Magento 1.9.1 not sorting Configurable product attributes dropdown by position

Question

Fresh install of Magento 1.9.1.

Magento is ignoring the attribute position set in Catalogue->Attributes->Manage Attributes->Manage Labels/Options for a configurable prod

Answer 1

The answer by Meogi works but is not the perfect answer as it will only sort the options on the frontend. Try creating an order from the admin panel for a configurable product. You will still get the incorrectly sorted attribute option list.

Instead, you can copy app/code/core/Mage/Catalog/Model/Resource/Product/Type/Configurable/Attribute/Collection.php to local folder app/code/local/Mage/Catalog/Model/Resource/Product/Type/Configurable/Attribute/Collection.php and apply this patch:

Index: app/code/local/Mage/Catalog/Model/Resource/Product/Type/Configurable/Attribute/Collection.php
===================================================================
--- app/code/local/Mage/Catalog/Model/Resource/Product/Type/Configurable/Attribute/Collection.php
+++ app/code/local/Mage/Catalog/Model/Resource/Product/Type/Configurable/Attribute/Collection.php
@@ -301,7 +301,28 @@
                     }
                 }
             }

+            /**
+             * Mage 1.9+ fix for configurable attribute options not sorting to position
+             * @author Harshit 
+             */
+            $sortOrder = 1;
+            foreach ($this->_items as $item) {
+                $productAttribute = $item->getProductAttribute();
+                if (!($productAttribute instanceof Mage_Eav_Model_Entity_Attribute_Abstract)) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                $options = $productAttribute->getFrontend()->getSelectOptions();
+                foreach ($options as $option) {
+                    if (!$option['value']) {
                         continue;
                     }

+                    if (isset($values[$item->getId() . ':' . $option['value']])) {
+                        $values[$item->getId() . ':' . $option['value']]['order'] = $sortOrder++;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            usort($values, function ($a, $b) {
+                return $a['order'] - $b['order'];
+            });
+            
             foreach ($values as $data) {
                 $this->getItemById($data['product_super_attribute_id'])->addPrice($data);
             }

If you are hesitant of copying across a core file to local folder then I can create a quick module, this Collection.php file and just override the _loadPrices() function and introduce this fix.