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Product specifications

by Admin on Jan 26, 2025

1. What is Product specifications?

The Product Specifications section allows you to showcase detailed technical information about your products in an organized table format. It's ideal for providing clarity on product materials, dimensions, features, and more.


 

2. Section Components

Section

 

Present a section featuring one or more tables that detail the product's information and specifications.

Available block

 

Used to add a table to the section.

 


 

3. Location & Setup

  1. Go to “Online Store” > “Themes” > ”Customize”.
  2. Click on the Homepage dropdown menu > Product > Default template.
  3. Click "Add Section"
  4. Search for Product specifications
  5. Click on it to add.

 

4. Highlight features

  • Customizable specification tables: Add and edit multiple technical and feature groups.
  • Flexible layout: Adjust heading size, alignment, and include custom images.
  • Structured presentation: Present detailed product features in a professional, easy-to-read table format.

 

5. Common Use Cases

🤔 How to add & set up the content for a table of specifications?

Want to add information and adjust the layout of a specification table? Here's how:

STEP 1: Add a Product specifications section:

This section can only be used on the Product page. So, follow the steps in 3. Location & Setup to add this section.

STEP 2: Set up the product metafields:

To add values to the table, you must work on the product metafield first, do these:

  • Create your Product metafields by following the steps in How to create Product metafields. Make sure when you Select type, choose one of these types:
    • Option 1: Single line text (one value or list of values)
    • Option 2: Multi-line text.
    • Option 3: Rich text.
  • In Shopify admin, click on Products > choose a product > go to Product metafields > enter the value > “Save”. (Repeat this step for other products).

STEP 3: Enter the details for a table in Theme Editor.

Go back to your Theme Editor (Online stores > Themes > Customization)

By default, your Product specifications section includes 2 Specification blocks. You can delete, hide, or add more blocks as needed.

Click on a Specification block to open its settings panel, then:

  • Scroll down to the Specification detail group.
  • Enter to the List of specifications in this format: 

Label:metafield_key

  • Label is your custom text.
  • Metafield_key is the Namespace and key of your product metafield.
  • Add a new line to add a row to the table.

STEP 4: Enter the heading and description for a table:

After filling in the table’s details, enter other content into these fields:

  • Heading: Give your table a title, such as “Ingredients”.
  • Text: Add some extra description, leave blank if you don’t need it.

STEP 5: Click “Save” when done.

 

🤔 How to make the table collapsible?

Want to let customers easily expand or collapse the table in the Product Specifications section? Here's how:

STEP 1: 

Under the Product Specifications section, tap on the Specification block to open its settings panel.

STEP 2: 

Turn on the Show in tab toggle.

STEP 3: (Optional)

If you want to make the tab expand by default, turn on Open this tab by default.

STEP 4: Click “Save” when done.

 

🤔 How to add an image to the specification table?

Want to make your table of specifications more engaging with an image? Here's how to add & edit the image layout:

STEP 1: Add an image

Under the Product Specifications section, tap on the Specification block to open its settings panel, then find the Image setting, and click “Select” to add an image.

STEP 2: Adjust the image height & position

Click on the Product Specifications section to open its settings panel, then:

  • Go to Desktop layout 🖥️: Change the Desktop image height and Desktop image position.
  • Go to Mobile layout  📱: Change the Mobile image height and Mobile image position.

STEP 3: Click “Save” when done.

 

🤔 What customization options can you give your Product specifications?

For the whole Product specifications section

✨ Change color scheme:

Click on the Product specifications section, and choose the overall scheme you want to use in both light and dark mode in the Color scheme.

✨ Change the heading size:

Click on the Product specifications section, and choose the Heading size to be Small, Medium, or Large.

✨ Change the Heading tag (for SEO purposes):

Click on the Product specifications section, find and choose the Heading tag from the list.

✨ Change the number of columns on desktop:

Click on the Product specifications section, find Desktop layout and choose the Number of columns on desktop  (1 or 2).

✨Add a border to the logo

Click on the Product specifications section, find and turn on the toggle Show logo border.

✨ Change the section width, add padding, or add a divider

Click on the Product specifications section, and scroll down to the Section layout group, and you will be able to change those settings.

For a single Specification block:

✨ Change the text to appear when there is no value

By default, a “-” will be shown when there is no value in your product metafield. If you want to change it, click on Specification block, then change the Text to use for empty fields.


Need help? Contact our support team at Omni Themes Support.