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.
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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 }}