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

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

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';

THANK YOU!!! That worked!

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

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...

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

swguy:

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'.

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

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