# Product pointer block pick variant

**URL:** <https://forum.litium.com/t/product-pointer-block-pick-variant/808>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** litium-7\
**Created:** [April 17, 2019, 8:52am UTC](https://forum.litium.com/t/product-pointer-block-pick-variant/808 "2019-04-17T08:52:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![victaxel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.litium.com/victaxel/32/159_2.png) [@victaxel](https://forum.litium.com/u/victaxel)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 8:52am UTC](https://forum.litium.com/t/product-pointer-block-pick-variant/808/1 "2019-04-17T08:52:25Z")

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Hello,

I need to show separate variants of the same base product in a product block. However the product pointer only allows me to point to base products, which means the variant currently at the top of the variant list is chosen. Consequently, I cannot display variants of the same base product at the same time.

Is there a setting for this that I cannot find, or do I have to add a new pointer type which can handle variants?

Litium version: 7

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**Author:** ![ton.nguyen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.litium.com/ton.nguyen/32/989_2.png) [@ton.nguyen](https://forum.litium.com/u/ton.nguyen)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 9:01am UTC](https://forum.litium.com/t/product-pointer-block-pick-variant/808/2 "2019-04-17T09:01:50Z")

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Unfortunately, Pointer does not support Variant at the moment. You will need to create a custom field type for that, or create a feature request then the product team will investigate and probably will implement it.

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**Author:** ![NilsN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.litium.com/nilsn/32/302_2.png) [@NilsN](https://forum.litium.com/u/NilsN)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 9:21am UTC](https://forum.litium.com/t/product-pointer-block-pick-variant/808/3 "2019-04-17T09:21:30Z")

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If you create a simple list and use it as a product set for the block, you could show different variants from the same base product. Variants can be grouped though in the accelerator, so it is a bit dependent on what the distinguishing property is.

This is from the demo, using 4 different variants from the same base product:

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/litium/original/1X/4cf4d12ed7c14820f81e45f6c5740fa58ceee99d.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Yann](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.litium.com/yann/32/341_2.png) [@Yann](https://forum.litium.com/u/Yann)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2020, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.litium.com/t/product-pointer-block-pick-variant/808/4 "2020-02-18T13:56:59Z")

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Hi! I’ve checked the change log and haven’t seen a fix for this. Is this still the case and if so, have you got any plans on implementing a fix for it? A customer is having the same request.

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**Author:** ![NilsN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.litium.com/nilsn/32/302_2.png) [@NilsN](https://forum.litium.com/u/NilsN)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2020, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.litium.com/t/product-pointer-block-pick-variant/808/5 "2020-02-18T13:58:09Z")

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Did you make a feature request? You could add it at [https://ideas.litium.com](https://ideas.litium.com)