Cascade

Changes

• Support for accelerated checkout buttons

Added

• Support for image swatches in filters
• Support for color swatches based on Shopify’s new Product Taxonomy feature in product variant pickers

Fixes and other improvements

• Fix cascading items being invisible if parallax animations are turned off
• Fix “Horizontal rule” block output not outputting horizontal rule on alternate product templates and in the “Featured product” section
• Fix missing “Item 3” heading to the “Tabs” product block
• Remove reference to global logo setting in “Hero logo” section
• Improve content shift on page load on default product template

Added

• New preset! Check out our "Futuristic" demo store
• More flexibility and options to create stunning assymetrical cascade layouts
• New sections: “Inset image with text overlay,” “Hero logo,” “Feature text,” “Image with cascading content” and “Video with cascading content”
• Cascading content sections can now feature a call to action button in their heading overlay
• New type scale settings for more control over font size in some sections
• Cascade now uses Shopify’s new color schemes feature; for merchants looking to upgrade from version 3.x, see our guide.
• New default product template

Fixes and improvements

• Updates to “Cascade” and “Split” product templates
• Optimize image loading code to improve perceived load speed
• Updated “Scrolling text” sections for more consistent scrolling speed
• Simplified code for the store pickup availability feature
• Fix error when trying to recover account password
• Fix cart count text not appearing when header is overlaid and cart type is set to page
• Videos in theme sections now feature new playback options and improved performance
• Zoom hover effect for media links
• Product tiles in cascading content sections now have a “show image only” option
• Clean up some theme settings

Changes

• Cascade no longer supports YouTube or Vimeo embeds in sections (YouTube and Vimeo product media are still supported)