Emerge

Added

• New Overlapping media section with scroll animation
• New Shop the banner section with configurable hotspots
• New Collection with highlight and Media with highlight sections with sticky scroll
• New Divider section
• New Featured images section with the ability to show split images that reconfigure in mobile
• Added a mobile full width toggle to Image with text, Apps, Collapsible rows, Custom content, Featured video, Grid with overlay, Image comparison and Scrolling text on image sections
• Added a "outer background" setting to the Contact, Countdown, Featured text, Icons row, Newsletter, and Testimonials sections to create new section styles
• Added a global "border opacity" setting
• Added a global setting to disable drop shadows to achieve a flat design
• Added an option to keep menus white in the Header section

Changed

• Added options for "reverse opacity" and "underline" to the list of highlight types theme-wide
• Improved parallax images that now work in mobile
• Improved Header menu animations that expand and collapse
• Improved drawer menu animations
• Added a new border animation to the Promotion block in the Featured collection section and Collection page
• Added a mobile spacing between blocks setting to the Grid with overlay section
• Added an option to disable the border in the Header's Toolbar block
• Added highlight option to the blocks on the Scrolling content
• Expanded each section's border setting to include an option for "top", "bottom", "both" and "none"

Fixes and other improvements

• Countdown timers will pause when not in view to save memory
• Lazyloaded Map, Product recommendations and Recent products sections as well as disclosure/dropdown components
• Improved product grid hyperlinks on touch devices
• Fixed an issue where text wouldn't animate when Slideshow was set to fade
• Reduced Header "flash" when loading transparently
• Improved responsive image sizing theme-wide
• Improved quick-add and carousel accessibility
• Fixed an issue where the Product page media grid would shift on hover
• Improved quick-add drawer performance
• Patched an editor problem where the countdown would speed up when sections were reordered
• Fixed an issue where Combined listings wouldn't render

Fixes and other improvements

• patched an issue where header layouts would expand in iOS17

Added

• new Scrolling text on image section
• added Toolbar block to the Header section
• video thumbnails will now generate automatically if no thumbnail is added
• added seperate settings for button and overline sizing and case
• added an option to place a menu in the cart when it's empty

Changed

• changed navigation dots for arrows in mobile carousel sections

Fixes and other improvements

• added lazyloading to JS heavy components and sections including Video, Slideshow, Announcement bar, Disclosure (dropdown) and Countdown
• improved carousel UX where incomplete final slides will not show empty blocks
• videos and scrolling components will pause when not visible to save browser memory