so, whilst currently adding some other options to that extension, I also had a think about whether it would be possible (or advisable) to integrate something that let’s you do this sort of thing you mentioned.

In short, although this would most likely be doable programmatically it would just confuse the hell out of people (and that’s not only the admin who would have to set this up but customers too I think)

It did however occur to me, that there is actually quite an easy answer to this I believe

As i understand it a “smos hesp & kaas” has the following

lettuce, tomato, cucumber, sliced egg and mayonnaise – and in this case cheese too.

so , as a customer if i want one of those i don’t expect to actually have to add those ingredients/toppings myself (otherwise it would just be some bread and I choose what i want on it)

so instead of preselecing things (which then would appear in this list of added toppings which as a customer would confuse the hell out of me ) I would make a list of DE-selecting things.

so add the following ingredients

no lettuce,
no tomato,
no cucumber,
no egg
no mayonnaise
no cheese

set the prices for those to zero (hey , you could even make them negative if it’s supposed to become cheaper if you omit some)

then put those in a group naming it “dont want these ?” (or something)

select the following group type:
“Group must have *AT LEAST* minimum number of ingredient selected below (multiple allowed – but no more than 1x per ingredient)”

set minimum and maximum to 0

and then assign it to the “smos hesp & kaas” menu item

now only when a customer selects one of these (i.e says “no cheese” for example) will it show up in the list of “added” ingredients as “no cheese”…..

PS: i would also assume that the menu item itself in the description already states that it has lettuce,tomato,cucumber,egg ,mayonnaise and cheese , just like any dedicated pizza napoli for example says :olives, tomatoes , mozarella etc (or whatever belongs onto a pizza napoli)

>So they would click on an ADD button to say they don’t want something on the sandwich.

matter of opinion i guess. they are just clicking on a button that has a label next to it saying “no cheese” so the are effectively adding the “no cheese” option

I cannot really see this as being an issue or confusing .
and if you set the label of that group to something descriptive (like “select the things you dont like” or something it should be even more obvious

>… there is no need to repeat the pre-selected ingredients for each sandwich as the restaurant knows these….etc

hence why my suggestion would work nicely. only changes would appear if nothing’s added or removed its just the menu item title. no preselection necessary.

>Thanks for looking into this.

no problem, was kind of fun