Custom theme sections in Shopify’s theme editor didn’t allow clicking blocks on the preview to open their settings; settings were only reachable via the sections/blocks list. Screenshots contrasted this with Dawn, where blocks are directly selectable.
Goal: replicate Dawn’s click-to-edit behavior for custom blocks.
Latest update/resolution: adding the attribute {{ block.shopify_attributes }} in the section’s Liquid enables direct block selection in the customizer. After including it, clicking a block in the preview opens its settings, matching Dawn’s behavior.
Outcome: Problem solved by the original poster; no alternative approaches or caveats were discussed. Images were provided to illustrate the difference between the custom theme and Dawn.
Status: Resolved; no open questions remain.
as subject says. im creating custom theme sections. i noticed when clicking on theme block in other themes, it brings up the settings but in the custom sections i created, you cannot click on the block directly to easily customize the block. instead you have to actually click on block within the template “menu” containing all the sections.
where as in dawn,
you can directly click.
how do you do this?
figured it out, you need to add the attribute "
{{ block.shopify_attributes }}" to the liquid
