How can I turn off variant auto selection in Dawn theme?

I use to be able to do this but with the new layout I cant figure it out and I want the auto selection of the variants turned off so it shows the pic i have in the product not of a specific item. Thank you!

Hi @DitYDesigns
Ok dear, please share your store URL and collaborator code with me so I can check and provide you with the proper solution.

Hi there Amanda @DitYDesigns This particular issue seems to be a recurring problem that merchants who use the dawn theme seem to have. I recommend checking out the replies in this thread here to see if any are helpful How do i remove the auto select on variants
If not, I guess the next best option would be to seek the assistance of a professional in this regard.

It’s already discussed many times before. You can take a look to this Github solution that’s fit for your Query.

Please let us know if this works for you.

Thanks

That github issue has been closed as ā€˜not planned’, despite multiple people commenting that this is a desperately needed feature. We’re on our own.

It’s simple to just prevent an option being checked by default, just dip into product-variant-options.liquid and get rid of ā€˜checked’ - but this is dangerous and I don’t recommend it.

I implemented another solution using js to remember the size a customer last clicked, and, if available for the next product they look at, to select that size. Unfortunately this led to complaints that the site was selecting the wrong size. We couldn’t replicate it, but two customers complained, so clearly there was something awry. We rolled it back.

This is not one of those issues that’s easy to solve, unfortunately. We really do need Shopify to step in here and give us the option to not have this behaviour.

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