Hi,
When dealing with variants, I believe there are two big optimizations that can be performed in the Interface:
- Add/remove variants
- Edit variant fields
Add/remove variants
Consider the following: 100 variants of color, 26 variants of sizes. We have this scenario for shoes. This means when we apply both variant groups, we have 2600 possible combinations. This makes the interface slow. Moreover, makes it difficult to scroll all of the combinations and find the one we are looking for, because in a specific shoe, we may only have it in two or three colors and not in all of the sizes. We should be able to:
- Show/Hide all variant possibilities (by default only show what's active)
- Search/filter by a specific value (variant ID or name)
Edit variant fields
Taking into consideration the fields that are different by variant (advanced settings), we should only see/edit those fields. With the example of shoes, the only thing I need by color/size is stock and weight. The interface shows all of the other fields I have no interest in.
With the new possibility to bulk edit variant fields in the group list view (backend), we should do the same within a product to quickly update fileds without having the pop-up windows for every variant.
Best Regards,