Issue: In the Shopify Horizon theme, the first variant is auto-selected, causing the variant image to display by default. The requester wants the main product image shown first, with the variant image appearing only after a user selects a variant.
Suggested approaches:
Code tweak: A linked community thread outlines how to adjust theme code so the product image is the default rather than the first variant’s image. It’s described as a relatively simple coding change.
No‑code option: Use the Easify Product Options app to create custom options and control whether any option is preselected or left blank until clicked. The responder provided example screenshots of the app UI and settings.
Status and next steps: The requester asked for the exact theme file to modify for the code solution. No specific file path or code snippet has been provided yet, so the request remains open and unresolved.
Summarized with AI on December 11.
AI used: gpt-5.
In the Horizon theme, the variant image is showing by default because the first variant is already checked. But I don’t want it to be checked from the beginning.I want the product image to show first, and only when I click on a variant, the variant image should appear.How can I do this? Does anyone have any idea?
This can actually be fixed with a small code tweak in your Shopify theme. But if you want an easier, no-code solution, you can try Easify Product Options. It lets you create custom options (like color swatches, dropdowns, etc.) and choose whether an option is selected by default or left blank until the customer clicks. Super simple to set up and works well with most themes.