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# Variant Image Grouped

{% hint style="info" %}
Note: This feature only works well on products with a single variant using color swatches.
{% endhint %}

### Below is the step by step instruction to set up Variant image grouped.

## **Create a Metafield for** variant&#x73;**:**

1. From your Shopify admin, go to **Settings** -> **Custom data**.
2. Click **Variants → Add definition.**

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3\. Please enter correct **Namespace and Key** as we noted below.

```
Name: Variant Image Grouped or any name.
Namespace and key: custom.variant_image_group
Select content type: Multi-line text
```

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## How to insert content for Variants Metafields?

1. From your Shopify admin, go to **Products -> All products**.
2. Find and choose the product that you want to edit.
3. Click on the image -> Click **Add alt text** -> Enter the alt text that you want for the image -> click **Save alt text.**

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4. At "**Variants**" click on the variant you want.

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5. In the **Metafields**, please enter the alt text of the images you want show for this variant on the **Variant Image Grouped** input.

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{% hint style="info" %}
**Note**: After each Alt Text, there must be a comma "<mark style="color:red;">**,**</mark>" and no space between the Alt Texts. \
**Example**: Gym For Sale Green 1<mark style="color:red;">**,**</mark>Gym For Sale Green 2
{% endhint %}

## **Set up** Variant Image Grouped

1. From your Shopify admin, go to **Online Store** **->** **Themes**.
2. Find the theme that you want to edit, and then click **Customize**.
3. Choose **Default product** template in the dropdown of editor window to open theme editor of product page.
4. From **Product information ->** Click **Add block** -> Choose **Variant picker.**
5. Choose **Enable variant image grouped** to enable Variant Image Grouped function.

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Here is the result:

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If you want to have this feature on **Quickview**, please go to **Theme settings -> Quickview** -> **Enable variant image grouped**.
{% endhint %}

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