Core features overview

This section explains how OPTIS Color Swatch works with your Shopify products, variants, and theme. Understanding these core concepts will help you configure the app correctly and avoid common setup i

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OPTIS Color Swatch reads your existing Shopify product variants (such as Color or Size) and converts them into visual swatches / buttons / dropdown menus

Works directly with Shopify variants (no new variants are created)
Allows swatches to be displayed on:
Product pages
Collection pages

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Product Group lets you group multiple products into a single variant-like experience.

Each product acts as a variant option
Clicking a grouped option redirects customers to the corresponding product page
Useful when each color or style is a separate product in Shopify

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Controls how product images are shown based on the selected variant.

Updates the product gallery when a variant is selected
Displays only images assigned to the selected variant
Improves visual clarity and user experience

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Customizes the appearance of variant displays across your store.

Adjust size, alignment, colors, spacing, and visibility
Applies globally to all enabled displays
Can be updated anytime without affecting product data

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Controls global behaviors and advanced appearance settings for your store.

Customize how out-of-stock and non-existent variants are displayed
Turn on store-wide Automatic badges — Sold out, Low stock, New, or On sale
Enable or disable tooltips
Add custom CSS for advanced styling needs

Updated on: 25/09/2026

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