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We update Cascade regularly. These updates provide new features, support new Shopify requirements, improve theme functionality, and provide bug fixes. The following is a list of the changes implemented by our updates to Cascade.
4.1.3
December 17, 2024
Changed
- Replace deprecated fonts
4.1.2
October 14, 2024
Cascade 4.1.2 provides a few bug fixes.
Fixes and improvements
- Fix cascading content items being invisible if animations are enabled and user’s motion preference is set to reduced motion
- Fix options style setting not working when color swatches are enabled
- Improve layout for dynamic payment buttons in the drawer cart
4.1.1
September 11, 2024
Changes
- Support for accelerated checkout buttons
4.1.0
June 26, 2024
Added
- Support for image swatches in filters
- Support for color swatches based on Shopify’s new Product Taxonomy feature in product variant pickers
Fixes and other improvements
- Fix cascading items being invisible if parallax animations are turned off
- Fix “Horizontal rule” block output not outputting horizontal rule on alternate product templates and in the “Featured product” section
- Fix missing “Item 3” heading to the “Tabs” product block
- Remove reference to global logo setting in “Hero logo” section
- Improve content shift on page load on default product template
4.0.0
April 25, 2024
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)
3.2.3
January 8, 2024
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
3.2.2
October 23, 2023
Fixes and improvements
- Fixed newsletter signup
3.2.1
August 17, 2023
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
3.2.0
April 21, 2023
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
3.1.7
March 30, 2023
Fixes and improvements
- Restore customer templates
3.1.6
March 7, 2023
Fixes and improvements
- Carousel display error in featured collection sections
3.1.5
March 3, 2023
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
3.1.4
February 9, 2023
Fixes and improvements
- Fixed an issue where the “10+” option in quantity dropdowns did not work on some browsers
3.1.3
January 10, 2023
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
3.1.2
November 22, 2022
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
3.1.1
November 10, 2022
Fixed
- Remove rounded corners on logo list and video with text overlay sections
- Added more bulletproof CSS classes for hidden elements to prevent conflicts with Apps
3.1.0
October 31, 2022
Added
- Added complementary product block. Use the Shopify Search & Discovery app to add product recommendations.
Improved
- Updated Cascade product template for better compatibility with App blocks
- More options for selecting text color of buttons
3.0.2
October 11, 2022
Fixed
- Add CSS fix for layout on older browsers
- Disabled cascade animations for users with reduced motion preference
- General CSS fixes
3.0.1
September 26, 2022
Fixed
- Fixed issue where checkout button was not working.
3.0.0
September 21, 2022
We've released an all new version of Cascade, rebuilt from the ground up.
Added
- New sections including video or image with text overlay, image split and scrolling text - Cascade now has 22 sections.
- More out of the box cascading content templates including product and collection lists.
- A new cascading product template and an image split product template.
Changed
- Design refresh, including an updated header + navigation design and parallax animations.
- New cascading content section with more flexibility to create unique asymmetrical layouts.
Removed
- Cascading content is no longer dependent on Javascript, leading to better performance.
- Split description has been removed and replaced with a new cascading product template.
2.4.0
August 8, 2022
Added
- Faceted filtering support for search template