Newer answer to displaying variant metafield on product page?

Topic summary

A user seeks an updated method to display variant-specific metafields on a product page without coding, noting that existing solutions are outdated for the current Dawn theme version. They want to show a one-line description that changes based on the selected t-shirt variant.

A respondent confirms that while Shopify’s category metafields have simplified adding variants with minimal code, displaying dynamic content that updates based on variant selection still requires some custom coding. No code-free solution has been identified yet.

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Hello,

I have seen several answers to displaying a variant metafield on the product page that involve coding. Most of these responses, however, are rather old compared to the version we are on for Dawn. So, I’m hoping there is an updated way that doesn’t involve tinkering with liquid or Javascript. I want to add a one line desription to the product page based on what variant t-shirt is selected. Shall I surrender and alter the code or can this be done a newer way? Thanks

Adding variants have been much easier now with no to little code with category metafields from Shopify.

But for your requirement of displaying dynamic content in relation to the variant selected you might probably need to include a bit of code.