Magento_ConfigurableProduct module

This module introduces a new product type called Configurable Product. It extends the functionality of the Magento_Catalog module by adding this new product type.

Configurable products allow customers to select a variant by choosing options. For example, store owner sells t-shirts in two colors and three sizes.

Structure

ConfigurableProduct/ - the directory that declares ConfigurableProduct metadata used by the module.

For information about a typical file structure of a module, see Module file structure.

Extensibility

Extension developers can interact with the Magento_ConfigurableProduct module. For more information about the extension mechanism, see Plugins.

The dependency injection mechanism enables you to override the functionality of the Magento_ConfigurableProduct module.

Additional information

Configurable variables through the theme view.xml

Modify the value of the gallery_switch_strategy variable in the theme view.xml file to configure how gallery images should be updated when a user switches between product configurations.

Learn how to configure variables in the view.xml file.

There are two available values for the gallery_switch_strategy variable:

Value	Description
`replace`	In replace mode, images of the parent configurable product will be replaced by the simple product images upon a configuration change.
`prepend`	In prepend mode, the simple product images will be added in front of the parent configurable product upon a configuration change.

If the gallery_switch_strategy variable is not defined, the default value replace is used.

For example, adding these lines of code to the theme view.xml file sets the gallery behavior to replace mode.

xml

<vars module="Magento_ConfigurableProduct">
    <var name="gallery_switch_strategy">replace</var>
</vars>