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Hello,

That JavaScript error is not coming from HikaShop. It is a known Joomla backend symptom that appears when another extension or the admin template loads its own version of Bootstrap, which then conflicts with the core collapse.min.js script that Joomla auto-loads on every backend page. When that conflict happens, every dropdown and modal that uses Bootstrap collapse stops working, including the "Select Menu Item Type" modal, which is why the dropdown stays greyed out regardless of which type you try to pick. The effect is not specific to our withdrawal type: you would hit the exact same issue trying to create a menu item for an article, a category list or anything else.

The causes are almost always one of the following, in this order:
- First, a stale Joomla cache or minified admin JS bundle. Go to System > Maintenance > Clear Cache, clear every cache group listed, then force-reload the menu creation page with Ctrl+F5.
- Second, a third-party administrator template. Log in to the backend, go to System > Templates > Administrator Templates, set Atum (the default Joomla admin template) as the default, then retry creating the menu item.
- Third, a backend plugin or module loading its own Bootstrap. Disable administrator-area plugins and modules one by one (start with any system / SEO / speed / cache / minify / custom form plugin) until the Select button works again.
- Fourth, an outdated Joomla patch level. Several backend modal JavaScript regressions have been fixed in recent Joomla 4.x and 5.x point releases, so make sure you are fully up to date.

I remember seeing this several times with frontend templates that would have a system plugin which would add their stuff on the backend and frontend instead of adding it only on the frontend.

Interesting pages linked to this :
forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?f=815&t=993047
extensionsforjoomla.com/help/documentati...ery-conflicts-joomla
forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?t=992329

Updated from: com_hikashop_business_v6.1.0_2025-09-24_08-05-05 to: com_hikashop_business_v6.1.0_2025-09-26_06-31-44
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Installed jQuery Easy

Bug persists

Hi,

This comes from this limitation of the Swiper carousel system we're using in HikaShop:
github.com/nolimits4web/swiper/issues/6471
Since version 9 (we're using version 10), you need at least twice the amount of elements displayed for the loop to be able to happen.
On your page, you have 4 elements displayed for a total of 6 elements. That's why the slide is not repeating.
So, there are several solutions here:
- reduce the number of elements displayed
- increase total number of elements loaded by the module
- add an entry with the namekey carousel_version and the value owl in the hikashop_config table via your PHPMyAdmin in order to switch to the OWL carousel library HikaShop implemented before switching to Swiper.

I don't recommend this last solution as the OWL carousel library is old (not updated for 7 years now), requires jquery (swiper doesn't), and it is bulkier, and slower.

Hi,

Hikashop supports joomla 3. This is important for people who can't upgrade their joomla. Also, for people wanting to upgrade, being able to have their Hikashop up to date before migrating the data base tables makes for a smoother migration.
And joomla 3 does not support web assets.

Also, it is false to say that all the HikaShop scripts are always loaded on all the pages.
First, you have a setting in the HikaShop user synchronization plugin to load HikaShop or not on all the pages. Loading HikaShop on all the pages allows users to be able to use the HikaShop content tags on any page of their website. But if you don't need that, you can turn this option off.
Also, not all the scripts are loaded. HikaShop only load the scripts it needs based on how you configuré each of its éléments. For exemple, the media/com_hikashop/js/checkout.js file is only loaded during the checkout.
Similarly, HikaShop only loads jquery when one of the options you're using in HikaShop require it. We've tried really hard to dépend on it as little as possible and only a handful of capabilities require it.

Now, if you don't want HikaShop to load any JavaScript file anywhere, there is a hidden setting you can activate for this. However, in that case, it will bé up to you to load the JavaScript necessary for the capabilities of hikashop you're using ( for exemple by adding the JavaScript in the template ). But I don't recommend doing this as you'll struggle with updates in the future.

-- HikaShop version -- : 6.0.0
-- Joomla version -- : 5.3.2

Is there a way I can setup hikashop to not use jQuery?

I also noticed that even Hikashop is not used on the page, jQuery and all the Hikashop scripts are loaded. Maybe a good idea to use the webassets to load the scripts only when necessary.

Hi Nicolas,

Thanks for providing such a thorough set of steps. I'm running into a problem though once I setup. On the product details pages I get the following error. 1054 - Unknown column 'a.ordering' in 'order clause'

Also in the browser console and error about jQuery.
- Uncaught ReferenceError: jQuery is not defined

I also have the module set to display on all pages. Here is a screenshot of the module settings.

Any thoughts? Thanks.