adding a remove item button from checkout sidebox

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Sounds like you don't want a "remove", but rather an "update" option.
So, the process would go something like this:
a. you need to create a form, instead of just a clickable A HREF (see the real shopping cart page as an example)
NOTE: A separate form needs to surround each product in the sidebox, complete with its own submit button, etc.
b. set the form action to point to FILENAME_DEFAULT instead of FILENAME_SHOPPING_CART (so goes to index page)
c. you'll notice that the shopping-cart example uses "update_quantity" instead of "remove_product" for its cart action, so follow that example.
d. make the qty field a hidden field so it's not visible, but also set its value to be 1 less than the current "real" qty
Now, when they click on the form's submit button, it'll do the update.

Hope that helps ...

great idea!! im gonna start working on this soon!! thanks! also is there a way to get the whole cart into the reciept looking type of thing?