Changing the smart grid in the Shopify POS app

This page is for the Shopify POS app, not the Shopify admin.

The home screen in the Shopify POS app has a smart grid that contains a set of configurable tiles that display different resources. You can add tiles representing frequently accessed products, collections, third-party apps, or features. If a third-party app has multiple functions, then you can choose which function the tile performs.

You can add additional pages, group tiles into these pages, and reorder tile positions on each page.

You can edit the smart grid for a POS location from the Shopify POS app on a POS device, or you can create and manage smart grid templates for multiple locations from the Shopify admin on a desktop device.

Changing your smart grid from the Shopify POS app

You can edit the smart grid from the Shopify POS app. Changes made to the smart grid from the Shopify POS app apply only to the POS location that's logged in to the app.

From the Shopify POS app, you can make the following customizations to the smart grid:

• Add tiles
• Edit a tile icon color
• Reorder tiles
• Delete tiles
• Add tile pages

You can't change the font size or style on smart grid tiles.

To modify the smart grid from the Shopify POS app, you need to be the store owner or have a POS staff account with the Customize smart grid permission.

Add tiles to your smart grid

1. From Shopify POS, tap Add tile within the smart grid.

2. From the list, select the item that you want to add to your home page.

3. Add any additional tiles and then tap Save.

Edit tile icon colors on the smart grid

1. On the home screen of the Shopify POS app, tap and hold a tile until it begins to shake.
2. On the tile, double tap the icon, and then select Change color.
3. Select the color that you want the tile to be.
4. Tap Save.

Reorder tiles on the smart grid

1. On the home screen of the Shopify POS app, tap and hold a tile until it begins to shake.
2. Tap and hold the tile, and then drag the tile to a new location on the page. Tiles in the surrounding area rearrange themselves to accommodate the moving tile.
3. Tap Save.

Delete tiles from the smart grid

1. On the home screen of the Shopify POS app, tap and hold a tile until it begins to shake.
2. Double tap X on the corner of the tile, and then tap Remove.
3. Tap Save.

Add a tile page to the smart grid

1. On the home screen of the Shopify POS app, swipe the grid to the left.
2. On the empty tile page, tap Add new tile to add your first tile to create a new tile page.
3. Add any additional tiles, and then tap Save.

Empty tile pages are removed from the tile page list.

Creating and managing smart grid templates for multiple POS locations

You can create and manage multiple smart grid templates in the Shopify admin. This is useful for when you want multiple POS locations to have the same smart grid template, and want to save time from having to customize the smart grid for each location manually from the Shopify POS app. You can create and customize multiple smart grid templates using the POS editor, and then assign each template to specific POS locations.

One smart grid template is assigned as the Default template, and applies to all new POS locations and POS locations when their assigned template is deleted. You can change which template is the default layout at any time.

Learn more about creating and customizing smart grid templates for multiple POS locations.