
Product Options
The result is the same and you can use different custom swatches as well.
Product Page View
Colors
Broadcast can easily detect simple color names and convert them to swatches. There are a total of 140 color names Broadcast can detect, all other more complex names will be represented by a default grey color swatch.
You can upload your own custom color names and graphics as described below. Here is a full list of color names that will automatically be converted to swatches: Color names list​
New - Broadcast 5.1 and above
If you've downloaded Broadcast 5.1 or newer, please follow these instructions for customizing swatches
Swatches are now easier to manage and control. All the settings for color swatches around are found under the Theme settings -> Swatches
Key changes
Color codes are now managed under the Theme settings.
Swatch Images are now used from the Shopify files.
Siblings can now use a color swatch instead of a product image.
Video walk-through on all Swatch changes in Broadcast 5.1:
To find additional HEX color codes, visit:  https://colorhunt.co​
Older versions of Broadcast, before v5.1
The following instructions are for Broadcast 5.0 and earlier. 
If you are using Broadcast 5.0 or earlier, please follow these insturctions below to customize swatches
Customizing
If your products have color names other than the listed colors in the Color names list, you can add your own color names and values or upload images to the Assets folder:
Add custom color names and values to swatches.json
Use the swatches.json file located in the Assets folder to add your own custom names and HEX color values:
To find additional HEX color codes, visit:  https://colorhunt.co​
Add custom images to the assets folder
With Broadcast, you can upload your own custom swatch images and display them on product and collection pages:
Collection filter panel
Product page form
How to:
Create a small square image (60x60 or 100x100 for best results)
Upload to the Assets folder
Modify swatches.json to include your color name and image
Video tutorial
Reference from the video:
    {
      "Stripes": "stripes.jpg"
    },
Avoid spaces in the filename
We recommend if your image has spaces, replace them with an underscore or dash:

Instead of "Light Navy.png" use "light_navy.png" or "light-navy.png"
For the JSON file, your multiword variant can look like this:
    {
      "Light Navy": "light_navy.png"
    },
The variant name can have spaces. However, we recommend for the filename of the image, use an underscore or dash instead of a space. 
Video tutorial - More tips for custom images
In this short video, we'll look at filenames and an example of creating a custom image for a swatch:
More tips on adding custom images
Disabling swatches
Swatches can be toggled on and off in the Theme settings under Product Grid:
Theme settings -> Product Grid

FAQ Accordions

Size charts

Last modified 4mo ago