Checkout URL does not follow SEF configuration

So here's the issue. First some basic info.

SEF settings:

simplified breadcrumbs: yes
remove prod & cat id: yes
automatic alias: yes
activate short url: yes
category SEF name: cat
product SEF name: prod
checkout SEF name: afr
canonical url: no, create url

When navigating through the categories to the final product page the url is correctly as follows

http://<domain>/nl/<menuname>/prod/<productname>.html

now the issue. When clicking in the cart on "proceed to checkout" the url changes to

http://<domain>nl/component/hikashop/checkout.html?Itemid=101

Shouldn't that be as follows

http://<domain>/nl/checkout.html

so lose the "component/hikashop" and ?itemid=101

Hi,

You can potentially create a new menu, no matter what kind of menu it is, just name it "checkout" and then in Configuration > Checkout select this menu for the option "Force a menu on checkout".

doesn't that kind of defeat the whole purpose of the SEF settings? Plus it clutters up the website with a menu that's not used

what i've also noticed is that after clicking on a product name in the cart when the url has changed to <domain>/component/hikashop/.... the product url matches that logic and becomes <domain>/component/hikashop/prod/<productname>.html?ItemID=101

which is far from SEF

so there's no way to have the /component/hikashop removed from the url and follow the same SEF settings? I know the menu isn't used or shown on the front end, i meant on the backend

@Jerome, you must say clear how to do this. After couple minutes, I now know what must be settings:

1. Joomla menu manager -> Create menu to checkout page.
2. Hikashop - Configuration -> Checkout -> Force a menu on the checkout -> select menu
2. Hikashop - Configuration -> Features -> Checkout SEF name -> field must be clear!