How to remove related products check boxes on magento2

Question

I've used app/design/frontend/<your_vendor_name>/<your_theme_name>/Magento_Catalog/templates/product/list/items.phtml to set $showCart = true; so that an Add to Cart button is used for related products rather than checkboxes.

<?php
switch ($type = $block->getType()) {
 case 'related-rule':
 if ($exist = $block->hasItems()) {
 $type = 'related';
 $class = $type;
 $image = 'related_products_list';
 $title = __('Related Products');
 $items = $block->getAllItems();
 $limit = $block->getPositionLimit();
 $shuffle = (int) $block->isShuffled();
 $canItemsAddToCart = $block->canItemsAddToCart();
 $showAddTo = true;
 $showCart = true; 
 $templateType = null;
 $description = false;
 }
 break;

Is there a way for me to remove the checkboxes for adding the related products to the cart?

I know I could use CSS to simply hide the checkboxes but am wondering if there is a better way?

Answer 1

I found these posts to be helpful in overriding the checkboxes on the Related Products and replacing with Add to Cart buttons:

• https://magento.stackexchange.com/a/230155
• https://magento.stackexchange.com/a/113783

In vendor/magento/module-catalog/view/frontend/templates/product/list/items.phtml

Change $canItemsAddToCart = $block->canItemsAddToCart(); to $canItemsAddToCart = false; in the switch statement, case: related-rule and/or related.

Some template customization may come after this to completely remove the checkboxes, and I suggest copying this vendor file into your theme

app/design/frontend/Vendor/theme/Magento_Catalog/templates/product/list.phtml

Answer 2

You can remove it by remove input checkbox from this line on same file.

<?php if (!$_item->isComposite() && $_item->isSaleable() && $type == 'related'): ?>
 <?php if (!$_item->getRequiredOptions()): ?>
 <div class="field choice related">
 <input type="checkbox" class="checkbox related" id="related-checkbox<?php /* @escapeNotVerified */ echo $_item->getId() ?>" name="related_products[]" value="<?php /* @escapeNotVerified */ echo $_item->getId() ?>" />
 <label class="label" for="related-checkbox<?php /* @escapeNotVerified */ echo $_item->getId() ?>"><span><?php /* @escapeNotVerified */ echo __('Add to Cart') ?></span></label>
 </div>
 <?php endif; ?>
 <?php endif; ?>

Above code will show check box. now just replace this line with below code.

<?php if (!$_item->isComposite() && $_item->isSaleable() && $type == 'related'): ?>
 <?php if (!$_item->getRequiredOptions()): ?>
 <div class="field choice related">
 <label class="label" for="related-checkbox<?php /* @escapeNotVerified */ echo $_item->getId() ?>"><span><?php /* @escapeNotVerified */ echo __('Add to Cart') ?></span></label>
 </div>
 <?php endif; ?>
 <?php endif; ?>