Replace Check Out Button With View Cart In Dawn Theme

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.

Hi,

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

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