How can I display multiple images for product variants on the DAWN theme?

Store Design

Topic summary

Main issue: Configure Shopify’s DAWN theme so that selecting a product variant shows only that variant’s images, and allow assigning multiple images per variant.

Current behavior: After selecting a variant, the product page still shows all images, not just those for the chosen variant.

Attempts/links:

  • Suggested tutorial for custom swatches (YouTube). OP already has swatches and reports prior videos didn’t solve filtering multiple variant images.
  • Another tutorial link claims you can display multiple images per variant in DAWN.

Technical context:

  • Variants = product options (e.g., color/size). Swatches = visual selectors for options. Product loop code = template logic that renders product images.
  • One participant states many solutions rely on encoding variant info in image alt text and filtering in theme code, but criticizes this as a poor workaround due to accessibility/SEO and because Shopify lacks image-level metafields.

Outcome/status:

  • No confirmed working solution in-thread; no code or settings validated by OP.
  • Discussion remains open. Key unanswered question: a reliable, native way to link multiple images to a specific variant without misusing alt text or custom code.
Summarized with AI on December 17. AI used: gpt-5.
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Hi, i want to configure my shopify theme (DAWN) this especifictly product page and variants.

I wanna something like this

https://www.zarahome.com/mx/rec%C3%A1mara/ropa-de-cama/fundas-n%C3%B3rdicas/(140-g~2Fm%C2%B2)-funda-n%C3%B3rdica-lino-lavado-c1020260010p305154403.html?colorId=305&ct=true

When I choose a variant the page display’ only the photos of this variant.

Also I wanna know how I could select more than one image for variants.

Its any solution? thanks!

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i might have found a solution for you which allows works for custom swatches

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Thanks! but I already have the swatches, I wanna Know how i could show more than 1 variant image also who i wanna show only the images of variant.

Because when I choose the variant the page show all the images.

and I already try with this videos and they didint work:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8BbA6f-m3w

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Unfortunately based on all my research there isn’t a good solution for this out there. It just goes to show that shopify literally do not put any effort into the quality of the admin side of their product. Many solutions out there will try to get you to use Alt text of the image then write a filter in the product loop code in your theme files. This is a terrible solution. Alt text is specifically designed to be used to tell search engines a description of the image and it’s also used for accessibility purposes. The real problem is, that shopify does not allow you to add meta fields to images and therefore the only option is to do this terrible work around.

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You can display multiple images for product variant in dawn theme: