solo 1.0.27

Solo Theme – Release Notes

Accessibility & Usability Improvements

• Keyboard Navigation: Added global keyboard navigation support for all menus. Users can now select which menus to enable keyboard navigation for under Global Settings → Accessibility. If you copied a custom twig template to your sub theme, please update this template again with a fresh copy from the theme..
• TalkBack / Screen Reader Fix: Resolved issue with skip link navigation not working correctly on mobile devices.
• Menu State Announcements: Open/close menu states are now properly translated and announced to screen readers.
• ARIA Live Regions for System Messages: Implemented WCAG 4.1.3 compliance for dynamic message updates.
• Print-Friendly Broken Image Message: Added a clear, accessible notice for missing or broken images.

Design & Layout Enhancements

• Modern Comment Redesign: All comment layouts updated for a cleaner, more modern design.
• Popup / Login Block: Fixed gradient background support, gradients can now be set directly from Theme Settings.
• Hover/Click Menu Interaction: Fixed issue where click-on-hover menus were not behaving consistently.
• Page Block Cleanup: Removed unnecessary page block markup when the region is empty for improved output and performance.

Developer Tools

• Debug Mode Setting: Added a new Debug toggle in Theme Settings to simplify troubleshooting and template inspection.