Sense theme: I am wondering if anyone would know how to change the multicolumn secondary...

Store Design
, , ,
1

The multicolumn section has an option to use a secondary column background colour for each little block, but I was hoping to change that colour of that for EACH block to help make the site more colourful. Any ideas? Site is coldpow.com and an example would be on the homepage, under HOW TO POW… you’ll notice 4 little blocks in a light grey, which is fine, but below there is a section MEET THE SQUAD, and ideally I’d like to be able to change the background of those light grey areas, but a different colour for EACH one.

2

Okay so there’s two ways to do this, one if you want this only for the home page we can do this with just css which is more static way.

The other way is to include a setting of adding a color to each block with liquid setting and then populate that with the background color with css which is more dynamic. This gives you more power, whenever you add multicolumn section you can choose to have different colors for each blocks

3

I see. I think the second option then.

4

Have you like added or modified any code yet on your theme specifically for the multicolumn section, may be you or by someone?

5

Hey assuming you haven’t made any changes here is the multicolumn.liquid code. This now has a color setting to choose inside ach column.

{{ ‘section-multicolumn.css’ | asset_url | stylesheet_tag }}
{{ ‘component-slider.css’ | asset_url | stylesheet_tag }}

{%- style -%}
.section-{{ section.id }}-padding {
padding-top: {{ section.settings.padding_top | times: 0.75 | round: 0 }}px;
padding-bottom: {{ section.settings.padding_bottom | times: 0.75 | round: 0 }}px;
}

@media screen and (min-width: 750px) {
.section-{{ section.id }}-padding {
padding-top: {{ section.settings.padding_top }}px;
padding-bottom: {{ section.settings.padding_bottom }}px;
}
}
{%- endstyle -%}

{%- liquid
assign columns_mobile_int = section.settings.columns_mobile | plus: 0
assign show_mobile_slider = false
if section.settings.swipe_on_mobile and section.blocks.size > columns_mobile_int
assign show_mobile_slider = true
endif
-%}

{%- unless section.settings.title == blank -%}

{{ section.settings.title }}

{%- if section.settings.button_label != blank and show_mobile_slider -%} {{- section.settings.button_label | escape -}} {%- endif -%}
{%- endunless -%}
    {%- liquid assign highest_ratio = 0 for block in section.blocks if block.settings.image.aspect_ratio > highest_ratio assign highest_ratio = block.settings.image.aspect_ratio endif endfor -%} {%- for block in section.blocks -%} {%- assign empty_column = '' -%} {%- if block.settings.image == blank and block.settings.title == blank and block.settings.text == blank and block.settings.link_label == blank -%} {%- assign empty_column = ' multicolumn-list__item--empty' -%} {%- endif -%}
  • {%- if block.settings.image != blank -%} {% if section.settings.image_ratio == 'adapt' or section.settings.image_ratio == 'circle' %} {% assign spaced_image = true %} {% endif %}
    {%- liquid assign number_of_columns = section.settings.columns_desktop assign number_of_columns_mobile = section.settings.columns_mobile assign grid_space_desktop = number_of_columns | minus: 1 | times: settings.spacing_grid_horizontal | plus: 100 | append: 'px' assign grid_space_tablet = number_of_columns_mobile | minus: 1 | times: settings.spacing_grid_horizontal | plus: 100 | append: 'px' assign grid_space_mobile = number_of_columns_mobile | minus: 1 | times: settings.spacing_grid_horizontal | divided_by: 2 | plus: 30 | append: 'px' if section.settings.image_width == 'half' assign image_width = 0.5 elsif section.settings.image_width == 'third' assign image_width = 0.33 else assign image_width = 1 endif -%} {% capture sizes %} (min-width: {{ settings.page_width }}px) calc(({{ settings.page_width }}px - {{ grid_space_desktop }}) * {{ image_width }} / {{ number_of_columns }}), (min-width: 990px) calc((100vw - {{ grid_space_desktop }}) * {{ image_width }} / {{ number_of_columns }}), (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - {{ grid_space_tablet }}) * {{ image_width }} / {{ number_of_columns_mobile }}), calc((100vw - {{ grid_space_mobile }}) * {{ image_width }} / {{ number_of_columns_mobile }}) {% endcapture %} {{ block.settings.image | image_url: width: 3200 | image_tag: widths: '50, 75, 100, 150, 200, 300, 400, 500, 750, 1000, 1250, 1500, 1750, 2000, 2250, 2500, 2750, 3000, 3200', sizes: sizes, class: 'multicolumn-card__image' }}
    {%- endif -%}
    {%- if block.settings.title != blank -%}

    {{ block.settings.title }}

    {%- endif -%} {%- if block.settings.text != blank -%}
    {{ block.settings.text }}
    {%- endif -%} {%- if block.settings.link_label != blank -%} {{- block.settings.link_label | escape -}}  {{ 'icon-arrow.svg' | inline_asset_content }} {%- endif -%}
    • {%- endfor -%}

{%- if show_mobile_slider -%}

{{ 'icon-caret.svg' | inline_asset_content }}
1 / {{ 'general.slider.of' | t }} {{ section.blocks.size }}
{{ 'icon-caret.svg' | inline_asset_content }}
{%- endif -%}
{%- if section.settings.button_label != blank -%} {{ section.settings.button_label | escape }} {%- endif -%}

{% schema %}
{
“name”: “t:sections.multicolumn.name”,
“class”: “section”,
“tag”: “section”,
“disabled_on”: {
“groups”: [“header”, “footer”]
},
“settings”: [
{
“type”: “inline_richtext”,
“id”: “title”,
“default”: “t:sections.multicolumn.settings.title.default”,
“label”: “t:sections.multicolumn.settings.title.label”
},
{
“type”: “select”,
“id”: “heading_size”,
“options”: [
{
“value”: “h2”,
“label”: “t:sections.all.heading_size.options__1.label”
},
{
“value”: “h1”,
“label”: “t:sections.all.heading_size.options__2.label”
},
{
“value”: “h0”,
“label”: “t:sections.all.heading_size.options__3.label”
},
{
“value”: “hxl”,
“label”: “t:sections.all.heading_size.options__4.label”
},
{
“value”: “hxxl”,
“label”: “t:sections.all.heading_size.options__5.label”
}
],
“default”: “h1”,
“label”: “t:sections.all.heading_size.label”
},
{
“type”: “select”,
“id”: “image_width”,
“options”: [
{
“value”: “third”,
“label”: “t:sections.multicolumn.settings.image_width.options__1.label”
},
{
“value”: “half”,
“label”: “t:sections.multicolumn.settings.image_width.options__2.label”
},
{
“value”: “full”,
“label”: “t:sections.multicolumn.settings.image_width.options__3.label”
}
],
“default”: “full”,
“label”: “t:sections.multicolumn.settings.image_width.label”
},
{
“type”: “select”,
“id”: “image_ratio”,
“options”: [
{
“value”: “adapt”,
“label”: “t:sections.multicolumn.settings.image_ratio.options__1.label”
},
{
“value”: “portrait”,
“label”: “t:sections.multicolumn.settings.image_ratio.options__2.label”
},
{
“value”: “square”,
“label”: “t:sections.multicolumn.settings.image_ratio.options__3.label”
},
{
“value”: “circle”,
“label”: “t:sections.multicolumn.settings.image_ratio.options__4.label”
}
],
“default”: “adapt”,
“label”: “t:sections.multicolumn.settings.image_ratio.label”
},
{
“type”: “range”,
“id”: “columns_desktop”,
“min”: 1,
“max”: 6,
“step”: 1,
“default”: 3,
“label”: “t:sections.multicolumn.settings.columns_desktop.label”
},
{
“type”: “select”,
“id”: “column_alignment”,
“options”: [
{
“value”: “left”,
“label”: “t:sections.multicolumn.settings.column_alignment.options__1.label”
},
{
“value”: “center”,
“label”: “t:sections.multicolumn.settings.column_alignment.options__2.label”
}
],
“default”: “left”,
“label”: “t:sections.multicolumn.settings.column_alignment.label”
},
{
“type”: “select”,
“id”: “background_style”,
“options”: [
{
“value”: “none”,
“label”: “t:sections.multicolumn.settings.background_style.options__1.label”
},
{
“value”: “primary”,
“label”: “t:sections.multicolumn.settings.background_style.options__2.label”
}
],
“default”: “primary”,
“label”: “t:sections.multicolumn.settings.background_style.label”
},
{
“type”: “text”,
“id”: “button_label”,
“default”: “t:sections.multicolumn.settings.button_label.default”,
“label”: “t:sections.multicolumn.settings.button_label.label”
},
{
“type”: “url”,
“id”: “button_link”,
“label”: “t:sections.multicolumn.settings.button_link.label”
},
{
“type”: “color_scheme”,
“id”: “color_scheme”,
“label”: “t:sections.all.colors.label”,
“default”: “scheme-1”
},
{
“type”: “header”,
“content”: “t:sections.multicolumn.settings.header_mobile.content”
},
{
“type”: “select”,
“id”: “columns_mobile”,
“options”: [
{
“value”: “1”,
“label”: “t:sections.multicolumn.settings.columns_mobile.options__1.label”
},
{
“value”: “2”,
“label”: “t:sections.multicolumn.settings.columns_mobile.options__2.label”
}
],
“default”: “1”,
“label”: “t:sections.multicolumn.settings.columns_mobile.label”
},
{
“type”: “checkbox”,
“id”: “swipe_on_mobile”,
“default”: false,
“label”: “t:sections.multicolumn.settings.swipe_on_mobile.label”
},
{
“type”: “header”,
“content”: “t:sections.all.padding.section_padding_heading”
},
{
“type”: “range”,
“id”: “padding_top”,
“min”: 0,
“max”: 100,
“step”: 4,
“unit”: “px”,
“label”: “t:sections.all.padding.padding_top”,
“default”: 36
},
{
“type”: “range”,
“id”: “padding_bottom”,
“min”: 0,
“max”: 100,
“step”: 4,
“unit”: “px”,
“label”: “t:sections.all.padding.padding_bottom”,
“default”: 36
}
],
“blocks”: [
{
“type”: “column”,
“name”: “t:sections.multicolumn.blocks.column.name”,
“settings”: [
{
“type”: “color”,
“id”: “block_bg”,
“label”: “Select color for this block”
},
{
“type”: “image_picker”,
“id”: “image”,
“label”: “t:sections.multicolumn.blocks.column.settings.image.label”
},
{
“type”: “inline_richtext”,
“id”: “title”,
“default”: “t:sections.multicolumn.blocks.column.settings.title.default”,
“label”: “t:sections.multicolumn.blocks.column.settings.title.label”
},
{
“type”: “richtext”,
“id”: “text”,
“default”: “t:sections.multicolumn.blocks.column.settings.text.default”,
“label”: “t:sections.multicolumn.blocks.column.settings.text.label”
},
{
“type”: “text”,
“id”: “link_label”,
“label”: “t:sections.multicolumn.blocks.column.settings.link_label.label”
},
{
“type”: “url”,
“id”: “link”,
“label”: “t:sections.multicolumn.blocks.column.settings.link.label”
}
]
}
],
“presets”: [
{
“name”: “t:sections.multicolumn.presets.name”,
“blocks”: [
{
“type”: “column”
},
{
“type”: “column”
},
{
“type”: “column”
}
]
}
]
}
{% endschema %}

I am on sense v15.2. Please always duplicate the theme and try your changes there, if its okay you can publish it.

6

You can do that by replacing the code of your multicolumn.liquid liquid with this code

{{ 'section-multicolumn.css' | asset_url | stylesheet_tag }}
{{ 'component-slider.css' | asset_url | stylesheet_tag }}

{%- style -%}
  .section-{{ section.id }}-padding {
    padding-top: {{ section.settings.padding_top | times: 0.75 | round: 0 }}px;
    padding-bottom: {{ section.settings.padding_bottom | times: 0.75 | round: 0 }}px;
  }

  @media screen and (min-width: 750px) {
    .section-{{ section.id }}-padding {
      padding-top: {{ section.settings.padding_top }}px;
      padding-bottom: {{ section.settings.padding_bottom }}px;
    }
  }
{%- endstyle -%}

{%- liquid
  assign columns_mobile_int = section.settings.columns_mobile | plus: 0
  assign show_mobile_slider = false
  if section.settings.swipe_on_mobile and section.blocks.size > columns_mobile_int
    assign show_mobile_slider = true
  endif
-%}

  

    {%- unless section.settings.title == blank -%}
      

        ## 
          {{ section.settings.title }}
        
        {%- if section.settings.button_label != blank and show_mobile_slider -%}
          
            {{- section.settings.button_label | escape -}}
          
        {%- endif -%}
      

    {%- endunless -%}
    
    

      {%- if section.settings.button_label != blank -%}
        
          {{ section.settings.button_label | escape }}
        
      {%- endif -%}
    

  

{% schema %}
{
  "name": "t:sections.multicolumn.name",
  "class": "section",
  "tag": "section",
  "disabled_on": {
    "groups": ["header", "footer"]
  },
  "settings": [
    {
      "type": "inline_richtext",
      "id": "title",
      "default": "t:sections.multicolumn.settings.title.default",
      "label": "t:sections.multicolumn.settings.title.label"
    },
    {
      "type": "select",
      "id": "heading_size",
      "options": [
        {
          "value": "h2",
          "label": "t:sections.all.heading_size.options__1.label"
        },
        {
          "value": "h1",
          "label": "t:sections.all.heading_size.options__2.label"
        },
        {
          "value": "h0",
          "label": "t:sections.all.heading_size.options__3.label"
        },
        {
          "value": "hxl",
          "label": "t:sections.all.heading_size.options__4.label"
        },
        {
          "value": "hxxl",
          "label": "t:sections.all.heading_size.options__5.label"
        }
      ],
      "default": "h1",
      "label": "t:sections.all.heading_size.label"
    },
    {
      "type": "header",
      "content": "t:sections.multicolumn.settings.header_image.content"
    },    
    {
      "type": "select",
      "id": "image_width",
      "options": [
        {
          "value": "third",
          "label": "t:sections.multicolumn.settings.image_width.options__1.label"
        },
        {
          "value": "half",
          "label": "t:sections.multicolumn.settings.image_width.options__2.label"
        },
        {
          "value": "full",
          "label": "t:sections.multicolumn.settings.image_width.options__3.label"
        }
      ],
      "default": "full",
      "label": "t:sections.multicolumn.settings.image_width.label"
    },
    {
      "type": "select",
      "id": "image_ratio",
      "options": [
        {
          "value": "adapt",
          "label": "t:sections.multicolumn.settings.image_ratio.options__1.label"
        },
        {
          "value": "portrait",
          "label": "t:sections.multicolumn.settings.image_ratio.options__2.label"
        },
        {
          "value": "square",
          "label": "t:sections.multicolumn.settings.image_ratio.options__3.label"
        },
        {
          "value": "circle",
          "label": "t:sections.multicolumn.settings.image_ratio.options__4.label"
        }
      ],
      "default": "adapt",
      "label": "t:sections.multicolumn.settings.image_ratio.label"
    },
    {
      "type": "header",
      "content": "t:sections.multicolumn.settings.header_button.content"
    },    
    {
      "type": "text",
      "id": "button_label",
      "default": "t:sections.multicolumn.settings.button_label.default",
      "label": "t:sections.multicolumn.settings.button_label.label", 
      "info": "t:sections.multicolumn.settings.button_label.info"
    },
    {
      "type": "url",
      "id": "button_link",
      "label": "t:sections.multicolumn.settings.button_link.label"
    },    
    {
      "type": "header",
      "content": "t:sections.multicolumn.settings.header_layout.content"
    },     
    {
      "type": "range",
      "id": "columns_desktop",
      "min": 1,
      "max": 6,
      "step": 1,
      "default": 3,
      "label": "t:sections.multicolumn.settings.columns_desktop.label"
    },
    {
      "type": "select",
      "id": "column_alignment",
      "options": [
        {
          "value": "left",
          "label": "t:sections.multicolumn.settings.column_alignment.options__1.label"
        },
        {
          "value": "center",
          "label": "t:sections.multicolumn.settings.column_alignment.options__2.label"
        }
      ],
      "default": "left",
      "label": "t:sections.multicolumn.settings.column_alignment.label"
    },
    {
      "type": "select",
      "id": "background_style",
      "options": [
        {
          "value": "none",
          "label": "t:sections.multicolumn.settings.background_style.options__1.label"
        },
        {
          "value": "primary",
          "label": "t:sections.multicolumn.settings.background_style.options__2.label"
        }
      ],
      "default": "primary",
      "label": "t:sections.multicolumn.settings.background_style.label"
    },
    {
      "type": "color_scheme",
      "id": "color_scheme",
      "label": "t:sections.all.colors.label",
      "default": "scheme-1"
    },    
    {
      "type": "header",
      "content": "t:sections.multicolumn.settings.header_mobile.content"
    },
    {
      "type": "select",
      "id": "columns_mobile",
      "options": [
        {
          "value": "1",
          "label": "t:sections.multicolumn.settings.columns_mobile.options__1.label"
        },
        {
          "value": "2",
          "label": "t:sections.multicolumn.settings.columns_mobile.options__2.label"
        }
      ],
      "default": "1",
      "label": "t:sections.multicolumn.settings.columns_mobile.label"
    },
    {
      "type": "checkbox",
      "id": "swipe_on_mobile",
      "default": false,
      "label": "t:sections.multicolumn.settings.swipe_on_mobile.label"
    },
    {
      "type": "header",
      "content": "t:sections.all.padding.section_padding_heading"
    },
    {
      "type": "range",
      "id": "padding_top",
      "min": 0,
      "max": 100,
      "step": 4,
      "unit": "px",
      "label": "t:sections.all.padding.padding_top",
      "default": 36
    },
    {
      "type": "range",
      "id": "padding_bottom",
      "min": 0,
      "max": 100,
      "step": 4,
      "unit": "px",
      "label": "t:sections.all.padding.padding_bottom",
      "default": 36
    }
  ],
  "blocks": [
    {
      "type": "column",
      "name": "t:sections.multicolumn.blocks.column.name",
      "settings": [
        {
          "type": "image_picker",
          "id": "image",
          "label": "t:sections.multicolumn.blocks.column.settings.image.label"
        },
        {
          "type": "color_scheme",
          "id": "color_scheme_column",
          "label": "Background of column",
          "default": "scheme-1"
        },         
        {
          "type": "inline_richtext",
          "id": "title",
          "default": "t:sections.multicolumn.blocks.column.settings.title.default",
          "label": "t:sections.multicolumn.blocks.column.settings.title.label"
        },
        {
          "type": "richtext",
          "id": "text",
          "default": "t:sections.multicolumn.blocks.column.settings.text.default",
          "label": "t:sections.multicolumn.blocks.column.settings.text.label"
        },
        {
          "type": "text",
          "id": "link_label",
          "label": "t:sections.multicolumn.blocks.column.settings.link_label.label",
          "info": "t:sections.multicolumn.blocks.column.settings.link_label.info"
        },
        {
          "type": "url",
          "id": "link",
          "label": "t:sections.multicolumn.blocks.column.settings.link.label"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "presets": [
    {
      "name": "t:sections.multicolumn.presets.name",
      "blocks": [
        {
          "type": "column"
        },
        {
          "type": "column"
        },
        {
          "type": "column"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
{% endschema %}

Then you have the option to select a background for each column when selecting a Column.

Screenshot 2025-06-25 at 08.51.50.png
Screenshot 2025-06-25 at 08.51.50.png3904×1850 609 KB

7

Can easily do it using “Custom CSS” setting of this section:

.multicolumn-list__item:nth-child(1) .multicolumn-card {
  --color-background: 255 0 0 / 0.6;
}
.multicolumn-list__item:nth-child(2) .multicolumn-card {
  --color-background: 0 255 0;
}
.multicolumn-list__item:nth-child(3) .multicolumn-card {
  --color-background: 0 0 255 / 0.5;
}

Screenshot 2025-06-25 at 5.49.13 PM.png
Screenshot 2025-06-25 at 5.49.13 PM.png1300×681 384 KB

nth-child(*) targets respective block and --color-background value must be suitable for rgb() CSS function.

Obviously, can add more similar rules if more blocks.

Does not require any code modification and they will make your future theme updates complex.