Sense

Added

• Important: Fade in animations will now be enabled by default on your theme. If you’d like to disable them, navigate to your theme settings → animations → uncheck “Reveal sections on scroll”.
• Important: We’ve introduced a new visual way of setting your theme's colors. In your theme settings, you can now configure 5+ color schemes and apply them across sections in your themes. The default colors are created based on your theme’s current color settings, but we recommend reviewing them before publishing.
• We’ve added new animations to your theme settings where you can have sections fade in or slide in when the user scrolls.
• You can pick a new hover effect for buttons and cards - 3D lift.
• You now have options to add animations on the Image with Text and Image Banner sections.
• We added options to change the shape of the product card images.
• We introduced the ability to send and schedule a gift card to a recipient.
• You can now create different color schemes and apply them across your pages and sections.

Changed

• Important: Color schemes now apply to content on the Image Banner and Slideshow sections, regardless of container visibility. Please review and adjust color schemes to ensure the content is readable.
• There are now unique identifiers on navigation links, which lets you add custom CSS in the Header section.
• We improved the announcement bar by adding a slider for each announcement instead of stacking them on top of each other.
• We introduced new placeholder images across all theme sections.

Fixes and improvements

• We fixed some spacing issues in the mobile drawer.
• We improved the performance of the Collage section images.
• We fixed some accessibility issues with the language and currency picker in the mobile drawer.
• We fixed the facet filter animation duration to match the menu drawer.

Removed

• Important: Decorative icons will now always inherit text color.

Added

• You can now incorporate eligible app blocks directly into your header section, to the left of your cart icon.
• You can upload video files directly to Shopify and showcase them in the Video section. Additionally, you have the option to enable automatic video looping.
• We introduced a new "Click and hover" zoom option on desktop for product page images to add a more subtle hover effect.
• We've added a new style option to the desktop header menu, allowing you to collapse it into a hamburger icon with a popout drawer for a more compact and streamlined menu experience.
• We added a language and currency switcher to the header section for shops selling in multiple currencies or languages.
• The Slideshow, Image Banner, and Image with Text sections now have a subtle background animation option, which adds depth and dynamism to the overall design.
• You can allow gift cards to be sent to a recipient with a new form on the gift card product page.

Changed

• Important: The Richtext section heading type has been changed. This might result in your heading text being set back to the default value "Talk about your brand". This can happen when manually upgrading to this version.
• We reordered the "Color scheme" setting to improve hierarchy in the header section.
• The “Follow on Shop” option is enabled by default in the footer.
• Section headings now provide more formatting options like bold, italic, and links.

Fixes and improvements

• We improved the performance of the Multicolumn section by reducing the image sizes being loaded.
• We fixed the blog post slides to show a preview of the subsequent slide.
• We optimized the logo width to ensure the image looked crisp on all device sizes.

Fixes and improvements

• We fixed a bug where the currency may not be applied correctly during checkout when using the cart drawer.