can't choose first generic child variant of the list

[Marlowe_P]

i finally set a 2 level child product cart.

the problem is that i had to create fake child products with property "stock" set to zero (so can't be add to cart)
and also give them ordering=1 (i gave 2,3,4,... to the other real products)
so that the fake products are shown first in the dropdown list.

this is because i noticed that first elements of dropdown list can't be selected!

example: for generic child variant "color" i created child products called "choose a color","black","white","green",... the "choose a color" is shown first in the list so it doesn't matter if it can't be selected when i reach the page where i have to select the color!

is that a usual problem workaround or it can be done in a proper way??? thanks

[Maxim Pishnyak]

The link to issue is welcome.

[Marlowe_P]

link to my website? i'm still working local, i can provide screeshots but isn't what i say clear enough?

[Maxim Pishnyak]

yes screen shots could help thnx

[Marlowe_P]

here you can download screenshots: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4395035/screenshots.rar

the problem is that first options of the list can't be selected, so i had to create fake child products!

i'm still working localhost so can't give access to my site.

i'm uploading a backup online: i'll be able to give you download link soon.

[Marlowe_P]

here you can download my site and check: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4395035/dart/2013_08_14_10_56_storebox25.rar

[Maxim Pishnyak]

Why did you use default value for generic child variant? Is it necessary?

I'm not sure that for generic child variant it's necessary to turn on option 'list'.

[Marlowe_P]

i watched tutorials on how set up parent/child relationship for products and i saw values written on that field "default" separated by semicolon: where should i write those values? so i should not mark the option "list"? i'll try later. except for the need of fake product i'm testing my workaround solution and it's working fine...

[Maxim Pishnyak]

i watched tutorials on how set up parent/child relationship for products and i saw values written on that field "default" separated by semicolon: where should i write those values? so i should not mark the option "list"? i'll try later. except for the need of fake product i'm testing my workaround solution and it's working fine...

Defaults and lists are not necessary. Generic child variant custom field already knows what 'defaults' must be in his 'list'. This custom field just scans own product which as parent has attached specific child products.

[Marlowe_P]

i see thanks! i edited the custom generic child variant fields : no list, no values on default field, no ontop and everything is working fine as before. it stays the problem i say on the title of this topic: i can't select the first option of the list so i had to create fake child products!

[Maxim Pishnyak]

So you edited it. Maybe you could redo everything from scratch? Check Youtube tutorials in my signature.