Product page variant drop down title disappeared

Topic summary

  • Issue: On a Shopify store using the Dawn theme v5, the label above the product variant selector drop-down (e.g., “Choose: Size” or “Choose: Height / Weight”) has disappeared, making the selector’s purpose unclear.

  • Context: The variant selector drop-down is the UI element for choosing product options (such as size or height/weight). The problem occurs on any product with variants; product links were provided to illustrate and reproduce the issue.

  • Investigation: A responder reviewed the product page code and found a custom drop-down implementation where no label element exists for the selector.

  • Assessment: The missing title appears to stem from custom code rather than a core Dawn theme bug, since the custom implementation lacks a label.

  • Suggested action: Add a label element via code in the product page template/section to restore the “Choose: …” text above the variant selector, or revert to the theme’s default selector.

  • Status: No fix or code snippet has been shared yet; the discussion remains open. Further guidance on where and how to insert the label in the theme files is still needed.

  • References: The provided product URLs are central for verifying the behavior and testing a fix.

Summarized with AI on February 1. AI used: gpt-5.

Hi all,

My site I use the dawn theme version 5 on my site www.sparrowandfox.com.au and the variant selector drop down on my product page used to have a title above it but the title disappeared for some reason so now it’s not always obvious what the drop down bar is for. Has anyone come across this before? Any suggestions will be much appreciated!

Cheers :slightly_smiling_face:

Rob

@sparrowandfox - can you please share the product page link where you have this issue?

Hey Suyash, it happens on any product that has variants for example…

https://www.sparrowandfox.com.au/products/amazonite-tumble-brazilian-a-grade

Usually it will have a small title above the bar that says “Choose: Size:”

or an example that has two variant options…

https://www.sparrowandfox.com.au/products/citrine-tower

These ones used to display the title for the variants like “Choose: Height / Weight”

Thanks for taking a look!

@sparrowandfox - i checked code it says custom drop down, there is no label for drop down, so I think that label needs to be added via code