Customizing global product options for individual product

When you have defined a global product option class, it is added to the list of available product option classes of each product in the category (Figure 11). In the 'Product options' tab of a product it looks exactly the same as product's own option classes except that its name appears in bold font and cannot be modified. Additionally, you see a 'Delete global product option' link instead of a 'Delete' button next to the global product option class definition.

Figure 11: Global product option class shown in the list of options of an individual product

You can customize global product option class parameters for individual product; any parameter can be changed except for the option class name, which always remains the same. Find the product and choose the 'Product options' tab. Modify the parameters of the global product option class as you would do it for a regular product option class and click on the 'Update' button next to the definition to save the changes.

If you click on the 'Delete Global product option' link, you will be redirected to the 'Global product options' page where you will be able to delete or otherwise modify the global product option class. Deleting a class there will remove it from all associated categories. Since you cannot delete a global product option class from an individual product page only, there is a work-around if you want to hide that option class from your customers' view. In the 'Product options' tab find the global product option class you want to disable and remove all the option values, change option selector type to 'Select Box' or 'Radio button', and then click on the 'Update' button.