# All components side bar - collapse please **URL:** \ **Category:** Elements\ **Created:** [July 12, 2025, 1:59pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/all-components-side-bar-collapse-please/48805 "2025-07-12T13:59:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PMUK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7993a0/32.png) [@PMUK](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/PMUK)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 1:59pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/all-components-side-bar-collapse-please/48805/1 "2025-07-12T13:59:17Z")
I am busily adding all my e-commerce product snippets, which there is no problem at all with all working brilliantly. The problem now is I have lots of named HTML components in my Componnets bar and it’s so annoying to have to scroll by them all just to add a container or other component I use all the time. As I will be adding these once only and very rarely needing them, is there away to collapse this component (custom) section. I did notice that on the component bar there is a subheading of “Smart Folders” currently Project and Favourites but can’t see where to add to these? TIA ---
**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 2:52pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/all-components-side-bar-collapse-please/48805/2 "2025-07-12T14:52:34Z")
Trying using the quick add bar, press “Command-shift-f” and start typing for the component you want, hit the return key or drag it right from the search bar 🙂 It’s a cool, and often forgotten feature 😅 ![Screenshot 2025-07-12 at 3.51.27 pm](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/8/0/800f708555301a85177b98edd8f42ca6426e5c93.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![PMUK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7993a0/32.png) [@PMUK](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/PMUK)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 3:03pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/all-components-side-bar-collapse-please/48805/3 "2025-07-12T15:03:08Z")
Thanks but thats to add components and I appreciate it as I had forgotten about it. I just want to “hide” about 60 HTML snippets from the component bar. Once I have added cart snippet and put it on my sales pages I very rarely go into them, unless I do an annual price increase. So I thought I could make a folder like there’s already eg Project one and put them in that and hide them for future use. Sadly you way provides a list and the majority of my snippets Strat with “E” so still a long list to find “video” “SVG” etc. TIA ---
**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/all-components-side-bar-collapse-please/48805/4 "2025-07-12T15:05:15Z")
Ah yes, we will be adding a better way to organise custom components in the future, it’s on our to-do list! ---
**Author:** ![PMUK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7993a0/32.png) [@PMUK](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/PMUK)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 3:09pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/all-components-side-bar-collapse-please/48805/5 "2025-07-12T15:09:18Z")
Thanks just my thoughts, If would be possible to drag and drop the components into say three areas “most used” Sometimes used" hardly used" Now that would be cool! The most common components I use would be Container (C), Text (T) Image (I) SVG (S) to start with, now using click and drag or your way with keyboard shortcut my main ones used are now separated by 60+ Coded HTML Shop components! 🙂 THANKS ---
**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 3:23pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/all-components-side-bar-collapse-please/48805/6 "2025-07-12T15:23:23Z")
Being able to organise components into Folders is probably the way to go, then everyone can set things up exactly how they like 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![PMUK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7993a0/32.png) [@PMUK](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/PMUK)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/all-components-side-bar-collapse-please/48805/7 "2025-07-12T16:55:40Z")
Yes but you do that now as folder for favourites and project work now so how did you get them in there? ---
**Author:** ![handshaper](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/handshaper/32/27373_2.png) [@handshaper](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/handshaper)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 5:22pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/all-components-side-bar-collapse-please/48805/8 "2025-07-12T17:22:28Z")
You can set up Favorites in the Catalog. Show Catalog in the View menu. ---
**Author:** ![handshaper](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/handshaper/32/27373_2.png) [@handshaper](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/handshaper)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 5:26pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/all-components-side-bar-collapse-please/48805/9 "2025-07-12T17:26:01Z")
@PMUK Aloha Paul, I’m curious why you have an HTML component for each of your product snippets. If it would help I’d be happy tp share the custom component I use that allows you to specify the store and product ID. That way you just have a single component that you can then use for all of your products. This is for Cartloom. ---
**Author:** ![PMUK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7993a0/32.png) [@PMUK](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/PMUK)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 6:27pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/all-components-side-bar-collapse-please/48805/10 "2025-07-12T18:27:21Z")
Aloha Robin too! I use the code snippet created in Cartloom on each product page. I have two options a button or a card. IF you look at compression.solutions and go to shop all at top this is all done on code snippet I paste. This is my old site I’m redoing in Elements currently and it’s going very well at moment - for me!🤣 If you have another Cartloom way then I’m all ears as this is the way I have done this for over 15 years. I am always open to learn new ways. TIA ---
**Author:** ![PMUK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7993a0/32.png) [@PMUK](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/PMUK)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/all-components-side-bar-collapse-please/48805/11 "2025-07-12T18:30:17Z")
Lost me here, I am talking about components menu in Elements, what is catalogue? ---
**Author:** ![handshaper](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/handshaper/32/27373_2.png) [@handshaper](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/handshaper)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 7:34pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/all-components-side-bar-collapse-please/48805/12 "2025-07-12T19:34:13Z")
The catalog is a place where you can see all of the components in Elements, it is a window that opens. Once in there you can select components and make them a favorite. Then when you go back to the component panel you can click on the small All Components drop down in the top lefthand corner, where you can then select to only view your faovrites and that will filter out all of the other components except the ones you added. You can get at the Catalog from the VIEW menu, where you can select Show Catalog. ---
**Author:** ![handshaper](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/handshaper/32/27373_2.png) [@handshaper](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/handshaper)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 7:40pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/all-components-side-bar-collapse-please/48805/13 "2025-07-12T19:40:39Z")
> [@PMUK](#): > > Aloha Robin too! I use the code snippet created in Cartloom on each product page. I have two options a button or a card. IF you look at compression.solutions and go to shop all at top this is all done on code snippet I paste. This is my old site I’m redoing in Elements currently and it’s going very well at moment - for me!🤣 If you have another Cartloom way then I’m all ears as this is the way I have done this for over 15 years. I am always open to learn new ways. TIA If you look at the snippets for a product they are all almost identical, the only values that change are the Username (although for a single store that never changes) and the Product ID. So what I did was create a custom component that has settings to allow you to enter these two values. That way you have a single component and it will handle all of your products. I typically drag out one of these and turn it into a GLOBAL, I then set the Username and override the Product ID. Then I just copy it to everywhere it is needed and enter the product ID. NOTE: this only works if you are setting up Buy Now buttons as those are the two arguments that change in these buttons. You can see this on this page of one of my sites, just click on any of the Buy Now accordions and it will show the Cartloom product info. > **[GB24 Catalog](https://gb24-box.com/catalog/)** > > Catalog of all of the part of the GB24 fin system. ![CleanShot 2025-07-12 at 09.43.07@2x](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/5/8/58c080ab653b3e7606b88aa0002cd0459d406260.jpeg) Here is the property display. ![CleanShot 2025-07-12 at 09.44.35@2x](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/f/3/f3c0ed1af3feb1d0784defc31a7989d754621d6e.png) ---
**Author:** ![PMUK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7993a0/32.png) [@PMUK](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/PMUK)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 8:07pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/all-components-side-bar-collapse-please/48805/14 "2025-07-12T20:07:42Z")
WOW I will have a look at this in next couple of days. other than name there are colour, size, weight, dimensions, SKU codes which are all different for my main product. With my gloves I just did a size difference dropdown as this was easy to do. THANKS for all your help! ---
**Author:** ![handshaper](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/handshaper/32/27373_2.png) [@handshaper](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/handshaper)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 8:10pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/all-components-side-bar-collapse-please/48805/15 "2025-07-12T20:10:34Z")
Yes, mine tend to have a lot of options or spin-offs as well, but all of that you handle in Cartloom, you really don’t need to configure anything like the styling in Elements. If you want the code to experiment with, just let me know, it is very simple. ---
**Author:** ![PMUK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7993a0/32.png) [@PMUK](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/PMUK)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 9:23pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/all-components-side-bar-collapse-please/48805/16 "2025-07-12T21:23:51Z")
THANKS I have been using Cartloom for many years and have all the snippets. I have tried various combinations of products/spin offs etc in Cartloom but never managed it for EzyAs. I did however master it for EzyGlove - there used to be 4 combinations but dropped 2 as went from pink/black to black only. I will however play with what you said before over next couple of days and be back to you if I get stuck. THANKS for your help! ---
**Author:** ![PMUK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7993a0/32.png) [@PMUK](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/PMUK)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 10:01am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/all-components-side-bar-collapse-please/48805/17 "2025-07-14T10:01:27Z")
Ok so I have only 4 snippets for all my store - one for all and one for each product set. Thats all I have. This is displayed as a product page layout. I was experimenting with setting up one button for each product to link to store as I was playing with the thought of CMS coming on line, hence why I had loads of “HTMLfiles” in components.