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Video

A video from a file, YouTube or Vimeo, with a heading and its own shape and playback settings.

A short silent loop of 6 to 15 seconds keeps the page light. Add a cover image for the moment before it plays.

Settings

Video file: Video fileA video uploaded to your store. If both a file and a link are set, the file is shown.
Or a YouTube or Vimeo link: YouTube or Vimeo linkThe player loads only when the play button is pressed.
Cover image: ImageShown until the video plays. If empty, the video file's preview image is used. Choose an image for a YouTube or Vimeo link.
Cover image focus: Choice: The image's focal point, Center, Top, BottomDefault: The image's focal point

Video shape on a computer: Choice: Wide (16:9), Cinema (21:9), Landscape (3:2), SquareDefault: Wide (16:9)
Video shape on a phone: Choice: Portrait (4:5), Square, Landscape (3:2), Wide (16:9)Default: Portrait (4:5)
Cover image shade: Slider, 0 to 60 %Default: 16 %A soft dark layer over the cover image that fades away while the video plays.

Autoplay: On or offDefault: OffStarts on its own, muted, while the video is on screen, and pauses when it leaves. Does not start on its own for visitors who asked for less motion.
Muted: On or offDefault: OffAlso when the play button is pressed. Autoplay is always muted.
Loop: On or offDefault: Off
Player controls: On or offDefault: OffFor an uploaded file: the browser's controls (sound, seeking, full screen) instead of the pause button and progress bar. YouTube and Vimeo always show their own control bar.
Full screen button: On or offDefault: OnFor an uploaded file, next to the progress bar. On iPhone it opens the phone's own player.
Drag the progress bar: On or offDefault: OnTap or drag the bar to move forward or back. The arrow keys move 5 seconds.

Settings every section sharesWindow, Scrolling, Spacing, Colors, Text styling

The window, scrolling, spacing and color settings work the same way in every section. Read how they work.

Attach: Choice: Separate window, Attached to the window above, Attached to the window below, Attached above and belowDefault: Separate window
Image corners: Choice: Rounded, SquareDefault: Rounded

Next section covers it on scroll: On or offDefault: OffScrolling down, this section stays in place under the header and the next section rises over it. Scrolling back reverses it. Off in the editor, for visitors who asked for reduced motion and on very short screens.

Custom spacing for this section: On or offDefault: OffOff: the section spacing from theme settings, under Layout. On: the values here, above and below this section. On phones most sections use 65% of them.
Space above: Slider, 0 to 120 pxDefault: 40 px
Space below: Slider, 0 to 120 pxDefault: 40 px
Content width: Choice: Narrow, Standard, Wide, Full widthDefault: Standard

Color scheme: Color schemeSame as the page scheme: the section sits on the page background. Another scheme gives the section its own background, as a card inside the frame. Custom colors below override the scheme.
Use custom colors for this section: On or offDefault: OffOverrides the color scheme. Empty fields follow the scheme.
Background: ColorDefault: #F1F1EF
Text: ColorEmpty: automatic. Light on a dark background, dark on a light one.
Background style: Choice: Flat color, Lit stageDefault: Flat colorLit stage: a soft light from above that fades toward the bottom, made from the section color, light or dark. On a dark color, text and buttons turn light on their own.
Light color: ColorThe soft light from the top center. Empty: white.

Custom text styling for this section: On or offDefault: OffOtherwise the section uses the theme styling. Shopify fonts do not include Hebrew, so you choose between styles that work in Hebrew.
Heading style: Choice: Theme default, Light, Bold, SerifDefault: Theme default
Heading size: Slider, 70 to 160 %Default: 100 %
Heading color: ColorEmpty: automatic, uses the section color (light on a dark background).

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