Impulse Release Notes


v7.3.4 - May 4, 2023

  • Products returned in search results without images will no longer produce a liquid error
  • Products without images on the cart page and in the cart drawer will no longer produce a liquid error
  • When 'Show mega menu images' is disabled in the Header, images will be hidden and no longer take up space in the section
  • Text columns with icons section now includes translations for its settings
  • Image comparison images will no longer overlap
  • Image comparison arrows show up correctly on iOS
  • Long product titles no longer overlap store availability information in drawer on mobile
  • Recently viewed product images now show correctly
  • Predictive search updated to use Locale-aware URLs
  • Autofocus removed from search input so that the 'skip to maintain content' link is accessible
  • Opacity of img tags is no longer set to zero by default
  • Improved layout of image and text section
  • Product cards with quick view enabled are clickable again including the product title and price
  • Fixed layout issues in complementary products

v7.3.3 - April 24, 2023

  • Announcement bar is now listed as it's own section within the header group
  • Restored expected functionality of the header menu dropdowns introduced in our accessibility changes, menus will now hover to open by default
  • Logos in headers and footers no longer appear blurry
  • Quick view button will no longer block product titles
  • Quickshop no longer breaks if complementary products are present
  • Images in product and collection grids now show as intended

v7.3.1 - April 3, 2023

  • Added support for Shopify's search suggestion functionality
  • Various accessibility improvements across the theme
  • Various improvements to images
  • Fixes collection page layout
  • Button on text columns with icon section will now show as intended
  • Fixes spacing around the social icons in newsletter popup
  • Collection feature image will now show in the collection list as intended
  • Fixes overflow issue in complementary products on mobile

v7.2.0 - February 13, 2023

- New complementary products block to product page
- New image masks to various sections
- Support for focal points
- Support for section groups
- Collection filters now accept boolean metafield values
- New scrolling text section
- Newsletter section now supports adding an image
- Improved image loading across all images
- Blog comment fields are now required inputs
- Improved messaging when customers try to purchase beyond available quantity
- Countdown will now display properly on Safari
- Sub collections will now display properly on multi-language stores
- Color swatches on related products and featured collection will now work as intended
- Quick shop modal will now work as intended on the hotspots section

v7.1.0 - October 11, 2022

  • Adds in countdown feature
  • Adds in image hotspot feature
  • Adds in image comparison feature
  • Adds in age verification feature

v7.0.1 - September 22, 2022

  • Store availability tooltip will now properly display the product title
  • Fixes issue where product image was not changing on variant selection
  • Fixes issue where out of stock variants were not displaying as disabled

v7.0.0 - September 13, 2022

  • Add smart availability logic to dropdown option selects
  • Add labels to form inputs
  • Ensure languages are capitalized in selector
  • Improves low inventory label color
  • quickview:loaded and quickview:open events will now return productId instead of sectionId
  • Improves mobile scrolling on product pages
  • Products page with hidden buy buttons will now work as intended
  • Inventory transfer notices will now will now display the correct information on variant change
  • Low inventory stock label will now correctly display on variant change
  • Improves vimeo support on product page
  • Mouse dragging on product images will no longer trigger zoom
  • Product ratings will now align with other content on mobile
  • Fixes issue with announcement bar getting cut off

v6.1.0 - August 3, 2022

  • Adds 'fixed' and 'flexible' setting for product thumbnails.
  • Improves parallax feature
  • Fixes issue with product recommendations displaying the wrong amount of products
  • Fixes issue where collection list limit can break when changing values
  • Improves logic for newsletter popup states

v6.0.1 - May 26, 2022

  • Fixes issue where size chart could disappear
  • Size chart will now follow store background color
  • Custom pre-order templates will now show the pre-order button as intended
  • Fixes issue where mega menu images do not show for international stores
  • Fixes issue for product videos buttons when button style is set to ‘angled’
  • Improves styling around empty product tabs

v6.0.0 - May 11, 2022

  • Adds a 'Text columns with icons' section
  • Size chart has been removed from the 'variant picker' block and added as it's own standalone block
  • Adds support for block attributes
  • Improves design of newsletter popup and adds a reminder feature

v5.5.3 - April 14, 2022

  • Fix a couple of missing translations in global theme settings and fix phone links in the announcement bar.

v5.5.2 - April 12, 2022

  • Add full support for Italian, Spanish, German, French, and English locales
  • Even more option select logic improvements
  • Fixes pagination issue on collection list

v5.5.1 - Mar 8, 2022

  • Adds support for overlay header on created collection templates
  • Refine product option select logic
  • Prevent mobile nav from miscalculating height on open/close
  • Fix space under footer when collapsible content enabled
  • Hides size chart when setting is empty

v5.5.0 - Feb 17, 2022

  • Add size chart feature
  • Updated icon set for sales point feature
  • A more intuitive variant selector
  • Collection paginate amount
  • Fix collection scrolling position when changing filters
  • Add CSS preload header

v5.4.0 - Jan 25, 2022

  • Added country support for currency selector
  • Fix for search filter parameters
  • Update Flickity to v2.3 to fix iOS15 swiping bug natively
  • Fix product slideshow reflow
  • Hide filter artifacts when viewing tag collection
  • Fix subcollections block on Impulse
  • Fix collection scrolling position when changing filters

v5.3.0 - Dec 20, 2021

  • Add search result filters
  • Fully support Shopify Product Review app blocks. Remove theme-defined review blocks
  • Change cart terms and conditions setting to type page
  • Prevent duplicate subcollections showing when duplicated in menu
  • Prevent collection filters breaking if featured collection section added to page
  • Ensure unique ID on quick-shop contact form tabs
  • Use search route when submitting predictive search field
  • Fix MP4 video accessibility inside Flickity slideshow

v5.2.0 - Nov 18, 2021

  • Remove minified JS - new Shopify requirement
  • Convert FAQ page to JSON+LD structured data
  • Add setting to show Shopify Reviews tab open on page load
  • Prevent newsletter popup on password page
  • Fix Photoswipe bug on iOS15
  • Fix bug where sorting doesn't work if filter is active with a space in the name
  • Fix logo layout shift on page load
  • Fix filtering on vendor collection pages
  • Allow tablets to close navigation by clicking outside of it

v5.1.2 - Oct 6, 2021

  • Prevent vertical scrolling when interacting with slideshows on iOS15

v5.1.1 - Oct 4, 2021

  • Update Facebook icon
  • Prevent image set feature from breaking when misspelled in alt tag
  • Add fuzzy search to basic search page
  • Fix iOS15 product carousel jank because of Flickity bug

v5.1.0 - Sep 27, 2021

  • Support metafields for custom product tabs and labels
  • Update count of related products when custom collection used
  • Do not update inventory notice when inventory policy is continue
  • Fix quick view description tabs not opening occasionally
  • Fix image zoom when media is on the right side of product page

v5.0.1 - Aug 25, 2021

  • Add product blocks for Product Reviews app by Shopify
  • Add custom code block to product template (supports Liquid)
  • Update 'Custom content' section to support Liquid code
  • Add support for app sections
  • Fix quantity selector not working in quick view

v5.0.0 - Aug 17, 2021

  • Online Store 2.0 - "Sections Everywhere"
  • Fix product videos not playing when using image set feature
  • Fix duplicate collection filter JS when using back/forward browser buttons
  • Initialize media/videos when first slide and image set feature active
  • Fix featured product section image zoom size
  • Fix large image with text box image alignment settings
  • Fix bug with multiple 3d models preventing slideshow from being draggable

v4.1.4 - Jun 9, 2021

  • Updated Pinterest icon
  • Add mobile image to image hero section on pages

v4.1.3 - May 18, 2021

  • Add Shop Pay Installments banner
  • Fix image set feature not autoplaying MP4 videos
  • Simplify dynamic variant availability JS

v4.1.2 - May 5, 2021

  • Cross out instead of hide unavailable variant options
  • Use inline icon for faux select elements (better color handling)
  • Fix collection sorting feature after filters are selected
  • Reprint whole cart on quantity change to better account for multi-product discounts
  • Add newsletter section to page.sections and product.sections templates
  • Fix subcollection feature when language ISO code is 4 letters
  • Fix hero image page block mobile height

v4.1.1 - Mar 15, 2021

  • Simplify some page widths, remove unnecessary grid CSS
  • Fix quick view preloading when shop has language in routes.root_url (e.g. /en)
  • Prevent HTML in money format showing in cart drawer. Do not show default variant title
  • Update mobile sizing of video hero section

v4.1.0 - Mar 9, 2021

  • Remove handlebars.js. Reduces vendor JS by 37%.
  • Rewrite cart forms and drawer, remove use of handlebars.js
  • Simplify predictive search layout, remove use of handlebars.js
  • Simplify recently viewed JS, remove use of handlebars.js
  • Fix store availability feature only working on page load
  • Fix video hero mobile size not being set properly
  • Build out new pagination with anchor links for article comments

v4.0.2 - Mar 1, 2021

  • Update how we get sold out variant information
  • Update page.sections overlaid header styles when announcement bar enabled

v4.0.1 - Feb 22, 2021

  • Initialize slideshow earlier if first section on page
  • Fix footer collapsible menus when newsletter field does not exist
  • Fix password page login modal appearance
  • Fix sticky header setting on some devices
  • Fix page URL updating when variants change
  • Stop advancing to checkout when terms and conditions checkbox not checked

v4.0.0 - Feb 17, 2021

  • Remove jQuery and rewrite all JS, leading to huge performance improvements
  • Cross out sold out variants (when multiple options exist). Hide unavailable variants
  • New slideshow design
  • Add FAQ section to home page
  • Ability to have header overlaid on pages with sections
  • New cart icon option
  • Use observer instead of scroll events to initialize sections and play/pause videos

3.6.2 - Jan 26, 2021

  • Fix mobile image URL on slideshow
  • Update product structured data to include all variant information
  • Add structured data to collection pages
  • Remove scrollbars on color swatches in latest Chrome

v3.6.1 - Dec 17, 2020

  • Support new Subscriptions API

v3.6.0 - Nov 18, 2020

  • New Variant Image Set feature (docs)
  • Improve quick view performance (especially page render time on mobile)
  • Mobile-specific image option for slideshow section
  • Update flag stylesheet preloading for Firefox bug
  • Remove 'Default title' from Surface Pickup Availability drawer
  • Fix store availability bug when single variant option
  • Hide incoming inventory transfer if quantity above threshold setting
  • Fix tag links in featured blog section

v3.5.0 - Oct 22, 2020

  • Add JS event listeners and triggers for theme events, such as the ability to update the cart drawer and listen to variant changes (docs)
  • Add new Surface Pickup Availability feature (Shopify docs)
  • Support right-to-left languages. Find the new theme setting under Extras
  • Fix JS error in older version of Safari that prevent videos loading
  • Show collection sidebar even if only 1 tag
  • Quick accessibility fixes on home, product, cart
  • Add theme setting to show collections page in breadcrumb list
  • Sticky product images to account for long descriptions
  • Add setting to disable image animations

v3.4.0 - Sep 22, 2020

  • Ship minimized JS for better performance
  • Add page:loaded event for custom JS hook
  • Fix angled button style in Product Review app
  • Hide newsletter form in popup after successful signup
  • Fix occasional 'recently viewed' display bug
  • Make sure pre-order button text stays when switching variants

v3.3.0 - Sep 8, 2020

  • Update jQuery to 3.5.1
  • Remove IE11 polyfills
  • Update Handlebars.js to 4.7.2
  • New multi-line liquid syntax and whitespace removal
  • Quick a11y improvements. Fonts no longer blocking resource

v3.2.4 - Aug 27, 2020

  • Add styles for double confirmation page
  • Minor layout fix on iPad for image+text section
  • Unique contact form IDs
  • Fix ability to change collection name on featured collections section
  • Prevent removed products from appearing in recently viewed section
  • Fix product zoom feature when angled button style set

v3.2.3 - Aug 4, 2020

  • Add text version of reCAPTCHA notice
  • Fix toolbar menu visibility
  • Remove Product Review app structured data because app includes it now
  • Update cart add URL so FB pixel and Shopify tracking set correct price
  • Add collection results to live search

v3.2.2 - July 22, 2020

  • Adjust color of 'more payment options' button on black backgrounds
  • Fix filter collapsible states
  • Fix add to cart button text if deep linking to sold out state
  • Fix third level subcollection visibility in collection sidebar

v3.2.1 - July 16, 2020

  • Fix sidebar filter collapsibility
  • Fix image loading issue after filter is selected

v3.2.0 - July 7, 2020

  • Add product story sections to product template
  • Ship raw CSS file for faster in-editor load times
  • Remove deprecated 'include' tag in favor of 'render'
  • Add Polish and Norwegian flags
  • Hide inventory notice if product set to sell even out of stock
  • Fix add to cart button text on preorder products in quick view
  • Prevent iPhone 8 from hiding password link on password page
  • Fix product filter ajax requests on vendor pages
  • New social media image implementation
  • Fix Lighthouse security warning by adding rel="noopener" on external links
  • Better color swatch liquid rendering performance
  • Add rich snippet schema to FAQ template

v3.1.0 - May 27, 2020

  • Add wildcard fuzzy searching when predictive search enabled
  • Fix mobile filters scroll position when collection count enabled
  • Hide inventory from source code when setting disabled
  • Defer loading flag CSS for faster page speeds
  • Better multi language handling in cart drawer
  • Allow tablets to tap outside megamenu to close it
  • Auto-format phone numbers to links on mobile
  • Add TikTok social icon

v3.0.4 - May 8, 2020

  • Support color swatches in multiple languages
  • Fix promo grid video playback in iOS low power mode
  • Fix breadcrumb title on pages

v3.0.3 - Apr 13, 2020

  • Fix continue shopping link in empty cart
  • Update html lang attribute with multi language value
  • Fix color on some payment icons in footer
  • Fix subcollection visibility when using multi-language
  • Update recommended products with multi language support

v3.0.2 - Mar 19, 2020

  • Fix product YouTube video visibility

v3.0.1 - Mar 17, 2020

  • Fix YouTube video playback issue caused by Google API change

v3.0.0 - Mar 16, 2020

  • New product media feature (3d and video)

v2.7.0 - Mar 2, 2020

  • New native multi-language and multi-currency switchers
  • Remove last of hardcoded links to support multi-language
  • Link vendor to vendor listing page
  • Force same sized images on cart page
  • Add setting to show/hide currency flags

v2.6.0 - Feb 5, 2020

  • Update to multi-lingual cart and search routes
  • Allow sorting of vendor-queried pages
  • Restructure drawer cart layout
  • Remove Instagram section (API deprecated)

v2.5.3 - Jan 28, 2020

  • Add JSON+LD structured data for blog articles
  • Force password field to auto-focus
  • Setting to change cart icon (cart/bag)
  • Add unit pricing to recently viewed products sections
  • Translation-friendly time and date tags for orders

v2.5.2 - Jan 14, 2020

  • Fix minor gift card layout issues
  • Fix currency converter text color if header is black
  • Add placeholder image when no flag is available
  • Switch to localStorage for recently viewed products
  • Make sure pre-order template is used in quick view modal

v2.5.1 - Dec 12, 2019

  • Minor search result design updates
  • Add taxes included and shipping policy on product page
  • Add color setting for sale tags
  • Show controls for MP4 videos on lower power iOS mode
  • Fix predictive search JS error in IE11
  • Quick view speed improvements

v2.5.0 - Nov 19, 2019

  • Add live predictive search feature
  • Add sku and barcode to structured JSON data
  • Minor design fixes on angled button styles
  • Fix inventory visibility bug
  • Prevent Bold app's injected code from breaking product grid layout
  • Inline SVG icon markup instead of using deprecated include tag
  • Fix color swatch image switching after filters used
  • Prevent tall mega menus from being cut off with a sticky header

v2.4.0 - Oct 29, 2019

  • Add setting to enable product thumbnail arrows
  • Add setting to move collection description to bottom of page
  • Add incoming inventory transfers setting
  • Get featured product section on par with product page settings
  • Update iPad detection because of iOS13 update
  • Avoid JS conflict with Instafeed app
  • Upgrade jQuery to v3.4.1

v2.3.0 - Oct 8, 2019

  • Enable ability to show product unit price (France/Germany)
  • Fix variant availability feature when in presence of custom fields
  • Add MXN, THB, SAR, AED country flags to currency converter
  • Adjust dynamic checkout button layout in cart drawer
  • General typography and design improvements
  • Sticky collection filters on mobile
  • Improve collection filtering speed
  • Add featured article hero image option on blog articles
  • Option to remove mega menu images
  • Add trust badge setting

v2.2.0 - Sept 9, 2019

  • Enable new native Shopify multi-currency feature
  • Setting to disable collection count
  • Update initial zoom of product images

v2.1.3 - Aug 22, 2019

  • Fix overlaid + sticky header on scroll with no collection image
  • Add inventory threshold setting

v2.1.2 - Aug 12, 2019

  • Add dynamic pay buttons to cart page and drawer
  • Updated hardcoded links to use routes
  • Prevent custom product tags from breaking all tag filtering option on collection page
  • Fix input group layout in Firefox because of flexbox bug
  • Promo blocks take on global colors. Fix text alignment and button layout in editor
  • Translate comments count string
  • Prevent overlaid header setting from impacting collection pages when collection image is disabled
  • Fix JSON+LD formatting if product title has quotes in it
  • Avoid race condition between Google Maps API and Google Payments

v2.1.1 - July 17, 2019

  • Fix inventory notice in recommended products quick view
  • Object-fit for MP4 videos for better iPad layouts
  • Prevent very long variant names from creating a dropdown too wide for layout
  • Fix product zoom bug when non-angled button style is used

v2.1.0 - June 27, 2019

  • Prevent newsletter from opening on Shopify robot challenge page
  • Add collapse setting for sidebar menu block
  • Add play icon to buttons that trigger YouTube video modal
  • New search parameters to choose from
  • Move 'back to collection' links below related products
  • Move 'Recently viewed products' below related products
  • Improved mobile zoom on product images
  • New page.faq template with expandable question blocks
  • Setting to place announcement bar above header

v2.0.1 - June 4, 2019

  • Prevent empty product recommendations from appearing
  • Fix bug released in v2 that hid some product variant labels

v2.0.0 - May 29, 2019

  • Implement new product recommendation engine
  • Fix expandable boxes in quick view not opening after collection filter is used
  • Allow users to scroll cart drawer to see full note field when Android keyboard is open

v1.6.0 - May 22, 2019

  • Fix minor password page overflow issue
  • New automatic discounts in cart and order page

v1.5.8 - May 9, 2019

  • Fix IE11 bug that prevented some product forms from not changing variant availability

v1.5.7 - May 8, 2019

  • Remove double quotes from JSON+ld description field
  • Add shop name to home page H1 tag even when logo set

v1.5.6 - May 1, 2019

  • Remove old IE support snippet reference

v1.5.5 - Apr 24, 2019

  • Fix variant dropdown width bug in Firefox

v1.5.4 - Apr 16, 2019

  • Remove jQuery dependence for cookie handling
  • Prevent zoomed product images from getting stuck while swiping on mobile
  • Remove underline style from image links in editor
  • Remove new lines from JSON+ld description
  • Remove scrollbar on Windows browsers when sidebar filters are set to drawer

v1.5.3 - Apr 9, 2019

  • Add link option to image row section
  • Fix sidebar layout when set as drawer

v1.5.2 - Apr 8, 2019

  • Hide review badge when 0 reviews on product page
  • Add color swatch support to sidebar filters
  • Add round color swatch option
  • Add sticky filters on collection page, only in supported browsers
  • Fix pagination on some mobile devices after filter used

v1.5.1 - Mar 27, 2019

  • Faster loading speeds for tag filter selection
  • Faster loading speeds for quick view product form
  • Do not show quantity below 0
  • Allow featured collection to be set as grid layout on mobile
  • Add blog template social meta tags for image preview
  • Fix dynamic variant availability check if quote is in variant name

v1.5.0 - Mar 20, 2019

  • Dynamically disable variant options when they do not exist

v1.4.2 - Mar 15, 2019

  • Order/address breadcrumbs visibility according to global setting
  • JSON-LD for structured product data (plus reviews)
  • Liquid variable to change product description layout in quick view
  • Fix testimonial block on pages if only author set
  • Add article excerpt setting for blog page
  • Add button and image link setting for "Text columns with images" page block

v1.4.1 - Feb 27, 2019

  • More obvious sold out state for color swatches
  • Prevent false disabled variant state
  • Prevent 'Default' from showing as only variant
  • Prevent iOS from zooming on inputs if base font size is set to small

v1.4.0 - Feb 15, 2019

  • Add setting to show % saved on product instead of dollar amount
  • Enable sections on page.contact template
  • Fix drawer button setting colors
  • Fix element ID bug with non-standard characters
  • Better RTL text support
  • Out of stock variants are selectable for app compatibility
  • Add padding to promo grid product when tint overlay enabled
  • Trigger mobile layout on portrait tablets
  • Speed up in-editor rendering with Shopify's liquid style tags
  • Reduce page shifting while Shopify's dynamic payment buttons load
  • Revised mobile cart page layout

v1.3.2 - Jan 29, 2019

  • Defer offscreen Instagram image loading
  • Add contact form section option to home page

v1.3.1 - Dec 5, 2018

  • Fix full-width review pagination layout
  • Enable dynamic checkout buttons by default
  • Prevent iOS from auto-formatting product IDs as phone number links

v1.3.0 - Nov 29, 2018

  • Fix hero link clickability in MS Edge when button style is inverted
  • Match menu dropdown text size to parent links
  • Fix PayPal cart button layering issue
  • Add hero text and button color setting
  • Fix loading state on angled buttons
  • Fix vertical variant image active thumbnail state
  • Fix browser rendering issue for secondary product grid images
  • Fix currency switcher values after tag filtering is used
  • Refresh Shopify review app after filtering tags
  • Only load product variant JSON to reduce page weight
  • Smarter loading of variant data in quick view modal
  • Move jQuery to cached vendor script file

v1.2.4 - Nov 5, 2018

  • Prevent shop logo from hiding behind meganav
  • Fix Apple Pay icon color on some shops

v1.2.3 - Oct 30, 2018

  • Add color name class to swatches for easy CSS hooks
  • Fix utility tag potentially showing up as custom label

v1.2.2 - Oct 25, 2018

  • Custom product grid labels from new utility tags
  • Fix potential nav dropdown overlap
  • Product quick view SEO improvements

v1.2.1 - Oct 17, 2018

  • Update collection meta tag to use featured image
  • Add padding to slider text if navigation dots exist to prevent overlap
  • Fix potential hero image background sizing
  • Calculate recently viewed products more accurately
  • Add copyright setting in footer
  • Reduce size of review stars on collection page

v1.2.0 — Oct 10, 2018

  • Enable hover to reveal second image on larger touch-friendly devices screens
  • Entire promo grid and slideshow blocks becomes link if only one is set
  • Higher quality images in slideshow, promo grid, large image with text box, collection header
  • Do not show inventory when over 10
  • Update review anchor link destination in quick view
  • Add limit search to products only setting
  • Fix mobile Instagram layout bug
  • Add menu block option to collection filters

v1.1.0 - Oct 2, 2018

  • Center images and add dots on mobile product page
  • New slideshow image layout for better quality images
  • Fix remove tag title in some rare instances
  • Add full width product review layout setting

v1.0.5 - Sept 28, 2018

  • No longer try and force capitalize product tags
  • Add custom HTML block to page/product sections template
  • Fix color swatch layout in related products
  • Enable color swatch hover effect on related products
  • Remove Chrome's MP4 player video download option

v1.0.4 - Sept 19, 2018

  • Mobile alignment adjustment on product page
  • Request more Instagram images than we need as backup for API limitations
  • Do not load jQuery from Google so it is not blocked in China

v1.0.3 - Sept 17, 2018

  • Fix drawer menu sublink layout if using # as the URL
  • Fix image zoom on first product image

v1.0.2 - Sept 11, 2018

  • Fix quick view product image visibility
  • Fix hidden product images on mobile

v1.0.1 - Sept 10, 2018

  • Minor bug fixes (angled button style in some sections, tall product image visibility, text alignment)
  • Added setting to move product images to left side of product page
  • Fix Vimeo product videos from not playing if only one product image

v1.0.0 - Aug 22, 2018

  • Theme launch