Impact

Fixed

• Fixed a regression introduced in 4.0.0 where the localization selectors in the header section group would not display at the correct position.

Fixed

• Fixed a regression introduced in version 4.0.0 where, due to section groups, the cart drawer would not honor the settings set in the theme editor when re-rendered (for instance when a new product is added).

Added

• Support for section groups: section groups allow you to easily add, remove and re-order sections in header and footer area. This allows to add global sections whose content is shared on every page, without having to manually duplicate the information across pages.
• Support for search suggestions in predictive search: query suggestions are generated by extracting words and phrases from your product catalog, as well as from customer searches, using natural language processing techniques. Search suggestions can be enabled or disabled in global theme settings.
• A new "Show view cart button" setting has been added for the cart drawer, which allows merchants to only show a checkout button for faster checkout experience.
• On "content pages" section, a new setting "Content width" has been added to allow controlling how narrow the text is.

Improved

• The "checkbox" line item property for product section now supports a required attribute. This can be used to force a customer to check a box before being able to add a product to their cart.

Fixed

• Fixed an issue where the navigation arrows would not appear in the "related products" section if the section progress bar is disabled.
• Fixed an issue where the "Open first tab on mobile" setting for the "Tabs" section would not work as expected.
• Fixed an issue where the quick view would not load under rare circumstances in the theme editor for products with a variant.
• Fixed the "on scroll" mode for the "scrolling text" section, which was not working properly.
• Fixed an issue where the settings to change the "View" button background and color would not work properly in the Feature Chart section.

Changed

• The slideshow and image with text overlay sections, when configured with a fixed height size, used to display very tall on tablet only. This was initially done to have a more consistent format with portrait tablets, but this caused some images to stretch and look odd on tablet. We have switched the logic to use a ratio closer to desktop on tablet mode as well.

Removed

• The search settings have been removed from the theme. To configure which resource to search for and how to control how sold out products appear in the search, you need to use the new unified "Settings" page in the Search & Discovery app.