Overview

All 32 option types, grouped into three families, with what each type is used for and where it’s supported.

An option’s type determines what customers do with it — enter text, make a selection, or simply read it — and which settings are available.

There are 32 option types across three families.

Input types · 12

Let customers enter their own information, such as text, a number, a date, a file, or a color.

Selection types · 11

Let customers choose from a list of options you define, such as dropdowns, buttons, checkboxes, or swatches.

Static types · 9

Don’t collect any customer input. They are used to organize, explain, or decorate your form.

If you are not sure which to use, start with Choose the right option type.

Input types

Type	Plan	POS	Personalizer	What it collects
Text	All plans	Yes	Yes	One line of typed text
Textarea	All plans	Yes	Yes	Several lines of typed text
Number	All plans	Yes	Yes	A number
Phone	Paid plans	Yes	No	A phone number, optionally validated by country
Email	Paid plans	Yes	No	An email address
Hidden field	Advanced	Yes	No	Nothing from the customer — carries a fixed value to the order
Date and time picker	Paid plans	Yes	No	A date, a time, or a date range
File upload	Paid plans	Yes	Yes	One or more files
Color picker	Paid plans	Yes	No	Any color the customer chooses
Switch	All plans	Yes	No	A yes or no
Range slider	Advanced	Yes	No	A number, chosen by dragging
Dimension	Advanced	No	No	Two or three measurements with units

Selection types

Type	Plan	POS	Personalizer	How the choice is shown
Select	All plans	Yes	No	The browser's own dropdown
Dropdown	All plans	Yes	Yes	A styled dropdown with search and swatch support
Color dropdown	Advanced	Yes	Yes	A dropdown with a color chip per entry
Image dropdown	Advanced	Yes	Yes	A dropdown with a picture per entry
Radio button	All plans	Yes	Yes	A list where one can be chosen
Checkbox	All plans	Yes	Yes	A list where several can be ticked
Button	All plans	Yes	Yes	A row of tappable buttons
Color swatch	All plans	Yes	Yes	A grid of color chips
Image swatch	All plans	Yes	Yes	A grid of pictures
Font picker	Advanced	Yes	No	A list of fonts, drawn in those fonts
Product links	Paid plans	No	No	Links to other products, in five display styles

Static types

Type	Plan	What it does
Section	Advanced	Groups options under a heading, optionally collapsible
Heading	All plans	A heading in one of six sizes
Divider	All plans	A horizontal rule
Spacing	All plans	Vertical space, in pixels
Paragraph	All plans	Formatted text, written in a rich-text editor
Pop-up modal	All plans	A link that opens content in a dialog
HTML	Advanced	Your own HTML
Size chart	Advanced	A size table, from a preset or built by you
Tabs	Advanced	Several panels of content behind tabs

What every type shares

Whatever the type, the settings panel is organized the same way:

Tab	Contains
Basic	Label, Name, Required field, option values, limits, help text, and the add-on Price field.
Advanced	Layout, column width, prefixes, out-of-stock handling, slider settings, HTML class, and the Add-on quantity dropdown.
Personalizer	Available on the 12 types that support it — see the tables above.
Translations	Every translatable field in the option set, per storefront language. See Translate option content.

Every setting that appears on multiple types is documented once in Shared settings. The individual type pages list the settings available for that type and explain only what is specific to it.

Conditional logic is available on all 32 types, including the static ones — so you can show a whole Section, a size chart, or a warning paragraph only under certain conditions. See Conditional logic.

Two things to check before choosing

POS. Dimension and Product links do not work in the Shopify POS app, and the app warns you when you add them. If you sell in person, avoid both. See POS limitations.

Add-on pricing. Where the price lives depends on the shape of the type. Input types take one price for the whole option; selection types take a price per value. A few types cannot carry a price at all. See Where you can set add-ons.