Impact

Improved

• We have simplified how Shopify Functions validation messages appear in cart and drawer to make them slightly less proeminent.
• Ensure that gift card recipient email length can't exceed 138 characters (which is a limit enforced by Shopify).

Developers

• Impact now includes several theme blocks as part of the code. Theme blocks are a new Shopify feature that allows reusable Liquid components within sections and enables nesting. However, migrating existing sections to theme blocks isn't currently feasible for existing themes, as this would be a breaking change that would break existing stores. While Shopify has yet to announce any migration tools, we've introduced a set of foundational theme blocks in Impact. This update empowers developers, agencies, and technical merchants to build custom sections more efficiently by leveraging pre-defined blocks that integrate seamlessly with the theme's code and design. This release includes the following foundational theme blocks: accordion, button, button group, heading, icon, Liquid code, rich text, page content, image, video, and badge.

Improved

• We have improved support for Shopify Function validations. If you have cart rules enabled, the error messages will now appear in the cart.

Added

• You can now add app blocks in the Footer section. This make it easier to use apps like Shopify Forms to embed custom form in the footer. Please note though that most apps are not meant to be embedded in the footer, it is therefore the merchant's responsability to judge which apps make sense to be embedded in a footer context.

Changed

• On January 2025, Shopify will deprecate a lot of fonts. As a consequence of this change, themes are required to no longer use deprecated fonts. All our presets were using fonts that are now deprecated, so we replaced them by other fonts. Merchants who are using a deprecated font will be notified by Shopify and have a recommended alternative.

Fixed

• Fixed a RTL (right to left languages) issue related to popovers.
• Fixed a RTL (right to left languages) issue on the timeline section, where the content was displayed in the incorrect direction.
• Fixed an edge case with the "Hide on scroll" setting enabled in the header combined with a sticky header and sticky announcement bar, where the header could end up being invisible if the user scrolls down then scrolls up back to the top of the page in less than 150ms interval.

Added

• You can now add a custom icon for accordion, including the "Accordion" section and product page accordions (including built-in
  icons provided by the theme).