When we click to create a new product, the default option is "Simple product". Is there a way to set "Configurable" as default option since the store will always work with configurable products?
2 Answers
You need to add custom javascript code in that admin page. The code should set selected option for that dropdown.
You can achieve this by including custom javascript file in this controller using its handler xml file.
Someone already tried to override the product type, please check the link and look for the comments
app\code\core\Mage\Catalog\etc\config.xml
file. Inside that findglobal/catalog/product/type
Node. You will see its defined there. Now my guess is you cant override the sorting order or manipulate it. You can add something to it but not sure if you can change the order there. Rest what you can do is add a javascript codewhich may look like this document.getElementById('product_type').value='configurable';
to that particular page.