How to convert WooCommerce Storefront list view to grid view on mobile

By default, the desktop view of the Storefront theme shows a grid of products, where each row has 4 products in it.

The mobile view, on the other hand, is a list view where each row only has 1 product. The mobile view is a bit more airy as well, which looks great, but causes a lot of scrolling effort to view all of the products.

To make it quicker and easier for users to browse through products, you could consider changing the list view to a grid view on mobile.

Let’s look at the code

I was able to make this change with just a bit of CSS, and support back to IE10. Not too shabby. Especially considering my friend’s website has only had one IE9 order this entire year. 😱

The first selector (.products) says that we’re going to use flex to handle the layout. The second selector (ul.products:before, ul.products:after) is to address a flex-wrap bug in Safari. And the last selector (ul.products li.product) is what makes each product 50% of the width.

@media only screen and ( min-width: 320px ) and ( max-width: 767px ) {
    .products {
        display: -webkit-box;
        display: -ms-flexbox;
        display: flex;
        -ms-flex-wrap: wrap;
        flex-wrap: wrap;
    }
    ul.products:before,
    ul.products:after {
        width: 0 !important;
    }
    ul.products li.product {
        -webkit-box-flex: 1;
        -ms-flex-positive: 1;
        flex-grow: 1;
        width: 50%;
        padding: 0 .5em;
    }
}