Why isn't the quantity field listed there too?

It's strange how there is one place to order any additional CCK fields on the product edit & display pages, there is another place to order additional attributes for each class & product, then there is a third settings page that controls where/what default product fields display. Yet no place to arrange the quantity field, description...

I want the quantity field to show up right after price. This is before all the attributes are listed. I'm assuming my only option is to write code to do this.

I do realize that the description & CCK fields are part of the product $node. I guess what I was trying to point out is that where Ryan pointed OP to does not have all the options needed to reorder display on the node the way OP wanted.

That settings pages is quite obviously missing the ability to weight the product description (seemingly randomly outputted in a paragraph) and CCK fields (all of which are wrapped in div id="field-items.")

And since OP wanted to move the qty text input too, no one mentioned that this qty input is part of the add_to_cart form and not positionable by itself. The whole add to cart form is weighted together. So, if you have any attributes, these will always be listed first in the form, then qty input, and finally add to cart button.

How does one move the qty field above all the attributes in the form? I don't think that's a custom $node theme, but a hook_form_alter. I'm still investigating this.

Half my products have a quantity attribute which comes first in the form, directly following the last product field Sell Price and before all other attributes. This worked great till I entered the other half of my products which don't have a quantity attribute but have the quantity field.

Edit: I just now saw that Ryan's suggestion will most likely work for OP cuz they just want the add to cart form to be moved up above the description, but it's not perfect as you still have to guess, trial & error, at what weight the description is outputted.