Changelog ​

Cascade 4 features a new preset, improved cascade layout, new sections, refreshed product templates, and updates to key areas of the theme, as well as bug fixes and performance improvements.

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)

Fixes and improvements

• Sidebar navigation: Fix visual transition bug when expanding collapsed sections
• Default and grid blog templates: Fix visual bug with tag dropdowns
• Grid blog template: Fix wrong closing HTML tag
• Footer: Fix language and country/region selector sometimes being partially covered by other elements
• Product: Fix issue with “Single product media” block output duplicated on mobile
• Fix “parallax” visual effect on scroll
• “Split” and “Classic” product templates: Fix “Enable thumbnails on desktop” setting
• Update documentation links to point to help.switchthemes.co
• Add text color section setting to gallery section
• Show popup immediately after submission
• Prevent scrolling to bottom when editing the popup section in the theme editor
• Add a notice about effects of hiding the sidebar section
• Update social icons
• Fix issues in product forms when dynamic checkout buttons are disabled

Fixes and improvements

• Fixed newsletter signup

Fixes and improvements

• Gift cards can now be sent by email at a future date
• Product sections, Cart drawer, Cart page: Show error message when adding more quantity to cart than is available
• Performance optimizations for fade-in transitions for certain browsers
• Fix “Enable accelerated checkout buttons” setting not affecting cart
• Cart drawer: Prevent overflow shadow from covering the bottom of the last line item
• Keyboard navigation: Improve focus highlight for predictive search queries
• Keyboard navigation: “Classic” Product template: Improve keyboard navigation for thumbnails
• Keyboard navigation: “Classic” Product template: Focus on slide after selecting thumbnail
• Cart drawer, Cart page: Fix cart note losing focus after update
• Rich text: Fix “Text font” and “Text size” settings not having any effect

Added

• Support for Section groups
• Support for Predictive search query suggestions
• Support sending Gift cards by email
• Support for headings and ordered lists inside rich text setting

Fixes and improvements

• Improve keyboard navigation in Predictive search results
• Fix rich text product block in Featured product section
• Fix rich text setting in Collection list section on Collections list template

Fixes and improvements

• Restore customer templates

Fixes and improvements

• Carousel display error in featured collection sections

Fixes and improvements

• Fix Background image setting not working on Password page
• The “10+” option in quantity dropdowns now turns into a fully functional stepper control
• Add support for boolean filters
• Fix an error that can occur when product title contains single quote character
• Fix Popup product block showing duplicate page content

Fixes and improvements

• Fixed an issue where the “10+” option in quantity dropdowns did not work on some browsers

Fixes and improvements

• Fixed an issue where product tiles required tapping the link twice on iOS if the “Show second image on hover” setting was enabled

Fixes and improvements

• Fixed an issue where the cart may show incorrect quantities when a discount is applied
• Changed heading tag on cart drawer to improve SEO