Using email as username

-- HikaShop version -- : 6.1.0
-- Joomla version -- : 5.3.3
-- PHP version -- : 8.4

Hi!

Is there any option to active a feature that makes the email address of the customer = username or hides the username?

Most webshops in the world offer only email address and password as account credentials. But Hikashop want to create an email address AND a username. This is very uncomfortable for most users / customers. It would be a very useful feature if we could turn off the need of the creation of a username. Alternativly HikaShop should use the email address internally as username - if the username is needed.

What do you think?

P.S. In the meantime I made a little workaround: renamed the language strings and so we use technical the email as username.

nicolas wrote: To do that, change the "Registation" setting to "simplified registration with password" under the Checkout tab of the HikaShop configuration:
www.hikashop.com/support/documentation/5....html#checkout_login

Hm ... no, it's not what I want. In this case the username is still used - and given to the customer. And he has to use it to log into the account. I want to remove every (!) hint of a username in it's classic (visual) style. The customer ONLY should know and use his email address as "username".

I know this is a basic Joomla issue - not Hikashop. But hoped there could be a good solution. However ... as I wrote before my workaround is good enough for the moment. It's not that elegant but works.