Tag: default

When creating a new attribute, we can specify a default value to be saved alongside that attribute. However, these values do not propagate to categories or products which already exist. We can, however use load_after events to remedy this.

Confix XML

<global>
    <events>
        <catalog_category_load_after>
        	<observers>
        		<observer_name>
        			<type>singleton</type>
        			<class>module/observer</class>
        			<method>setDefaults</method>
        		</observer_name>
        	</observers>
        </catalog_category_load_after>
    </events>
</global>

Note: To set the default of a category use catalog_product_load_after instead

<?php
class Namespace_Module_Model_Observer
{
    public function setDefaults($observer)
    {
        $category = $observer->getCategory();

        if($category->getShowSizeRollover() === NULL){
            $category->setShowSizeRollover(true);
        }
    }
}

In this example we set the attribute ‘show_size_rollover’ to true if it’s not already been given a value. Because we’ve added this event in the global space, this value will propagate for both frontend and adminhtml.