# Quick cart

The **Quick cart** displays a slide-out drawer to allow customers to view and edit the items added to their cart. It can be opened on any page by clicking on the cart icon in the header.

In the **Quick cart** settings, you can choose to disable the quick cart, show **currency codes in prices**, and enable the **Empty cart promotion**.

## Watch video tutorial

Watch our video to optimize your quick cart for conversions, with instructions for setting up an **Empty cart promotion,** **Cross sells**, **Free shipping bar**, and **Low inventory warning**.

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## Enable cart features

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You can enable several features to promote your products and create a sense of urgency to prompt customers to follow through with their purchase. See the guides below to learn more.

* [Cross sells](https://help.fluorescent.co/cornerstone/cart/cross-sells)
* [Free shipping bar](https://help.fluorescent.co/cornerstone/cart/free-shipping-bar)
* [Low inventory warning](https://help.fluorescent.co/cornerstone/cart/low-inventory-warning)

### Empty cart promotion

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In the **Quick cart**, the **Empty cart promotion** displays selected collections to help customers to start shopping when they haven't yet added products to their cart.

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In your theme editor (**Customize**):

1. Under “Overlay”, click the **Quick cart** section to open the settings.
2. Enter **Text** to display above the promoted collection links.
3. Click **Select collections**.
4. Click the collections you want to promote, then click **Select**.
5. (*Optional*.) Use the drag-and-drop icons to re-order the collections.
6. Select a **Collection button style**: either **Outline** or **Solid**.
7. Click **Save**.

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## Change cart item aspect ratio

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You can choose to crop all cart item images to be a uniform shape: Landscape, Portrait, or Square. Note that this settings applies to item images both in the quick cart and on the cart page.

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In your theme editor (**Customize**):

1. Under “Overlays”, click the **Quick cart** section to open the settings.
2. Select a Cart item image aspect ratio: Landscape, Portrait, or Square.

   > Select **Natural** to display the original shape of each image.
3. Click **Save**.

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## Disable order notes

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You can let customers add additional information to their order. Text entered into the order notes field will be included in your order details. Order notes are enabled by default. Follow the steps below to disable order notes.

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In your theme editor (**Customize**):

1. Under “Overlays”, click the **Quick cart** section to open the settings.
2. Click to uncheck the **Show order notes** option.
3. Click **Save**.

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## Disable quick cart

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You can turn off the quick cart in the **Quick cart** section settings. If disabled, clicking the cart icon will direct visitors to the cart page instead of opening the quick cart.

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In your theme editor (**Customize**):

1. Under “Overlays”, click the **Quick cart** section to open the settings.
2. Click to uncheck the **Enable quick cart** option.
3. Click **Save**.

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## Settings reference

Click the **Quick cart** section to find the following settings:

<table><thead><tr><th width="222">Setting</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Enable quick cart</td><td>Choose whether to show quick cart drawer. If disabled, clicking the cart icon will take customers to the cart page.</td></tr><tr><td>Include currency code in price</td><td>Choose whether to display the currency symbol next to the price.</td></tr></tbody></table>

In **Theme settings**, click **Cart** to find the following settings:

<table><thead><tr><th width="218">Setting</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Enable purchase confirmation popup</td><td>Display a ‘added to cart’ notification when customers add an item to their cart.</td></tr><tr><td>Show order notes</td><td>Let customers add instructions or notes to their order when viewing the cart drawer.<br><br>Text entered into the order notes field will be included in your order details. Order notes are enabled by default.</td></tr><tr><td>Cart item aspect ratio</td><td>Change the shape of images in the cart to <strong>Landscape</strong>, <strong>Portrait</strong>, or <strong>Square</strong>. The <strong>Natural</strong> setting will display the original shape of each image.</td></tr></tbody></table>

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> **Related links**
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> [Purchase confirmation popup](https://help.fluorescent.co/cornerstone/cart/quick-cart/added-to-cart-popup)\
> [Cross sells](https://help.fluorescent.co/cornerstone/cart/cross-sells)\
> [Free shipping bar](https://help.fluorescent.co/cornerstone/cart/free-shipping-bar)\
> [Low inventory warning](https://help.fluorescent.co/cornerstone/cart/low-inventory-warning)\
> [Cart page](https://help.fluorescent.co/cornerstone/cart/cart-page)