parent_ids field on category so that breadcrumbs work without depending on the url path

[carlokok]

What is the motivation for adding / enhancing this feature?

Currently vuestorefront uses the url_path to define breadcrumbs, by splitting it on / and using the parts as category names. However not all commerce servers use this exact seo path format. It would be great if, in addition to the default behavior, a server can set a parent_ids field that holds a list of parent id codes so that it can use that for breadcrumb navigation.

What are the acceptance criteria

• If parent_ids are set, use this as the breadcrumb id list, else use the original behavior list

Can you complete this feature request by yourself?

• YES
• NO

Which Release Cycle state this refers to? Info for developer.

Pick one option.

• This is a normal feature request. This should be available on https://test.storefrontcloud.io and then after tests this can be added to next Vue Storefront version. In this case Developer should create branch from develop branch and create Pull Request 2. Feature / Improvement back to develop.

Additional information

I have a patch for this ready if this feature is acceptable. (In addition to this, a simple tweak that allows string id's to work with breadcrumbs)

[gibkigonzo]

@carlokok can you make pr for that? :)

[carlokok]

Fixed in associated pull request. Thanks!