Hide or LIVE box

[MAYCON HENRIQUE]

Hello friends!

Does anyone know if I can disable or hide the "Summary" box in the back office?

I don't use that box; it's useless to me. I only use the "Description" box.

That box is huge and takes up a lot of screen space.

https://prnt.sc/98g4wEAIlDFE

[wepresta]

In PrestaShop 8/9 you can’t disable/remove that “Summary” (short description) field from the BO with a setting.

The simplest options are:

1. Just don’t use it : It’s the “Short description” used by some themes on listings / quick view, but it’s optional.
2. Hide it with a small back-office CSS tweak (only visually) : You can add custom CSS for the BO (via a small module or admin theme override) to hide the block, but it’s not an official feature.
3. Real removal = development : If you really want to remove it properly, it requires an override/custom module to change the product form.

So: no native switch, only ignore it or hide it with BO CSS / custom dev.

[MAYCON HENRIQUE]

How can I hide this box via CSM? It's useless to me.

[MAYCON HENRIQUE]

Hello!

I've noticed a serious flaw in PrestaShop here.

In this version, you can only create a single product or a product with variations.

So, in the future, if you need to modify a product to include a variation, you can't do it. It's terrible.

For example, in my store I have a single product, but today I received new colors for the already created product. When I tried to add the combination, I couldn't. I simply couldn't find how to enable "Combinations" on an already created product.

[wepresta]

6 minutes ago, MAYCON HENRIQUE said:

How can I hide this box via CSM? It's useless to me.

To hide the “Summary” (short description) field in the PrestaShop back-office using CSS, you just need to add a rule that targets that block on the product page.

Option 1: add this CSS to your admin CSS (or inject it with a small module)

/* Hide "Summary" (short description) on product edit page (BO) */
#form_step1_short_description,
#form_step1_short_description + .form-text,
div[data-role="short_description"],
div[data-role="summary"] {
  display: none !important;
}

Option 2 (recommended): inject BO CSS via a tiny module
Use the displayBackOfficeHeader hook to load a custom CSS file and put the same rule inside. This way it won’t be lost when you update.

If it doesn’t hide, open DevTools (F12) in the BO, inspect the “Summary” field, and replace the selector above with the exact ID/class you see in your install/theme.