Make product description collapsible content

Topic summary

A user wants to make their product description collapsible and open by default on their Shopify store, asking if this can be achieved with CSS alone.

Solution Provided:

  • CSS alone cannot accomplish this functionality
  • Navigate to: Themes → Customize → Product pages → Product Information section
  • Add a new Collapsible row block and configure settings
  • Save the configuration

Implementation Steps:

  • Go to Themes → Edit code
  • Locate the main-product.liquid file
  • Search for “collapsib” in the code
  • Add the {{ product.description }} code to the collapsible row position as shown in provided screenshots
  • Save changes

The response includes three screenshots demonstrating the configuration interface and expected result. The solution comes from BSS Commerce, a Shopify development service provider.

Summarized with AI on November 20. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.

I would like to have the product description inside a collapsible row, that’s pre-opened by default. Is there any way to do this via CSS?

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Hi @VIB1

This is BSS Commerce - Full-service eCommerce Agency. We’d love to suggest you this solution:

  • Want to make the product description collapsible can’t just use CSS.

  • Solution:

  • Go to Themes => Customize => Find Product pages => Product Information section select Add Block => Select Collapsible row:

=> Config as desired => Save

  • The next step is to configure the data for the newly created Collapsible row:

  • Themes => edit code => Find the main-product.liquid file => Search collapsible_tab => Add the code {{ product.description }} to the position as shown in the image then press save:

Result

Hope this helps you.


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