Combination Image Question

[jnsgioia]

I am using the Niara theme.  The default product page has thumbnails of all the combinations of a product below the large image.  If you change a color in the selection box the color of the large image changes.  If you click on a thumbnail the color in the large photo changes but the selction box does not so the item added to the cart does not match the photo.

I need to either have the thumbnail trigger the selection box or only the thumbnails for the chosen selection visible.  I can hide all the thumbnails but do not want to do that as if there is more than one photo for a combination the secondary photos will not be seen.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

[nickz]

22 hours ago, jnsgioia said:

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

And you are using which TB Version? 

[jnsgioia]

19 minutes ago, nickz said:

And you are using which TB Version? 

I am using version 1.7

[x97wehner]

That's by design with the software. Product attribute selection can drive thumbnails, but thumbnails do not drive attribute selection. When you hit the main product URL, it's a compilation of all images, which is what you're describing. When combination (Color) specific images are set, if user selects an color attribute, it will filter the images down. For this reason, I use this module on my site. It allows me to split the product by color and present each in my category page separately: https://addons.prestashop.com/en/product-variants/20451-products-by-attributes-display-combinations-attributes.html.

[jnsgioia]

1 hour ago, x97wehner said:

 It allows me to split the product by color and present each in my category page separately

Splitting out the combinations is not an option.  I need to be able to only show the images from the selected combinations if it is not possible to drive attribute selection from the thumbnails.

[jnsgioia]

Another possiblity is for the large image to only change temporarily when the mouse is hovering over the thumbnail and not change permanently on mouseover.  It would show the customer the option but not make them think they have changed the selection.  

[led24ee]

TB 1.7 is what ?

[jnsgioia]

1 minute ago, led24ee said:

TB 1.7 is what ?

The Bleeding Edge...

[x97wehner]

10 hours ago, jnsgioia said:

I need to be able to only show the images from the selected combinations if it is not possible to drive attribute selection from the thumbnails.

This you can do. On each combination, you can set the photos that pertain to it in the back office. Then, if user selects a combination with color, it will filter display to just those images.

[jnsgioia]

10 minutes ago, x97wehner said:

This you can do. On each combination, you can set the photos that pertain to it in the back office. Then, if user selects a combination with color, it will filter display to just those images.

I have done this.  It does not make any difference.  All the photos show all the time.

[x97wehner]

51 minutes ago, jnsgioia said:

I have done this.  It does not make any difference.  All the photos show all the time.

That is odd. It sounds like something is overriding the default behavior of how the system should work. Try disabling overrides and non TB modules to isolate if that could be the issue.

[jnsgioia]

11 minutes ago, x97wehner said:

That is odd. It sounds like something is overriding the default behavior of how the system should work. Try disabling overrides and non TB modules to isolate if that could be the issue.

I did that and it did not make any difference.  All images still show.

[datakick]

9 hours ago, jnsgioia said:

I did that and it did not make any difference.  All images still show.

What theme do you use?

This is, ultimately, theme responsibility. Core only provides information about images and their associations with combinations to theme. What theme decides to do with those informations is up to theme. 

I believe that standard thirty bees themes do implement this image hiding. But only if the combination have at least one image associated

[jnsgioia]

43 minutes ago, datakick said:

What theme do you use?

This is, ultimately, theme responsibility. Core only provides information about images and their associations with combinations to theme. What theme decides to do with those informations is up to theme. 

I believe that standard thirty bees themes do implement this image hiding. But only if the combination have at least one image associated

I am using the standard Niara theme.  Each combination has at least one photo associated with it, some have more than one.

[datakick]

I was mistaken, niara do not hide images not associated with selected combination. It only shows combination cover image.

However, it's not complicated to implement this. You need to modify file themes/niara/js/product.js - search for function refreshProductImages and add hiding/showing logic for images

[jnsgioia]

1 hour ago, datakick said:

niara do not hide images not associated with selected combination.

Does the community theme hide the images?

[datakick]

Don't think so, they are mostly the same, just few minor styling changes between them

[jnsgioia]

On 10/14/2025 at 7:01 AM, datakick said:

search for function refreshProductImages and add hiding/showing logic for images

Thank you!  Mission accomplished!