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# How to make Swatches required

By default, swatches work like radio buttons. One value is always pre-selected when a customer lands on the product page. If you'd rather have customers make an active choice, there are two ways to set that up.

#### **Option 1: Keep standard swatches and add a required prompt**

Leave **Allow for Multiple Selections** turned off. One swatch will still be pre-selected by default, but you can mark the field as required to prompt customers before they add to cart.

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This works well if you want a clean look and are okay with a value being pre-selected.

#### **Option 2: Use multiple selections to require an active choice**

Enable **Allow for Multiple Selections** and check **This option is required**. With this setup nothing is pre-selected when the page loads, and customers have to click a swatch before they can add to cart. \
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By default the minimum is set to 1 with no maximum, but you can adjust those limits in the field settings.

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The tradeoff is that swatches behave a little differently here. \
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Customers click once to select and again to deselect, which is different from the standard experience.

{% hint style="info" %}
Not sure which to use? If you just want to make sure customers don't miss the swatch, Option 1 is usually enough. If you need nothing pre-selected, go with Option 2.
{% endhint %}