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Magento: Quick Change in Column Count for Products Displaying In Category Listing (Grid View)

by Lee Taylor on January 22, 2010

Hi All,

Figured I’d share a quick Magento snippet (There are several I’d like to share each day. For some reason this particular one seemed quick enough to post).

Want to change the number of products that display in the Magento Category listing?

You’ll need to modify these two files:

  • app/design/frontend/default/YourThemeName/layout/catalog.xml (default theme line 198)
  • app/design/frontend/default/YourThemeName/layout/catalogsearch.xml (default theme line 61)

See the screenshot for the variable columnCount()? In order to change that, go to the following file and add in this snippet:

  • app/design/frontend/default/YourThemeName/layout/catalog.xml (default theme line 198)
<action method="setColumnCount"><columns>3</columns></action> <!-- set your own number -->

catalog.xml

And also this snippet:

  • app/design/frontend/default/YourThemeName/layout/catalogsearch.xml (default theme line 61)
<action method="setColumnCount"><columns>3</columns></action> <!-- set your own number and insert <em>inside</em> the "search_result_list" block tags-->

catalogsearch.xml



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  • http://url Jerry

    It should be noted that sometimes this does not work if the template is customized, in which case view.phtml must be editted directly.

  • http://url Mara

    Not working for me in v1.4.0.1.

  • http://bradysewall.com Brady

    How would I apply this methodology to easily update a CMS page through CMS > Manage Pages > Custom Design > Layout Update XML? I tried inserting the code above, but it didn’t work.

    Thanks!

  • Alex Margineanu

    thanks for the tips.

  • http://www.facebook.com/flolicious1 Florian Böhme

    how can i edit the home page/start page grid layout? the grid columns count of all sites is 4, but the front page is 3. i cant find the place to edit it :(

    • Jan Chr

      Have the same problem. I only need to modify the number of products shown on the home page (new products).