Crafting the Ideal Mobile Experience: Fixing Scroll Issues with the Shrine Pro Theme

I remember the first time I stumbled onto a glitch on my own website. Darkness loomed. It was a quiet Sunday afternoon, and the air was filled with the aroma of freshly brewed coffee. I was lounging on my couch, feeling accomplished after launching a new product line on a Shopify store. Everything looked perfect on my laptop, the products gleaming with perfect photos. However, the frustrating part came when I decided to check the site on my phone. That's when I noticed the dreaded problem—the images weren't fully visible when selecting different variants. Galactic chaos!

A Glitch in the Mobile Matrix

Back then, I realized that most of our shoppers, like savvy squirrels preparing for winter, were browsing on mobile devices. When they selected different product variants, the images were hiding like shy owls, showing up partially instead of majestically filling the screen. On paper, it seemed trivial, skipping a heartbeat, but actually, it gnawed at the user experience, like that one friend who gnaws audibly on popcorn during a movie.

To solve this, I dug into the problem like an archaeologist scraping through sand. In our case, the Dawn theme had an auto-scroll feature that the Shrine Pro theme lacked, leaving our images half-exposed, a incomplete symphony. Worry not, for in the following steps, we'll unlock the magic spell (a.k.a. coding solution) required to elevate this issue.

Rolling Up Our Sleaves: Add Auto-Scroll to Your Product Page

Our story, like all great sagas, requires a guide, and today that guide will be a nifty bit of JavaScript. Here’s how to infuse life into your product pages by enabling the page to scroll to the correct variant image on mobile:

Access Your Theme Code
First, let’s venture into the belly of the beast. Go to your Shopify Admin and journey to the ‘Online Store’ tab. A world of choices will unfold before you—select ‘Themes.’
Unveil the Code Editor
Click ‘Actions’ followed by ‘Edit Code.’ Here lies the workshop where our magical transformation occurs.
Locate the Culprit - product-modal.js
In the folders laid before you, dive into the ‘Assets’ directory to locate the file named product-modal.js. It's the pesky epicenter of our image woes.
Sprinkle the Magic Dust
Within this file, you’ve already got a scroll function at your disposal. Focus on the line: activeMedia.scrollIntoView();. This is our mighty scroll warrior, but it might need a little nudge.
For an enhanced visual outcome, we're going to wrap this call in a minor enchantment:
```
function scrollToVariantImage() {
  const activeMedia = this.querySelector(
    `[data-media-id="${this.openedBy.getAttribute('data-media-id')}"]`
  )
  if (activeMedia) {
    setTimeout(() => {
      // delay to allow for smoother transition
      activeMedia.scrollIntoView({ behavior: 'smooth' })
    }, 200) // adjust time as needed
  }
}
```
Replace or augment the existing activeMedia.scrollIntoView(); with our newly minted scrollToVariantImage(); method to cast a smoother, more magical scroll.
Save & Test
Don this adjusted code, like wearing a new cloak, and save your changes. Now, revisit your store on a mobile device. Choose a different variant, do a little victory dance as the page seamlessly scrolls to reveal the chosen image in all its mobile glory.

Reflecting on the Experience

Ah, remember the satisfaction of solving a problem that seemed insurmountable at first? The peculiar charm of watching your page gracefully unfold its secrets? Just like my morning brew, sometimes solutions need tweaking and time to perfect. A gentle nudge, a smart adjustment—and voila!—your Shopify store is now more welcoming for all our finger-tapping shoppers.

In the pantheon of Shopify endeavors, a neat, scroll-friendly experience on mobile devices acts like a silent but crucial partner to our larger digital journey. It’s one more way we serve our customers by creating a warm, hospitable environment to explore our products—which really, isn't that what we all crave during those quiet, coffee-scented afternoons?