Replace Check Out Button With View Cart In Dawn Theme

Technical Q&A

Topic summary

Goal: In the Dawn theme’s cart drawer, change the primary button from “Check Out” (links to /checkout) to “View Cart” (links to /cart) so buyers can pick delivery options on the cart page. Images show current vs desired button states; a store preview URL was shared.

Guidance offered:

  • Edit the cart drawer code to replace the button’s href from /checkout to /cart and change its label to “View Cart.”
  • The operative code likely lives in a Snippets file (e.g., a ‘cart-drawer’ snippet), not the empty-looking section file the user opened.
  • If unsure of location, search the theme code for the “check out” text to find the exact snippet.

User status: The poster cannot find the href or button code. They shared their cart-drawer.liquid content (which renders a snippet) but still can’t locate the checkout button markup.

Latest update: A video link was provided claiming a quick fix that works on any theme.

Outcome: No confirmed solution yet; the exact file/line remains unidentified. Discussion remains open with a suggested video tutorial as the next step.

Summarized with AI on January 6. AI used: gpt-5.
1

Hi,

I’m using Dawn theme and I have my Cart as a drawer and I would like to keep the same visual, but change the link of the button from Check Out to View Cart.

I need to do this because buyers can choose the delivery option in the Cart page before moving to the Check out.

How can I replace the destination of the Button in the drawer from Check Out to View Cart.

From this

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to this

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2

Hi @Karlis_1 , to change the ‘Check Out’ button to ‘View Cart’ in your Dawn theme cart drawer, locate the cart drawer Liquid file (like cart-drawer.liquid), find the ‘Check Out’ button code, and change its href attribute from /checkout to /cart. Also, update the button text to ‘View Cart’ within the same code snippet. This will redirect users to the cart page instead of directly to checkout.

3

Hi,

My cart-drawer.liquid file is empty, please see below.

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My store - https://evb3jdd3x0vpoh91-73052062039.shopifypreview.com

4

The actual code for the cart drawer is in a snippet file with same name. Try to find the file in the Snippets folder.

5

Hi,

For the life of me, i can’t find it. Copied out the code, could you bold the place were should I change it? Thank you!

{% comment %}
Renders cart drawer

Usage:
{% render ‘cart-drawer’ %}
{% endcomment %}

{{ ‘quantity-popover.css’ | asset_url | stylesheet_tag }}
{{ ‘component-card.css’ | asset_url | stylesheet_tag }}

.drawer { visibility: hidden; }
{%- if cart == empty -%}

{{ 'sections.cart.empty' | t }}

{% render 'icon-close' %} {{ 'general.continue_shopping' | t }}

{%- if shop.customer_accounts_enabled and customer == null -%}

{{ 'sections.cart.login.title' | t }}

{{ 'sections.cart.login.paragraph_html' | t: link: routes.account_login_url }}

{%- endif -%}
{%- if settings.cart_drawer_collection != blank -%}
{% render 'card-collection', card_collection: settings.cart_drawer_collection, columns: 1 %}
{%- endif -%}
{%- endif -%}

{{ 'sections.cart.title' | t }}

{% render 'icon-close' %}
{%- if cart != empty -%}
{%- for item in cart.items -%} {%- liquid assign has_qty_rules = false if item.variant.quantity_rule.increment > 1 or item.variant.quantity_rule.min > 1 or item.variant.quantity_rule.max != null assign has_qty_rules = true endif

assign has_vol_pricing = false
if item.variant.quantity_price_breaks.size > 0
assign has_vol_pricing = true
endif
-%}

{%- endfor -%}
{{ 'sections.cart.headings.image' | t }} {{ 'sections.cart.headings.product' | t }} {{ 'sections.cart.headings.total' | t }} {{ 'sections.cart.headings.quantity' | t }}
{% if item.image %} {% comment %} Leave empty space due to a:empty CSS display: none rule {% endcomment %} {{ item.image.alt | escape }} {% endif %} {%- if settings.show_vendor -%}

{{ item.product.vendor }}

{%- endif -%} {{- item.product.title | escape -}}

{%- if item.original_price != item.final_price -%}

{{ 'products.product.price.regular_price' | t }} {{- item.original_price | money -}} {{ 'products.product.price.sale_price' | t }} {{ item.final_price | money }}
{%- else -%}
{{ item.original_price | money }}
{%- endif -%}

{%- if item.product.has_only_default_variant == false
or item.properties.size != 0
or item.selling_plan_allocation != null
-%}

{%- if item.product.has_only_default_variant == false -%} {%- for option in item.options_with_values -%}
{{ option.name }}:
{{ option.value -}} {%- unless forloop.last %}, {% endunless %}
{%- endfor -%} {%- endif -%}

{%- for property in item.properties -%}
{%- assign property_first_char = property.first | slice: 0 -%}
{%- if property.last != blank and property_first_char != ‘_’ -%}

{{ property.first }}:
{%- if property.last contains '/uploads/' -%} {{ property.last | split: '/' | last }} {%- else -%} {{ property.last }} {%- endif -%}
{%- endif -%} {%- endfor -%}

{{ item.selling_plan_allocation.selling_plan.name }}

{%- endif -%}
    {%- for discount in item.line_level_discount_allocations -%}
  • {%- render 'icon-discount' -%} {{ discount.discount_application.title }}
    • {%- endfor -%}
{%- render 'loading-spinner' -%}
{%- if item.original_line_price != item.final_line_price -%}
{{ 'products.product.price.regular_price' | t }} {{ item.original_line_price | money }} {{ 'products.product.price.sale_price' | t }} {{ item.final_line_price | money }}
{%- else -%} {{ item.original_line_price | money }} {%- endif -%}

{%- if item.variant.available and item.unit_price_measurement -%}

{{ 'products.product.price.unit_price' | t }} {{ item.unit_price | money }} /  {{ 'accessibility.unit_price_separator' | t }}  {%- if item.unit_price_measurement.reference_value != 1 -%} {{- item.unit_price_measurement.reference_value -}} {%- endif -%} {{ item.unit_price_measurement.reference_unit }}
{%- endif -%}
{{- 'products.product.quantity.decrease' | t: product: item.product.title | escape -}} {% render 'icon-minus' %} {{- 'products.product.quantity.increase' | t: product: item.product.title | escape -}} {% render 'icon-plus' %}
{% render 'icon-remove' %}
{%- if has_qty_rules or has_vol_pricing -%} {% render 'icon-info' %} {%- if has_vol_pricing -%} {{ 'products.product.volume_pricing.note' | t }} {%- elsif has_qty_rules -%} {{ 'products.product.quantity.note' | t }} {%- endif -%} {%- endif -%} {%- if has_vol_pricing or has_qty_rules -%}
{%- if has_qty_rules == false -%} {{- 'products.product.volume_pricing.title' | t -}} {%- endif -%}
{%- if item.variant.quantity_rule.increment > 1 -%} {{- 'products.product.quantity.multiples_of' | t: quantity: item.variant.quantity_rule.increment -}} {%- endif -%} {%- if item.variant.quantity_rule.min > 1 -%} {{- 'products.product.quantity.minimum_of' | t: quantity: item.variant.quantity_rule.min -}} {%- endif -%} {%- if item.variant.quantity_rule.max != null -%} {{- 'products.product.quantity.maximum_of' | t: quantity: item.variant.quantity_rule.max -}} {%- endif -%}
{%- render 'icon-close' -%} {%- if item.variant.quantity_price_breaks.size > 0 -%}
  • {{ item.variant.quantity_rule.min }}+ {{ item.variant.price | money_with_currency }}/ea
    • {%- for price_break in item.variant.quantity_price_breaks -%}
  • {{- price_break.minimum_quantity -}} + {{ price_break.price | money_with_currency }}/ea
    • {%- endfor -%}
{%- endif -%}
{%- endif -%}
{%- endif -%}

{{ 'accessibility.loading' | t }}

{%- if settings.show_cart_note -%}
{{ 'sections.cart.note' | t }} {% render 'icon-caret' %} {{ 'sections.cart.note' | t }} {{ cart.note }}
{%- endif -%}
{%- if cart.cart_level_discount_applications.size > 0 -%}
    {%- for discount in cart.cart_level_discount_applications -%}
  • {%- render 'icon-discount' -%} {{ discount.title }} (-{{ discount.total_allocated_amount | money }})
    • {%- endfor -%}
{%- endif -%}

{{ 'sections.cart.estimated_total' | t }}

{{ cart.total_price | money_with_currency }}

{%- if cart.taxes_included and shop.shipping_policy.body != blank -%} {{ 'sections.cart.taxes_included_and_shipping_policy_html' | t: link: shop.shipping_policy.url }} {%- elsif cart.taxes_included -%} {{ 'sections.cart.taxes_included_but_shipping_at_checkout' | t }} {%- elsif shop.shipping_policy.body != blank -%} {{ 'sections.cart.taxes_and_shipping_policy_at_checkout_html' | t: link: shop.shipping_policy.url }} {%- else -%} {{ 'sections.cart.taxes_and_shipping_at_checkout' | t }} {%- endif -%}
{{ 'sections.cart.update' | t }}

<button
type=“submit”
id=“CartDrawer-Checkout”
class=“cart__checkout-button button”
name=“checkout”
form=“CartDrawer-Form”
{% if cart == empty %}
disabled
{% endif %}

{{ ‘sections.cart.checkout’ | t }}

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Hi @Karlis_1 ,
This is Theodore from PageFly - Shopify Page Builder App.

Go to the admin panel, select “Online Store” > “Themes,” modify the code for “cart-drawer.liquid,” locate the “Check Out” button snippet, change the text, save, and preview the changes to alter the “Check Out” button wording in Shopify’s Dawn theme.

I’ll be so happy if my suggestion can help to solve your problem. If you have any further questions, please feel free to tell me.
Best regards,
Theodore | PageFly

7

Hi,

Could you be more specific? I can’t find the href attribute from /checkout. And have no idea what do change.

8

You just need to find the text “check out”

9

Here is the quick fix with video guide. You can solve this in any theme: