Options and swatches

Select lists, checkbox groups and radio buttons work with options. Each option is a selectable answer — and can be much more than just text: it can carry a surcharge, bring dimensions, or be displayed as a colour or image tile.

Creating options

When you select a field with options, the option editor appears. Each option can be expanded and consists of several areas.

General

• Name: the displayed option text (translatable), e.g. "Gold".

• Value: the technical value that is stored.

• Display: Text (default), Colour or Image.

  • For Colour you choose a colour value — in the shop a coloured box (swatch) appears.

  • For Image you upload an image — in the shop an image tile appears.

Specifications

Optionally you can store width, height, length, weight and a part number for each option. These values are available in formulas (e.g. options.material.width) and are useful for calculating dimensions or weight from the selection.

Price

Here you set the surcharge of the option. By default you maintain the price in the default currency; via Currency dependent pricing you open a window where you store prices for additional currencies (gross/net each). Without a price the option is simply cost-neutral.

With the Calculate new price toggle you can have an option's price determined by a formula instead of the fixed surcharge — e.g. by dimensions or quantity. This expert calculation is part of the Premium version (see Advanced & Premium version).

Show price per option

In the field's settings panel there is the option Show price below label. When active, the customer sees the surcharge directly next to the respective choice, e.g. "Gold (+€5.00)".

Colour and image swatches

If you set an option's display to Colour or Image, the select list is automatically rendered as an appealing tile selection in the shop — ideal for colours, materials or finishes. This works for both single (radio/dropdown) and multiple choice (checkbox).

How options affect the price

• Without a formula: The product price increases by the sum of all selected option surcharges.

• With a price formula: The surcharges are available to the formula as variables; the formula determines the final price. More about this under The formula and Price & cart.

You maintain translatable option names by switching the language at the top of the configurator and entering the names per language — see Multilingual.