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Announcement Slider

Display one or more rotating announcements at the top of your store. Use this section for shipping offers, product drops, sale messages, or short linked notices in the header group.

Shopify theme editor showing the Fit Check Announcement slider section selected above the home page hero.
Announcement slider settings include manual or autoplay navigation, section width, background color, divider thickness, and padding controls.

Configure the Section

  1. In the theme editor, click Add section in the header area.
  2. Select Announcement slider.
  3. Add one or more Announcement blocks.
  4. Use Manual navigation when customers should control multiple messages, or Autoplay when the bar should advance automatically.

Section Settings

SettingDescription
Navigation modeManual navigation or autoplay. Default: Manual.
Navigation sizeSize of the previous/next controls. Range: 12-32px. Default: 20px.
Time to next announcementTime between slides when navigation mode is Autoplay. Range: 2-10 seconds. Default: 5s.
Section widthChoose Page width or Full width. Default: Page width.
Background colorOptional custom background. Leave Default to use the theme surface.
Divider thicknessBottom divider thickness. Range: 0-5px. Default: 0px.
Use same padding top and bottomKeep top and bottom spacing linked. Default: On.
PaddingTop and bottom padding when unified. Range: 0-100px. Default: 16px.
Top / BottomIndependent padding controls when unified padding is off. Range: 0-100px. Default: 16px each.

Blocks

Announcement Block

Add text announcements with optional links.

SettingDescription
TextThe announcement message to display.
LinkOptional URL that makes the announcement clickable.

When multiple announcement blocks are present, Manual mode shows previous/next controls and Autoplay mode advances using Time to next announcement.