Feature/add items minicart count type

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Improve images loading on category page, corrected alt view and blinking problem - @patzick (#2465)
 - Improve tsconfig for better IDE paths support - @patzick, @filrak (#2474)
 - fix breadcrumbs changing too early - @filrak (#2469)
+- add cart count config, allows you to display the item count instead of a sum of the item quantities - @pauluse (#2483)
 - improved product gallery load view, shows correct image on reload - @patzick (#2481, #2382)
 
 ### Deprecated / Removed

config/default.json

@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@
       "setConfigurableProductOptions": true,
       "askBeforeRemoveProduct": true,
       "displayItemDiscounts": true,
+      "minicartCountType": "quantities",
       "create_endpoint": "http://localhost:8080/api/cart/create?token={{token}}",
       "updateitem_endpoint": "http://localhost:8080/api/cart/update?token={{token}}&cartId={{cartId}}",
       "deleteitem_endpoint": "http://localhost:8080/api/cart/delete?token={{token}}&cartId={{cartId}}",

core/modules/cart/store/getters.ts

@@ -45,7 +45,11 @@ const getters: GetterTree<CartState, RootState> = {
       return totalsArray
     }
   },
-  totalQuantity (state) {
+  totalQuantity (state, getters, rootStore) {
+    if (rootStore.config.cart.minicartCountType === 'items') {
+      return state.cartItems.length
+    }
+
     return sumBy(state.cartItems, (p) => {
       return p.qty
     })

docs/guide/basics/configuration.md

@@ -302,6 +302,12 @@ If this option is set to `true`, in case of configurable products, Vue Storefron
 
 If this option is set to `true`, Vue Storefront will add use price item with a discount to the shopping cart. Otherwise, the product price and special will be added to the shopping cart instead.
 
+```json
+  "minicartCountType": "quantities",
+```
+
+If this option is set to `items`, Vue Storefront will calculate the cart count based on items instead of the item quantities.
+
 ```json
   "create_endpoint": "http://localhost:8080/api/cart/create?token={{token}}",
   "updateitem_endpoint": "http://localhost:8080/api/cart/update?token={{token}}&cartId={{cartId}}",