Listing subcategories
The navigation automatically displays the subcategories of the current category in small tiles. Name and image are based on the corresponding information in the category management of Shopware.
This CMS extension is made up of various "components":
The CMS extension "Listing subcategories" is based on the theme extension of the same name. Both extensions are configured via the theme configuration.
In contrast to the theme extension, the CMS extension can be positioned freely and you can overwrite the theme configuration with the configuration of the CMS element. In addition, the CMS extension provides you with additional layouts.

Beta: Please note that this element is in a testing phase, feel free to test it.
Important: This element is only available in the ThemeWare® Pro Edition.
Tip: In the Cloud Edition, the theme extension of the same name is available: Listing subcategories
Configure element
You can configure the ThemeWare® "Listing subcategories" as follows:
Click on the corresponding CMS block (1) to activate the "edit mode"
Hover the mouse over the desired CMS element
Click on the
"gear" icon (2) to configure the CMS element
The "Element Settings" pop-up will open
Make the desired changes
Save your changes
You have now configured the CMS element.
Content
The texts and images shown were taken from the category management ("Catalogues" => "Categories") of Shopware.
The "Name" and the "Image" (= Display image) of the corresponding categories are displayed. The image is not mandatory.
Theme configuration
This CMS extension "Subcategories in Listing" is based on the theme extension of the same name. Both extensions are configured via the theme configuration:
Tab "Extensions" => Block "Listing subcategories"
Element configuration
The actual configuration of the "Listing subcategories" can be found in the tab 'Extensions' in the ThemeWare® configuration.
Layout
In the tab "Layout" you can activate a individual configuration for the element. This allows you to overwrite a few "global" configurations from the theme configuration.
Grid
In the tab "Grid" you can configure the number of columns in different viewports.
SEO & Pagespeed
In the tab "SEO & Pagespeed" you can configure the "Lazy loading" of the images.
Advanced
You can select each HTML element of our CMS elements using the appropriate CSS classes. If you want to use your own CSS classes, you can insert them in the "Advanced" tab.
Layout types
There are currently 5 different display modes available (see screenshots below):
Button
Text only
Image only
Text below the image
Text next to the image
Screenshots






Demo
You can find some examples of use in our demo shops:
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