# Compare products section

Source: https://themes.spicydesign.ca/help/reference/sections/compare-table/
Updated: 2026-11-12

Compare products. Settings for the Compare products section in the Picante Shopify theme.


Compare products section.

The same section in the three themes:

![The Compare products section in the Picante style.](https://themes.spicydesign.ca/help/shots/section-compare-table--picante.webp)

![The Compare products section in the Overdrive style.](https://themes.spicydesign.ca/help/shots/section-compare-table--overdrive.webp)

![The Compare products section in the Pastille style.](https://themes.spicydesign.ca/help/shots/section-compare-table--pastille.webp)

**Where to find it:** In the theme editor, choose **Add section** on any template, then pick **Compare products**.

The heading area is a static block named **Section header**. Select it in the section sidebar to edit the eyebrow, heading, text and buttons, or to restyle or reorder them.

When you add this section, it starts from the **Compare products** preset.

## Settings

Add two to four products, then a row for each detail to compare. A row can show a product metafield, such as custom.material.

| Setting | Type | Default | Options | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Table name | Text | Product comparison |  | Read out by screen readers. |
| Image ratio | Select | Square (1:1) | Portrait (4:5), Square (1:1), Landscape (4:3) |  |
| Show the Only differences switch | Checkbox | On |  |  |

### Section style

| Setting | Type | Default | Options | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Color scheme | Color scheme | Scheme 1 |  |  |
| Layout width | Select | Page width | Page width, Full width |  |
| Animation on scroll | Select | Theme default | Theme default, None, Fade, Slide up, Scale in, Wipe, Blur in |  |
| Top padding | Slider | 80 px | 0 to 200 px, step 8 |  |
| Bottom padding | Slider | 80 px | 0 to 200 px, step 8 |  |

## Blocks

Add, reorder, duplicate or remove these blocks in the section sidebar: **Section header**, **Product**, **Row**.

This section holds up to 20 blocks.

### Section header block settings

| Setting | Type | Default | Options | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Layout | Select | Stacked | Stacked, Split: content left, button right |  |
| Alignment | Select | Left | Left, Center, Right | Shown when **Layout** is Stacked. |
| Max width | Select | None | None, Narrow, Normal |  |
| Gap | Slider | 12 px | 0 to 64 px, step 4 |  |
| Space below | Slider | 48 px | 0 to 120 px, step 4 |  |
| Animation on scroll | Select | None | Theme default, None, Fade, Slide up, Scale in, Wipe, Blur in |  |


### Product block settings

| Setting | Type | Default | Options | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Product | Product |  |  |  |


### Row block settings

| Setting | Type | Default | Options | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Label | Text | Brand |  |  |
| Show | Select | Vendor | Price, Vendor, Product type, Availability, Option values, Metafield |  |
| Option name | Text |  |  | For example Size. Leave empty to list every option. Shown when **Show** is Option values. |
| Metafield | Text |  |  | Namespace and key, for example custom.material. Find them in Settings > Custom data > Products. Shown when **Show** is Metafield. |