Hi,
If was possible before to have a category listing without product listing below but that specific case did not have real usages.
Because, when you have a category listing, if you can't have a product listing below, you won't be able to see any other information that the categories and if you enter into a category without sub categories, you will just have a "blank" page.
Afterwards, the best is to configure the "product options" section of your Joomla menu to just display the "direct sub elements".
www.hikashop.com/support/documentation/3...splay-front-end.html
Regards,
Jerome - Obsidev.com
HikaMarket & HikaSerial developer / HikaShop core dev team.
Also helping the HikaShop support team when having some time or couldn't sleep.
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