Baseline 5 is a major update featuring new sections, a refined design, and support for extended variants. The update also includes numerous bug fixes, performance optimizations and other improvements.

Added

• Support for extended variants with reengineered product forms
• Support for Combined listings (Shopify Plus)
• Product groups: a new theme feature that shows linked products as variants in each others’ product forms
• New “Shop the look” section
• New “Image with scrolling text” section
• New “Image with product grid” section
• New “Text and image carousel” section
• Several new sections with a countdown timer, including “Featured countdown timer” with a full-screen design
• New “Three column” product template
• New “Lookbook” template
• Overhauled product tile badges, which now support using product tags as a source and showing discount as a percentage
• Featured custom links with full screen video on hover
• Optional subheadings in all sections
• Option value preview in product tiles
• New design options for the “Testimonials” section
• New Press and Courier presets

Fixes and improvements

• Add option to not pre-select a variant in product forms, requiring actively selecting a value for every option before being able to add a product to the cart
• Allow removal of cart items using the quantity control
• All media overlay sections now have the same, more flexible sizing options
• “Add to cart” and “Checkout” buttons can now display price
• More consistent button styles throughout the theme, with simplified setup in settings
• New optional image load and hover animations
• Updated quantity selector
• New design options for quick buy buttons in product tiles
• New design options for inset images allow rounding corners and adding a border
• New design options for the variant picker
• Updated focus styling for keyboard navigation
• Improved support for currency code display options
• Customizable block spacing for product sections
• Improved support for swatches, with more granular settings
• More options for showing alternate product images on hover in product tiles
• New options for styling sold-out variants, now with support for both top-down and adjacent behaviors
• Section names are now organized by category in the theme editor
• Improved alignment options for footer elements
• Add settings to control spacing around headings
• Add settings to control product block spacing
• Overhauled uppercase settings for more consistency and flexibility
• Updated developer events to support extended variants
• Numerous bug fixes, performance optimizations and other improvements

Changes

• Remove collapsible tabs functionality from product description
• Unified Announcement bar section