How to choose the collections menu style (dropdown, columns, cards or list)
The Collections link in your header opens a dropdown that lists all your categories and sub-categories automatically. In the header settings you choose how that dropdown looks: a classic dropdown, columns, picture cards or a compact list.
Steps
- Open Online Store → Theme Settings and switch Page / Header / Footer to Header above the canvas.
- Click the header block and open the pencil Settings tab. Make sure Show Navigation Links is on.
- Under Collections menu style, pick one of:
- Classic dropdown (default) — a narrow menu with All Collections and your category names; sub-categories open to the side.
- Columns with sub-categories — a full-width panel; each main category is a column with a round thumbnail and up to six sub-categories, with a large picture of the highlighted category at the end.
- Category cards — the same full-width panel, with each category as a square picture tile showing how many sub-categories it has.
- Compact list — one narrow dropdown with a thumbnail per category; hover or tap a category to open its sub-categories underneath.
- Click Save.
Give categories a picture and sub-categories
- Go to Products → Categories and edit a category.
- Upload an Icon (38 × 38 px recommended) or an Image (217 × 217 px recommended). The menu uses the icon first, then the image; a category with neither shows the first letter of its name.
- To nest a category, set Category Type to Sub category and choose its Parent Category. Main categories are Main collection.
Common problems
- There is no collections dropdown in my headerthe dropdown is attached to the Main menu link that points to the Categories page (or any link whose name contains "collection"). Add that link under Online Store → Navigation Menus.
- I picked a style but nothing changedclick Save in the builder and reload the storefront. The setting is only visible when Show Navigation Links is on.
- The menu shows letters instead of picturesthose categories have no Icon or Image yet.
- A sub-category is missing from the dropdowncheck its Category Type is Sub category and the right Parent Category is selected.
- The same category appears twiceeach category is listed once; if you still see a duplicate, you have two categories with the same name under Products → Categories.