PrestaShop products list grid view

By default PrestaShop displays products in "list view". It mean that while you're browsing categories, new products, best sellers, manufacturers, tags or just while you're searching for product - you see products displayed in "list view". They appear one by one, line by line. In this tutorial i want to show you how to create modern grid view with nice shadow & overlay effect with add to cart, view and "comapre" buttons . All that we have to do are: 1) edit product-list.tpl template file 2) edit css styles of product-list. Let's go!

Default prestashop product list view

What we want to achieve

Product-list.tpl modification

Open file: /themes/default/product-list.tpl. This is file with product "view" definition. You can remove all contents of this file, paste there code:

{literal}
    <script>
        $(document).ready(function(){
            $(".dropshadowclass").mouseover(function (){
              $(this).find(".poverlay").css('visibility','visible');
            });
            $(".dropshadowclass").mouseout(function (){
              $(this).find(".poverlay").css('visibility','hidden');
            });
        });
    </script>
{/literal}
            
{if isset($products)}
	<!-- Products list -->
	<ul id="product_list" class="clear">
	{foreach from=$products item=product name=products}
		<li class="dropshadowclass ajax_block_product {if $smarty.foreach.products.first}first_item{elseif $smarty.foreach.products.last}last_item{/if} {if $smarty.foreach.products.index % 2}alternate_item{else}item{/if} clearfix">
            <div class="center_block">
                <a href="{$product.link|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}" class="product_img_link" title="{$product.name|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}">
                    <img src="{$link->getImageLink($product.link_rewrite, $product.id_image, 'home_default')|escape:'html'}" alt="{$product.legend|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}" {if isset($homeSize)} width="{$homeSize.width}" height="{$homeSize.height}"{/if} />
    					{if isset($product.new) && $product.new == 1}<span class="new">{l s='New'}</span>{/if}
                        {if isset($product.on_sale) && $product.on_sale && isset($product.show_price) && $product.show_price && !$PS_CATALOG_MODE}<span class="on_sale">{l s='On sale!'}</span>
        				{elseif isset($product.reduction) && $product.reduction && isset($product.show_price) && $product.show_price && !$PS_CATALOG_MODE}<span class="discount">{l s='Reduced price!'}</span>{/if}
        				{if (!$PS_CATALOG_MODE AND ((isset($product.show_price) && $product.show_price) || (isset($product.available_for_order) && $product.available_for_order)))}
        				{if isset($product.online_only) && $product.online_only}<span class="online_only">{l s='Online only'}</span>{/if}
        				{/if}
                </a>
    				<h3>{if isset($product.pack_quantity) && $product.pack_quantity}{$product.pack_quantity|intval|cat:' x '}{/if}<a href="{$product.link|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}" title="{$product.name|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}">{$product.name|truncate:35:'...'|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}</a></h3>
    				<p class="product_desc"><a href="{$product.link|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}" title="{$product.description_short|strip_tags:'UTF-8'|truncate:360:'...'}" >{$product.description_short|strip_tags:'UTF-8'|truncate:360:'...'}</a></p>
                    <div class="content_price">
    					{if isset($product.show_price) && $product.show_price && !isset($restricted_country_mode)}<span class="price" style="display: inline;">{if !$priceDisplay}{convertPrice price=$product.price}{else}{convertPrice price=$product.price_tax_exc}{/if}</span><br />{/if}
    					{if isset($product.available_for_order) && $product.available_for_order && !isset($restricted_country_mode)}<span class="availability">{if ($product.allow_oosp || $product.quantity > 0)}{l s='Available'}{elseif (isset($product.quantity_all_versions) && $product.quantity_all_versions > 0)}{l s='Product available with different options'}{else}{l s='Out of stock'}{/if}</span>{/if}
                    </div>
                    
    		</div>
            <div class="poverlay">
    			<div class="right_block">
        				{if isset($comparator_max_item) && $comparator_max_item}
        					<p class="compare">
        						<input type="checkbox" class="comparator" id="comparator_item_{$product.id_product}" value="comparator_item_{$product.id_product}" {if isset($compareProducts) && in_array($product.id_product, $compareProducts)}checked="checked"{/if} autocomplete="off"/> 
        						<label for="comparator_item_{$product.id_product}">{l s='Select to compare'}</label>
        					</p>
        				{/if}           
    				{if ($product.id_product_attribute == 0 || (isset($add_prod_display) && ($add_prod_display == 1))) && $product.available_for_order && !isset($restricted_country_mode) && $product.minimal_quantity <= 1 && $product.customizable != 2 && !$PS_CATALOG_MODE}
    					{if ($product.allow_oosp || $product.quantity > 0)}
    						{if isset($static_token)}
    							<a class="cartbutton button ajax_add_to_cart_button exclusive" rel="ajax_id_product_{$product.id_product|intval}" href="{$link->getPageLink('cart',false, NULL, "add=1&amp;id_product={$product.id_product|intval}&amp;token={$static_token}", false)|escape:'html'}" title="{l s='Add to cart'}"><span></span>{l s='Add to cart'}</a>
    						{else}
    							<a class="cartbutton button ajax_add_to_cart_button exclusive" rel="ajax_id_product_{$product.id_product|intval}" href="{$link->getPageLink('cart',false, NULL, "add=1&amp;id_product={$product.id_product|intval}", false)|escape:'html'}" title="{l s='Add to cart'}"><span></span>{l s='Add to cart'}</a>
    						{/if}						
    					{else}
    						<span class="cartbutton exclusive"><span></span>{l s='Add to cart'}</span>
    					{/if}
    				{/if}
                    <div class="viewbutton">
    				<a class="button" href="{$product.link|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}" title="{l s='View'}">{l s='View'}</a>
                    </div>
    			</div>
            </div>
		</li>
	{/foreach}
	</ul>
	<!-- /Products list -->
{/if}

I modified a lot of things in this code, so I will not explain what exactly i changed. If you have any questions related to modification - just comment this article and i will explain all things you want.

Product_list.css styleshet file modification

Please open file with styles for product page. This file is located in this path: /themes/default/css/product_list.tpl. The same as above - you can remove whole contents of this file. Then just paste these styles:

#product_list .poverlay {
top:0px;
left:0px;
position:absolute;
display:block;
width:100%;
height:100%;
visibility:hidden;
z-index:2;
background:rgba(0,0,0,0.7);
}

#product_list .cartbutton {
margin-left:10px;
margin-top:90px;
display:inline-block!important;
}

#product_list .dropshadowclass {
border:solid 1px #EFEFEF;
}

#product_list .dropshadowclass:hover {
border:solid 1px #CCC;
-moz-box-shadow:0px 0px 3px #999;
-webkit-box-shadow:0px 0px 3px #999;
box-shadow:0px 0px 3px #999;
}

ul#product_list {
list-style-type:none
}

#product_list li {
text-align:center;
margin-bottom:14px;
border:1px solid #eee;
-moz-border-radius:3px;
-webkit-border-radius:3px;
border-radius:3px;
padding:10px;
width:144px;
display:inline-block;
vertical-align:top;
margin:2px;
position:relative;
}

#product_list li a {
color:#374853;
text-decoration:none;
}

#product_list li .left_block {
/*float:left;
    	/*padding-top:58px;*/
/*width:15px;*/
clear:both;
}

#product_list li p.compare {
position:absolute;
color:#FFF;
width:100%;
background:rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
display:block;
text-align:center;
padding-top:10px;
padding-bottom:10px;
}

#product_list li .viewbutton {
position:absolute;
display:block;
width:100%;
padding-top:10px;
padding-bottom:10px;
background:rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
bottom:0px;
left:0px;
}

#product_list li .left_block .compare label {
display:none;
}

#product_list li p.compare input {
vertical-align:text-bottom
}

#product_list li .center_block {
text-align:center;
}

#product_list li .center_block .product_desc {
display:none;
clear:both;
}

#product_list li .center_block h3 {
font-size:16px;
padding-top:10px;
margin-top:10px;
display:block;
width:100%;
clear:both;
text-align:center;
}

#product_list a.product_img_link {
overflow:hidden;
position:relative;
display:block;
border:1px solid #ccc;
text-align:center;
margin:auto;
}

#product_list a.product_img_link img {
vertical-align:bottom;
}

#product_list li span.new {
display:block;
position:absolute;
top:15px;
right:-30px;
padding:1px 4px;
width:101px;
font-size:10px;
color:#fff;
text-align:center;
text-transform:uppercase;
-moz-transform:rotate(45deg);
-webkit-transform:rotate(45deg);
-o-transform:rotate(45deg);
background-color:#990000;
transform:rotate(45deg);
-ms-transform:rotate(45deg); /* Newer browsers */
}

.ie8 #product_list li span.new {
top:111px;
right:0;
width:94%
}

.ie7 #product_list li span.new {
top:111px;
right:0;
width:94%
}

#product_list li h3 {
padding:0 0 10px 0;
font-size:13px;
color:#000
}

#product_list li a {
color:#000;
text-decoration:none;
}

#product_list li p.product_desc {
overflow:hidden;
padding:0;
line-height:16px;
}

#product_list li p.product_desc,#product_list li p.product_desc a {
color:#666;
}

#product_list li .right_block {
display:block;
clear:both;
}

#product_list li .discount,ul#product_list li .online_only {
display:block;
font-weight:bold;
color:#990000;
text-transform:uppercase
}

#product_list li .discount,ul#product_list li .on_sale {
position:absolute;
bottom:0;
right:0;
display:inline-block;
font-weight:bold;
padding:1px 5px;
font-size:10px;
color:#fff;
text-transform:uppercase;
background:none repeat scroll 0 0 #9B0000
}

#product_list li .online_only {
margin:0 0 10px 0
}

#product_list li .content_price {
position:relative;
}

#product_list li .price {
display:block;
margin-bottom:15px;
font-weight:bold;
font-size:18px;
color:#990000
}

#product_list li span.availability {
color:#488C40
}

#product_list li .ajax_add_to_cart_button {
padding-left:20px
}

#product_list li .ajax_add_to_cart_button span {
display:block;
position:absolute;
top:-1px;
left:-12px;
height:26px;
width:26px;
background:url(../img/icon/pict_add_cart.png) no-repeat 0 0 transparent
}

#product_list li .lnk_view {
display:block;
margin-top:15px;
padding:0 10px;
border:none;
font-weight:bold;
color:#0088CC;
background:url(../img/arrow_right_1.png) no-repeat 100% 4px transparent
}

#product_list li .lnk_view:hover {
text-decoration:underline
}

Now it's time to save changes in both files. Then - you will have effect as i showed on image above. You can also download project files from: product list grid view with overlay effect. Just download this library, unpack it and paste files into /themes/default/ directory.

ps. of course if you use different theme name, you have to browse /themes/YOUR_THEME/ directory. where YOUR_THEME is name of your theme :)

Problems with add to cart image animation?

In this case it will be necessary to modify block cart module .js file and modify one simple thing. So, please open file located in blockcart module directory. The file name is ajax-cart.js. Full path to this file: /modules/blockcart/ajax-cart.js or if exist, you have to modify this file in your theme directory (overriding feature).

So, in this file you can find code which looks like:

// add the picture to the cart
var $element = $(callerElement).parent().parent().find('a.product_image img,a.product_img_link img');

all that we have to do with this code is: add additional parent() code. This is the final code:

// add the picture to the cart
var $element = $(callerElement).parent().parent().parent().find('a.product_image img,a.product_img_link img');

After this little modification - cart animation (product image flies to cart after "add to cart") will work very well.

enjoy!