Currently, category and product visibility settings can only be explicitly configured per category within organizational units.

When a parent category is selected, the subcategories beneath it are not automatically included.

This leads to the following problems with extensive category structures (several hundred subcategories):
- very high manual maintenance effort
- increased susceptibility to errors
- poor maintainability when structural changes are made
- limited scalability in a B2B context

In addition, the main menu must be controlled indirectly via individual assignments to the contained categories, as a blanket menu activation is not possible.

Target Image:
- Selecting a parent category should optionally include all subcategories automatically.
- Menu visibility should be configurable independently of individual assignments.
- Reduction of administrative effort for complex B2B structures.

Specific Improvement Suggestions
A) Inheritable Category Visibility
Option 1: "Include Subcategories" Checkbox

When selecting a category in the organizational unit:

☐ Automatically include subcategories

Behavior:
- Recursively activates all child categories.
- New subcategories are automatically included.
- Optionally overridable at the subcategory level.

Technically feasible:
- Flag at the category assignment level
- Recursive query in the CategoryTreeLoader
- Lazy resolution in the Visibility Resolver

B) Global Menu Sharing
New option in the organizational unit:

☐ Show full main menu

Behavior:
- Menu structure is displayed
- Visibility of individual products remains adjustable
- Alternatively: Combination with category filter logic

Optional:
- Visibility only structural (navigation visible, product access checked)

Benefits

For Customers
- Massive time savings
- Significantly improved maintainability
- Scalability for large catalogs
- Fewer misconfigurations

For Shopware
- Stronger B2B positioning
- Reduced support requests
- Less need for custom development
- Competitive advantage with enterprise customers