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Changelog ​

We update Shapes 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 Shapes.

3.0.1

October 22, 2024

Fixes and improvements

  • Fix shape dividers appearing at a slightly different size when applied to the footer section
  • Fix transparent product images becoming overlaid when product tiles are using the default shape and the “Show second image on hover” setting is enabled
  • Clarify that breadcrumbs are not visible on the homepage
  • Remove “Half-square triangle” background pattern (duplicate of “Corner triangle”)

3.0.0

October 16, 2024

Shapes 3.0.0 is here! The most fun Shopify theme got even better with more sections, shapes and stickers.

Changed

  • Important: Shapes 3.0.0 is a major version release with several internal code changes and potential breaking changes.

Added

  • New presets! Explore our all-new presets, including two new presets:
    • Bold
    • Playful
  • Expanded selection of shapes, section shape dividers, patterns, and stickers
  • New sections:
    • Collection focus carousel
    • Hero logo
    • Feature logo with image
    • Feature text with image
    • Feature text with offset images
    • Features list
    • Image focus carousel
    • Image with highlights
    • Image with logo overlay
    • Menu
    • Scrolling text with icons
    • Shapes with text overlay
    • Vertical video embeds
    • Video with logo overlay
  • Support for Shopify’s color schemes feature
  • Support for image swatches in filters
  • Support for color swatches based on Shopify’s new Product Taxonomy feature in product variant pickers
  • Breadcrumbs
  • Recipe blog post template
  • More product tile hover effects
  • Theme events for developers

Fixes and improvements

  • Optimized image loading code to improve perceived load speed
  • Adoption of islands architecture for faster load times
  • Move to type scale settings for more granular control on type sizes

2.2.5

April 8, 2024

Fixes and improvements

  • Add image row product block
  • Add scrolling logos section
  • Refactor and rename pattern marquee section to scrolling pattern
  • Refactor and rename text marquee section to scrolling text
  • Fix product tile's hover issues
  • Fix predictive search form submission issue
  • Fix broken HTML issue when adding new sections to password template
  • Fix blank curved text issue when animation is disabled

2.2.4

February 16, 2024

Fixes and improvements

  • Fix issue where background video doesn’t get shown on page load
  • Fix markup issue for product recommendations section and account template
  • Fix issue in product forms when dynamic checkout buttons are disabled
  • Add visual representation for filters
  • Fix issue where curved text color not adjusting based on color scheme
  • Improvements to image loading performance
  • Improvements to “Show second image on hover” performance in product tiles
  • Fix issue where call to action sticker image is loaded on mobile when not used

.2.2.3

January 4, 2024

2.2.2

December 18, 2023

Fixes and improvements

  • Fix second product image shown on mobile devices in product grids

2.2.1

December 18, 2023

Fixes and improvements

  • Further improvement and refactoring of shape styles
  • Improved hover image support

.2.2.0

December 13, 2023

2.1.4

November 6, 2023

2.1.3

October 26, 2023

Fixes and improvements

  • Fixed small bugs in featured product section
  • Fixed second image on hover for natural shapes

2.1.2

October 23, 2023

Fixes and improvements

  • Fixed newsletter signup form

2.1.1

October 10, 2023

Fixes and improvements

  • Added more options to collection list carousel section
  • Fixed mobile width settings on both collection list carousel and shape carousel sections
  • Updated link to free shipping guide

2.1.0

October 10, 2023

Added

  • Free shipping progress in cart and cart drawer
  • Free shipping bar section
  • Collection list carousel section
  • Featured product variants section
  • New hover effects for product shapes

Fixes and improvements

  • Inventory status: Fix low stock without count message text color
  • Inventory status: Change the default “Out of stock (continue selling)” message to be the same as the default “In stock” message
  • Sidebar navigation and filtering: Fix visual transition bug when expanding collapsed sections
  • Theme editor: Fix developer console warning message about cart count component
  • Comparison table: Fixed width settings
  • FAQs: Added option to display icon next to question
  • Product tiles: fixed bug where badges were clipped when tiles are scattered

2.0.5

August 17, 2023

Added

  • Inventory status product block

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
  • Apps section: Add settings to control section layout and appearance
  • Product tiles: Fix images becoming blank on touch devices after navigating away from the page, if “Show second image on hover” is enabled
  • Product tiles: Fix shadow border color for some shapes
  • Featured collection: Fix issue with duplicated product slides if collection has only one product
  • Horizontal bar chart product block: Fix dynamic value not working
  • Search template: Fix blog posts without article images being shown as empty blocks
  • Comparison table: Fix highlighted column not working, add setting to choose between two accent colors
  • Blog posts: Add missing setting translation
  • Footer: Fix “Show border between sections” having no effect
  • Video with text, Embedded video with text: Fix heading styles
  • Cart drawer, Cart page: Fix cart note losing focus after update
  • Fix a few instances where accent colors were not correctly applied

2.0.0

May 5, 2023

Added

  • Curved text section
  • Theme Editor translations for EU languages
  • Add support for Shopify-hosted video to Video section
  • Add support for Shopify-hosted video to Video with text overlay section
  • Add support for Video slides in Hero slideshow section
  • Extra accent color for more possibilities with color schemes
  • Section groups
  • Predictive search query suggestions

Fixes and improvements

  • Add setting to allow overlaid header to be opaque when stuck
  • Add setting to place the Call to action sticker on the left
  • Fix price duplication when dragging Featured collection section carousel
  • Fix an error that can occur when product title contains single quote character
  • Fix "Inset" setting not working in Video with text overlay section
  • Fix an issue where product images can be blank on hover when "Show second image on hover" setting is enabled
  • Fix Mixed shape product grid section not working correctly with Quick buy enabled
  • Fix bug in Mixed shape product grid section when switching variants
  • Fix issue with blog comments' rounded borders overlapping with the comments' text
  • Improve header logo display on devices with high pixel density
  • Improve type options for more flexibility with typography sizes

1.4.5

January 10, 2023

Fixes and improvements

  • Updated links to theme documentation inside Theme editor
  • Remove “Image alignment” setting in Offset gallery section (no longer needed with image focal points)
  • Fixed an issue with placeholder sizing in Offset gallery section inside Theme editor
  • Fixed a rendering issue on high-pixel-density iOS devices

1.4.4

November 22, 2022

Fixes and improvements

  • Fixed an issue where the cart may show incorrect quantities when a discount is applied

1.4.3 ​

November 10, 2022

Fixes and improvements ​

  • Changed heading tag on cart drawer to improve SEO

1.4.2 ​

November 3, 2022

Fixes and improvements ​

  • Fixed bug where stickers would not show if user prefers reduced motion

1.4.1 ​

October 27, 2022

Fixes and improvements ​

  • Updated sticky and overlay header options for better performance

1.4.0 ​

October 27, 2022

Added ​

  • New feature text section
  • New mixed shape product grid section
  • New custom cursor theme setting
  • Added complementary product block

Fixes and improvements ​

  • Updated password page to show full drop shadow
  • Added option to hide sold out / on sale badges
  • Ability to override button text color
  • Add option to show thumbnails on mobile
  • Updated parallax animations to be relevant to viewport
  • Fixed gradient drop shadow bug for stickers
  • Added autoplay to Hero slideshow
  • Updated feature product section to show thumbnails
  • Ability to enable heading effects for new feature text section and existing test marquee section
  • Fixed country code display
  • Fix hover issue on transparent product tiles

1.3.0 ​

June 10, 2022

Fixes and improvements ​

  • Customer account page design
  • Marquee display fix
  • Swatch background images will not tile
  • Safari 13 support
  • Able to link entire image in slideshow
  • Image with text overlay image width

1.2.0 ​

May 19, 2022

Added ​

  • Product vendor block which links to a collection if name matches
  • Add mobile image setting to Image with text overlay and Hero slideshow sections
  • Custom CSS file

Fixes and improvements ​

  • Flicker in iOS when drawers are closed
  • Gradient backgrounds in specific sections
  • Filters show as active if price filter has been set
  • Thumbnail height on product pages when viewed at large resolutions

1.1.0 ​

May 13, 2022

Fixes and improvements ​

  • JavaScript is minified to increase performance
  • Unminified JavaScript files also provided
  • Fixed animated shape divider performance

1.0.3 ​

May 11, 2022

Fixed ​

  • Animations with shape dividers

1.0.2 ​

May 10, 2022

Added ​

  • Javascript minification

1.0.1 ​

May 9, 2022

Fixed ​

  • Slideshow arrows on feature media when thumbnails are positioned underneath