- How can I set a particular option as my default?
- How can I get rid of the +$— that appears right behind the option in the drop down list? I'd rather the user just choose his option and see the resulting change in the price for the item itself.
- I don't think this is possible with the default install, but could be achieved with custom development. Perhaps there is a way, but I have never come across it.
- Settings>General>Uncheck 'Display modifiers for product options'
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- How can I set a particular option as my default?
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The first option in the list as dropdown will be selected and added to cart as default.
so if your options are
small
medium
large
in that order then small will be added to the cart unless changed by customer.
CS-Cart Documentation — CS-Cart 4.15.x documentation
John
Thanks for the replies guys.
After sampling a number of other carts, I'm thrilled with the capabilities of CS cart, but oddly enough every one of those “lesser carts” gave the user the ability of choosing the default option.
Too bad, all would take is a few lines of code.
I just put “–Select—” as the first option. Nothing is added until the customer changes it.
Jack
Thanks Jack, but wouldn't that leave open the possibility that the customer could go ahead and select the “select” option?
While I'm on the subject, is there a way to append the SKU of the item to reflect the option that was chosen?
Sorry, I misread your post. I thought you were asking how to NOT set a default option.
To set an option as default, set the Variants order using the Position value. Whichever Variant has the lowest Position value will be displayed first, thus becomes your 'default' option.
True Stellar, that would work, but in the example I’m using right now, it’s to select a certain grit of sandpaper.
The one most often selected would fall in the middle of a numerical range (80 grit).
The OCD in me just can’t bear to have that list of numbers out of order. 
It would be out of order anyway, because 80 would have to be at the top. Or do you want the user to be able to click the drop down, with 80 pre-selected, and have 40, 50, 60, 70 above 80 and 90, 100, 110, etc, below 80?
That's going to require custom modifications I'm afraid, unless you change Product Options to Sequential, in this case, the first option becomes 'Select an Option' to force the customer into selecting an option if the options are set to Required.
“Or do you want the user to be able to click the drop down, with 80 pre-selected, and have 40, 50, 60, 70 above 80 and 90, 100, 110, etc, below 80?”
Yeah, this is what I was hoping for, but I just followed your advice on changing options to sequential and it worked like a charm. Thanks!
BTW is there a way of changing the “please select one” wording to something more apt?
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BTW is there a way of changing the “please select one” wording to something more apt?
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In admin,> Languages. enter the text in the search box you want to change
John
Thanks John!