Embellishments theme settings
The Embellishments theme settings set Highlight's image reveal effect and turn on breadcrumbs and the go to top button.
Applies to: Highlight 4.1.0 and later. Added in: Highlight 1.0.0. Last checked: 2026-10-13 against Highlight 4.1.0.
The Embellishments theme settings add finishing touches to every page: how images appear as they load, a breadcrumb trail and a button that scrolls back to the top.
Where to find it: Theme settings → Embellishments
Image reveal effect
Image reveal effect sets how images appear as they load while the customer scrolls:
- Mask (the default) uncovers each image with a short moving mask.
- Opacity fades each image in.
On phones Highlight always uses the fade, for speed. The Single and Brush presets use Opacity on every screen.
Breadcrumbs and go to top
- Show breadcrumb adds a trail of links below the header, for example Home / Collections / Shirts. It does not show on the home page or the 404 page.
- Show 'go to top' button adds a small round arrow button in the bottom corner of the screen. It appears after the customer scrolls down 500 px and scrolls the page back to the top. Highlight has had it since 3.0.0.
Why do images fade in instead of the mask effect on my phone?
Because Highlight always uses the opacity fade on phones (screens narrower than 600 px), whatever you choose in Image reveal effect. The mask effect shows on larger screens only. This is by design, not a setting.
Where do breadcrumbs appear?
On every page except the home page and the 404 page: collection, product and search pages, and also blogs, articles, regular pages, the cart and account pages. On product pages the trail shows the collection the customer came from when Theme settings → SEO & performance → Improve product breadcrumb navigation is on; see SEO and performance theme settings.
All Embellishments settings
Every setting, with its type and default.
Image reveal effect (dropdown, default: Mask): Sets how images appear as they load: Mask uncovers each image with a moving mask, Opacity fades it in. Phones always use the fade, for performance. Options: Mask, Opacity.
Show breadcrumb (checkbox, default: off): Shows a breadcrumb trail below the header on every page except the home page and the 404 page.
Show 'go to top' button (checkbox, default: off): Shows a round arrow button in the bottom corner of the screen after the customer scrolls down 500 px; it scrolls back to the top.
Related pages
- SEO and performance theme settings: Improve product breadcrumb navigation.
- Highlight presets: which presets use Mask or Opacity.
- Highlight's unique features: the effects that make Highlight different.
Cart theme settings
The Cart theme settings choose a cart drawer or cart page in Highlight, and set notes, discounts, terms checkbox, thumbnails and the free shipping bar.
SEO and performance theme settings
The SEO and performance theme settings remove Highlight's microdata, add collections to product breadcrumbs and preload pages on hover.