Magento

Hi,

I have set up a series of configurable products and have thoroughly modified configurable.phtml to my liking, but when you try to add to cart without selecting a required field, it throws everything off kilter because it triggers a script that inserts and arrow and “This is a required field” under the box. Which file would I have to edit to get rid of this function? I would like to keep the box lit up red, but would like to remove the addition of the text and arrow.

Thank you,

GH

go to that attribute, disable to ‘required’ value. Note, Weight value must be entered otherwise you can’t have the get shipping rate quote for USPS, FedEx and UPS working, that means it’s best not to disable the required value for Weight (it’s a default by Magento). I learned it hard way.

I am not trying to disable requirements… requirements are fine. I am trying to hax the script so it doesn’t pop up new text onto the page where I don’t want it.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

GH

I am pretty sure the JS validation script is for entire system, if you disable it, you will be disabling all warnings - and they are necessary, for valid and best reason. The validation is to remind user to enter the require field, thus improving usability and accessibility. If you think requirements are fine, then the script must not be disabled. There is a good reason a validation is implemented in the configurable product. If you want to disable it, you must have the default sets to something instead of ‘choose option’, so that the warning won’t be showing up.

How to do it? I don’t know and not interested to find out because: if requirement is needed, the script must not be disabled, so that I can make sure the customers have better experience using client’s site.

As for where tto disable the validation, why not turn on the template path hints and look into the js library!