Playbook · Shopify size guide not opening
Guide control shows. Panel stays shut.
Written for a Shopify owner whose Size guide / Fit guide control mounts on the PDP but the accordion, details/summary, collapsible section, or theme drawer never opens — unbound theme JS after an app fight, empty size-guide metafields aborting open, CSS pointer-events / overflow clipping the panel, accordion apps stealing clicks — or you chased missing chart content or a dedicated popup instead. DIY-first: prove click vs open state → restore handlers / content → retest. Distinct from size chart not showing and size chart popup not opening. Soft-link product tabs not showing when other accordions are also dead. No earnings claims, no invented case studies.
Nico at Latch AI Ops · Sep 10, 2026 · ~12 minute read
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Size guide not opening — not missing chart content, not dedicated popup.
Several “size / fit guide broken on the product page” bugs look alike. They do not share a fix. This page is only when the Size guide control is visible but the accordion / details / drawer panel never expands — unbound theme JS, empty metafield aborting open, CSS clipping the panel, accordion apps stealing clicks. Chart content never rendered at all is shopify-size-chart-not-showing. Dedicated fit-guide popup / modal that never opens is size-chart-popup-not-opening.
Soft-check shopify-product-tabs-not-showing / shopify-product-faq-not-showing when other PDP accordions are also dead, and quick-view-modal-not-opening when collection quick view is the leftover gap.
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Prove click vs aria-expanded / open / drawer state.
Open a live PDP that should show Size guide. Soft-check the control is in the DOM (not display:none). Click / tap. Soft-check DevTools: aria-expanded flips, details[open] appears, or the drawer class / transform updates. Soft-check Console for JS errors on click. Soft-check theme / product metafields used for size guide HTML or table — often product.metafields.custom.size_guide.
If the Size guide link / block is missing entirely, switch to shopify-size-chart-not-showing. If a dedicated popup / modal app is the intended UI and never mounts, switch to size-chart-popup-not-opening.
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Restore handlers, fill metafields, clear CSS/app fights; retest.
Rebind or restore theme size-guide / accordion JS on the Current theme. Fill the size-guide metafield (or theme block setting) with real content so open is not aborted. Remove pointer-events / overflow rules that clip the panel. Disable fighting accordion / tab / popup apps until one clean open path remains. Publish Current theme, hard-refresh the PDP, and click the control.
Honest retest: control expands; guide content is readable; console stays clean. Soft-link shopify-size-chart-not-showing when content never renders. Soft-link size-chart-popup-not-opening when the intended UI is a dedicated popup. Soft-link shopify-product-tabs-not-showing when description tabs / accordions are also blank.
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You tested missing chart content or a dedicated popup instead.
Chart content never rendered is shopify-size-chart-not-showing. Dedicated fit-guide popup / modal that never opens is size-chart-popup-not-opening.
The only honest test for this page: Size guide control is visible and clickable, but aria-expanded / details[open] / drawer state never flips. Anything else is a different product.
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When to stay DIY vs pay $997.
Stay DIY if you can spend one afternoon on the list above: prove click vs open state, restore theme handlers, fill size-guide metafields, clear CSS / app fights, retest. That is the whole playbook. No agency required. Short answers also live on the merchant FAQ. Related pages: size chart not showing, size chart popup not opening, product tabs not showing.
Pay for help when the work is not the accordion itself — it is connecting the stack you already have so theme / accordion / metafield exceptions land in a channel you already check, and the live store is one workflow instead of a spreadsheet plus a Slack bot you forgot. That is the Latch AI Ops install.
What $997 USD one-time buys: lead capture on the live store, ops alerts in a channel you already check, and a checkout-ready workflow. 72 hours after collaborator access, not after payment. One live Shopify store. Access plus a delivery thread. Store URL collected at checkout. Not a SaaS seat, not a theme rebuild retainer, not a conversion guarantee, not a brand or theme job.
Other shops' public ranges, not testimonials: a checkout / ops install typically runs $500–$2,500. A full ops consulting block typically runs $2,000–$5,000. $997 is the cheap end of that work, sold as a 72-hour install of three systems — not as an earnings number or conversion-lift claim.
What it does not buy: more orders, recovered revenue, a forever accordion guarantee, or a case study. Latch AI Ops has not published customer proof because there are no customers yet. You are buying the install.
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