<p>You could create a special product for the gift wrapping and offer to add it to the cart during the checkout process with a separate updateCart form.</p>

<p>As for the notes, you can add a custom field to your order as described in the following: <a href="https://craftcms.stackexchange.com/questions/13104/how-can-i-update-custom-order-fields-in-the-frontend">How can I update custom order fields in the frontend</a></p>

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2017-11-11T12:52:52.770Z
Two very good answers here! I like the idea of it being a product especially as it makes more of a feature and could show what gift wrapping looks like. (This is for luxury products)
ToddPadwick
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2017-11-13T10:16:08.277Z
Yep, lets you add variations and options for different gift wrapping too. :)
foamcow
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2017-11-11T00:46:40.320Z
2017-11-11T00:46:40.320Z
foamcow
<p>First, add a custom field to your orders, let's call it <code>orderNotes</code>.</p>

<p>Then, in any <code>updateCart</code> form, you can use an input with <code>name="fields[orderNotes]"</code> to set the value of that field.</p>

<p>(Line items persist on the cart until the end of checkout.  At that point they become a saved snapshot of those line items on the completed order.)</p>

<pre class="lang-html prettyprint-override"><code>&lt;form method="POST" &gt;
       {{ getCsrfInput() }}
       &lt;input type="hidden" name="action" value="commerce/cart/updateCart"&gt;
       &lt;input type="text" name="fields[orderNotes]"&gt;
       ...etc
</code></pre>

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2017-11-11T00:38:31.843Z
2017-11-11T00:38:31.843Z
Jeremy Daalder
<p>You can also add it to the <code>cart.lineItems[].options</code>:</p>

<pre><code>&lt;form method="POST" &gt;
    {{ getCsrfInput() }}
    &lt;input type="hidden" name="action" value="commerce/cart/updateCart"&gt;
    &lt;input type="hidden" name="purchasables[{{ purchasable.id }}][id]" value="{{ purchasable.id }}"&gt;
    &lt;input type="number" name="purchasables[{{ purchasable.id }}][qty]"&gt;

    // custom option
    &lt;input name="purchasables[{{ purchasable.id }}][options][giftWrapping]" value="YES!"&gt;

&lt;/form&gt;
</code></pre>

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2018-07-27T20:10:47.413Z
2018-07-27T20:10:47.413Z
cornernote
<p>My client has gift wrapping services but they apply to the entire order, not one single line item. </p>

<p>How would I add notes or custom fields to the entire order, at the shipping stage of checkout? is this possible without a plugin?</p>

<p>I tried to apply notes and giftwrapping options to the first line item by using the commerce/cart/updateLineItem form, on the cart.lineItems.first() but it didn't work. I presume that after the user proceeds to checkout the line Items no longer exist?</p>

<plugin-craftcommerce><custom-field><ecommerce><order>
Option and notes fields after cart at checkout for order, not just line items
# Option and notes fields after cart at checkout for order, not just line items

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-11-10)

My client has gift wrapping services but they apply to the entire order, not one single line item.

How would I add notes or custom fields to the entire order, at the shipping stage of checkout? is this possible without a plugin?

I tried to apply notes and giftwrapping options to the first line item by using the commerce/cart/updateLineItem form, on the cart.lineItems.first() but it didn't work. I presume that after the user proceeds to checkout the line Items no longer exist?

**Tags:** plugin-craftcommerce, custom-field, ecommerce, order

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-11-11. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

You could create a special product for the gift wrapping and offer to add it to the cart during the checkout process with a separate updateCart form.

As for the notes, you can add a custom field to your order as described in the following: [How can I update custom order fields in the frontend](https://craftcms.stackexchange.com/questions/13104/how-can-i-update-custom-order-fields-in-the-frontend)

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Two very good answers here! I like the idea of it being a product especially as it makes more of a feature and could show what gift wrapping looks like. (This is for luxury products)  
> **username_1**: Yep, lets you add variations and options for different gift wrapping too. :)  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2017-11-11. Score: 3

First, add a custom field to your orders, let's call it orderNotes.
Then, in any updateCart form, you can use an input with name="fields[orderNotes]" to set the value of that field.
(Line items persist on the cart until the end of checkout.  At that point they become a saved snapshot of those line items on the completed order.)

       {{ getCsrfInput() }}
       
       
       ...etc


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### Answer by username_3 on 2018-07-27. Score: 1

You can also add it to the cart.lineItems[].options:

    {{ getCsrfInput() }}
    
    
    

    // custom option


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