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The link is to a test page where I'm trying to control the workflow beyond what the Hika workflow screens allow. The one area I cannot find a way to address is how to show the variant options dropdown beside the product image instead of having to go "choose option" button which navigates to another page. All the second page does is set the variant options selected.... I feel this should be readily available on the product catalog where they select the options then just hit the add to cart without having to leave the page. However, I cannot find a plugin or module or any way to directly access the variant options. Is there a way I can do this? I look at a lot of the demo sites and some of them show the dropdown for options presented beside the picture, so I don't understand why I can't do the same on the Hika catalog. Maybe I'm just missing something simple?

Please advise how I can do this.
Item = T-shirt; options = color, size. <<== These color and size options should be readily available in a dropdown on the catalog page?

Please add this as a feature request. Your competitors have this feature. It really would streamline the purchase process.

In the interim, is there an easy way I can intercept the launch of the product details page, perhaps to make that modal and reduce the number of paging required to order ? e.g., if I could wrapper the product detail page and make that modal, I could give the perception of a streamlined process (even though it really isn't). Anything to cut down the number of pages that are required to get a single product (with variants) to checkout. 5 pages is a lot of paging (catalog, prod page, go to checkout, sign-in/register, then finally checkout with payment). Collapsing to a 2-step process would really help. This topic would handle combining steps 1 & 2.