What's new

Vertex now ships with a complete dark mode. Toggle between light and dark themes with a single click. All 50+ sections have been carefully redesigned for dark backgrounds with proper contrast ratios.

• Added automatic theme detection based on system preference
• Custom toggle component with smooth transition animation
• All color tokens mapped to CSS custom properties for easy customization
• Updated documentation with dark mode setup guide

Major performance improvements to the Motion scroll animation plugin. Animations are now 40% faster with significantly less memory usage, especially on pages with many animated elements.

• Replaced per-element scroll listeners with a single IntersectionObserver
• Added GPU-accelerated transforms for all animation types
• Reduced bundle size from 12kb to 7.8kb (gzipped)
• Fixed animation stutter on Safari when combining parallax and fade effects

The Aurora portfolio template now includes fully designed blog listing, blog detail, and case study pages. Each page supports CMS collections out of the box.

• Blog listing page with category filters and search
• Blog detail page with table of contents and related posts
• Case study template with metrics, gallery, and testimonials
• All pages fully responsive and CMS-ready

Several community-reported issues have been resolved in the Starter Kit design system.

• Fixed button component padding inconsistency at mobile breakpoints
• Fixed dropdown menu not closing on outside click in Safari
• Corrected color token values for neutral-100 and neutral-200
• Updated typography scale to use rem values instead of px

Introducing FormKit: 30+ form components designed for Framer. Includes inputs, selects, toggles, checkboxes, radio buttons, sliders, file uploads, and multi-step form layouts.

• 30+ form components with light and dark variants
• Built-in validation states (error, success, disabled)
• Accessible by default with proper ARIA labels and keyboard navigation
• Multi-step form wizard component with progress indicator

Completely redesigned the checkout flow in the Flux e-commerce template. The new design reduces steps from 4 to 2 and includes a progress indicator.

• Streamlined 2-step checkout with inline validation
• Added guest checkout option
• New order summary sidebar with real-time updates
• Improved mobile checkout experience with sticky CTA

A round of fixes across multiple products based on community feedback.

• Prism: Fixed hero section text overlap on iPad landscape
• Nebula: Resolved chart component rendering issue with zero values
• Horizon: Fixed newsletter form submission not clearing input field
• NavPack: Corrected mega menu z-index conflict with hero overlays
• Boost SEO: Fixed sitemap generation failing on pages with special characters

All templates and components have been audited and updated for WCAG 2.1 AA compliance. This includes contrast ratios, keyboard navigation, screen reader support, and reduced motion preferences.

• All interactive elements now have visible focus indicators
• Added prefers-reduced-motion media query support to all animations
• Improved color contrast across all text and background combinations
• Added proper heading hierarchy and landmark regions to all templates
• Screen reader announcements for dynamic content changes

Introducing Glow, a new plugin for adding visual effects to any Framer project. Add glassmorphism, gradient meshes, grain textures, and glow effects with a single click.

• 8 one-click visual effects presets
• Customizable glassmorphism with blur, opacity, and border controls
• Animated gradient mesh backgrounds with color picker
• Film grain overlay with adjustable intensity and blend mode

Fixed an issue where the mobile hamburger menu was not closing properly after navigating to an anchor link on the same page.

• Mobile menu now closes on anchor link click
• Added body scroll lock when menu is open
• Fixed menu animation glitch on iOS 17