What's New with Astra

New:

• Support for the Web Stories plugin by Google – Showcase your website content as web stories on the top of the header.

Fix:

• Transparent Header – Submenu background alpha not working for the old header.

Fix:

• Customizer not working due to fatal error in Color Group control for some edge cases.
• Header getting hidden in a rare case on some first loads in chrome due to miscalculated browser window width.
• Showing multiple menu locations on the menu admin page.
• Transparent Header – Submenu color not working for the older header.
• Transparent Header – Submenu background color not working for the older header.

Fix:

• Saved value is overridden by Default value for HTML Element and Copyright Element in Customizer.
• Header Builder margin option default units were missing.
• Transparent Header – Submenu background color not working.

New:

• Ability to clone and delete elements from Header/Footer Builder. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/clone-delete-hf-elements/ )
• Added new color options for Add to Cart Tray.
• Language Switcher element for Header & Footer Builder.

Improvement:

• Redesigned the entire customizer UI for better user experience. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/revamped-astra-customizer/ )
• Added design options for Builder – Toggle Menu in Sticky header.
• Builder – Search – Placeholder text and color options.
• Builder – Search – Box height, Icon color and Background color options.
• Builder – Button – Added button size options.

Fix:

• Builder – Social Icons – Added ability to show the social icons in vertical layout for mobile devices.
• Builder – Sticky Header – Social icon, label custom color & official color not working.
• Corrected position of ‘Last Menu Item’ typography controls inside ‘Primary Menu’ section.
• Builder – Menu – Megamenu container get hides when hover in between Top Offset spacing.
• Sticky Header – Page scrolls to top in customizer when user switch to responsive mode.
• Submenu colors are not working in the frontend.
• Menu font size not working with old Header.
• Sticky Header – Menu link, background and hover colors not working for old header.
• Sticky Header – Site title and tagline color not working.
• White Label – Not able to white label the theme author and theme name in footer builder.
• Added missing widget title font family option.
• Product count value in cart element not aligned.
• Custom Layouts – Removed unwanted blank CSS while using spacing option.

Improvement:

• Redesigned the entire customizer UI for better user experience. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/revamped-astra-customizer/ )
• Added design options for Builder – Toggle Menu in Transparent header.
• Optimized dynamic CSS functionality to reduce unwanted CSS on the page.
• Overall HTML Structure improvement which includes removing blank spaces and removing unwanted HTML Tags.
• Optimized customizer by removing PHP controls.
• Optimized the SVG icons.
• Builder – Transparent Header – Placeholder Text and Color options for Search.
• Builder – Social Icons – Ability to add an extra Phone and Contact icons.
• Builder – Social Icons – Added ability to select icon from an Icon Picker for individual social elements
• Builder – Social Icons – Added a color option for labels of social icons.
• Builder – Off-Canvas – Added an option to manage spacing between inner elements of the Off-Canvas.
• Added new Page meta options for Above, Below and Mobile header.

Fix:

• Footer vertical alignment option not working.
• Above Footer & Below Footer showing up an unwanted border in the customizer preview.
• Updated Learn More Links on Astra Options page for Nav Menu & Easy Digital Downloads addon.
• Overflowing content not wrapping as per grid layout on responsive device for Header Footer builder layout.
• Builder – Transparent Header – Social icon, label custom color & official color not working.
• Builder – Transparent Header – Menu & Submenu style applying to Off-Canvas Menu.
• Block Cover align full CSS compatibility in Block editor with sidebar.
• Color picker icon not visible on hover.
• Font size not reverted back to the initial size when the value is deleted.
• Menu active link style not working when sub-menu item is active.
• Menu line height not being applied in frontend.
• Global Button Border and Typography controls are not working in the customizer preview.
• Breadcrumb position misalignment issue for inside header option.
• Search box misaligned in Dropdown option for Off-Canvas in Mobile.
• Submenu divider option adding heavy border around menu items on responsive devices.
• JS console error with Elementor – Header, Footer & Blocks plugin.
• Console error in customizer due to third party plugin dependency.
• Menu font size not working with old Header.
• Transparent Header – Menu link, background and hover colors not working for old header.
• Builder – Menu – Submenu container get hides when hover in between Top Offset spacing.-

Fix

• JS console error when Theme Header is replaced with third-party plugins header.

Fix:

• Mobile Header – Flyout Menu does not work for Sticky Header.
• Hide label description option not working in Mega Menu.

Fix:

• Fix: Dropdown link target option not working for menus inside Off-Canvas, when Off-Canvas type is Flyout or Full-Screen.
• Fix: Responsive option missing for typography.
• Fix: Submenu divider option adding heavy border around menu items on responsive devices.

Fix:

• Fix: Astra assets cache regeneration issue when Astra Pro is updated to v3.0.0 prior to theme. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/clear-astra-cache/ )
• Fix: UI Tab switching in color options for RTL websites.
• Fix: Builder – Duplicate listing of social icons in customizer.