Hello there! I am having an issue with my cart drawer and cart. When a customer adds an item to their cart, the cart drawer popup appears, but does not update to show the item they just added. For example, if a customer is adding their first item to their cart, the cart drawer popup shows the cart …

Hey @SeanConnors , It sounds like you’re experiencing an issue with the cart drawer not updating in real-time when items are added to the cart. There are a few potential solutions to this problem, depending on how your cart drawer is implemented. One possible solution is to use JavaScript to liste…

I haven’t made many changes to the way the cart works so I feel like it should be a relatively stock change. Do you have any idea which file I would add the logic for this? I’m assuming I would add something roughly like this (though I may be very wrong on the syntax/logic): {% if addItem %} windo…

@SeanConnors , As a last resort, use window.location.reload() to refresh the page when an item is added to the cart. This can be a jarring experience for users, as it will cause the page to fully refresh, potentially losing any unsaved data or scroll position on the page. Instead of using window.l…

Did you ever solve this? Just ran into same issue

I have the same issue here, where would you need to run that code above to force a refresh? It seems the cart gets stuck in the empty state until you refresh.

Have the same issue here as well. Any updates?

your function updateCartDrawer(cart) is empty. How can i update the cart drawer?

Hey folks, I ran into the same issue. I had to dig into the code for 3h+, but finally figured it out. Sharing below, hopefully it saves someone some time. In my case I have some customization done to the default Dawn theme - which probably you have too. Whether it’s PageFly or some other page build…

Alternatively if you really don’t want that counter there, you can add this line of Javascript in product-info.js line 61, right where the fetchQuantityRules() function begins. if (!this.querySelector('.quantity__rules-cart')) return; This will ensure that the cart still updates even though you do…

@SeanConnors Late reply, but I found a solution that worked for me. paste this code in the theme. liquid make sure that the jQuery is being loaded make sure the ids are correct for bubble and drawer.

Cart Drawer Does Not Update Automatically (Dawn Theme)

Store Design

Jasvirjass June 26, 2024, 7:41am 12

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