How can I get rid of the sort dropdown on product-listings?

[spminis]

Recommended drop down box on the product listing page. ZC 2.1

I've tried a few things but they're not working.
Thanks
Carol

[jadebox]

Are you referring to the Sort By drop down (which defaults to "Recommended")?

If so, I don't think there's a configuration option to disable it, but you can get rid of it by commenting out a single line in the includes/templates/YOURTEMPLATE/templates/tpl_index_product_list.php file.

Change:

        /**
         * display the product sort dropdown
         */
        require $template->get_template_dir('/tpl_modules_listing_display_order.php', DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base, 'templates') . '/tpl_modules_listing_display_order.php';

to:

        /**
         * display the product sort dropdown
         */
        // require $template->get_template_dir('/tpl_modules_listing_display_order.php', DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base, 'templates') . '/tpl_modules_listing_display_order.php';

[spminis]

THANK YOU!!! That worked!

[swguy]

We will add a soft setting to allow this to be done more easily in a coming release.

[pilou2]

There is a setting in admin at the bottom of Configuration-Product Listing, Include Product Listing Alpha Sorter Dropdown that should do what you want...

[swguy]

That would remove the widgets to the left of the Sort By dropdown, but not the sort by dropdown itself.

[pilou2]

That would remove the widgets to the left of the Sort By dropdown, but not the sort by dropdown itself.

Sorry, It seems I did not understand it was about the whole set, 'Items starting with...' and 'Recommanded'.

[swguy]

PR for optionally removing "Sort by" on product listing page:

https://github.com/zencart/zencart/pull/7899