Disable Option Value

[Nick1973]

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Is there a way to disable option values from the admin on the Admin Attributes Controller Area without deleting the option values from the product to save re-entering the option values at a later date?

I've attached a screenshot to make it clearer

[Design75]

Not by default. You could write some custom code to do that. Or you can use the stock by attributes module. Thi lets you assign a quantity of 0 to (combination of ) attributes, making it unavailable.

[Nick1973]

Not by default. You could write some custom code to do that. Or you can use the stock by attributes module. Thi lets you assign a quantity of 0 to (combination of ) attributes, making it unavailable.

Could be handy to have though in a future release. Just a tickbox that is ticked by default so the attribute is on, until unticked.

[mc12345678]

Could be handy to have though in a future release. Just a tickbox that is ticked by default so the attribute is on, until unticked.

Could envision that if this was a feature to be added, that then there would be a date associated with its availability or two (when to start seeing it and when to stop)... As suggested, custom code could be written to incorporate this into the attributes controller and then in includes/modules/YOUR_TEMPLATE/attributes.php or an observer or two to control/adjust flow of the display.

[Nick1973]

Could envision that if this was a feature to be added, that then there would be a date associated with its availability or two (when to start seeing it and when to stop)... As suggested, custom code could be written to incorporate this into the attributes controller and then in includes/modules/YOUR_TEMPLATE/attributes.php or an observer or two to control/adjust flow of the display.

Yes that could be handy as well, having a date field for when the option value enables, and when it disables. Even better if somehow you could set specific dates for 52 weeks of the year or 12 months. That could also be utilised as a different way of making special offers.

I'd probably need some help making it into a mod though if any of you fancy tackling it.

I mean for big shops this would save loads of time. As in my case, my shop will be selling print, but there are specific types of print items which have option values I may only want to offer at certain times, or on an as and when available basis on my terms. The only way I can do that at the moment is to duplicate the original product with all its attributes options values, and delete the ones I don't want on the duplicate product. And disabling the original product as well. Which is not a very clean way of having to work.