Display Builder: Drupal's Unified Visual Builder

Session Category Site Building User Interface & Design Site-Building Theming, Design, & Usability Audience Intermediate

Creating the front end of your web presence in Drupal is complex. If you jump into Drupal as a new site builder, you have to learn all kinds of legacy layout systems and they're all wildly different. Canvas is shiny and new and lets you build out content, but you might still need to learn Layout Builder to let you structure across a type of entities. Block layout and associated regions are another totally distinct and unique system. And what about Views, where the editor is focused on the query but still (almost secretly) manages the layout of the output as well? So much to learn and remember just to build!

Display Builder is the answer. Its goal is to use Drupal standard practices alongsite new HTMX architecture to create a modern builder that lets you manage the display of layouts, blocks, views, and more from the same interface using the same or similar tools. Developed by the UI Suite team, it features the integration of all your favorite UI Suite systems like Icons and Styles and the inclusion of Single Directory Components. Come learn why Display Builder is such a powerful tool and how to make effective use of it across your site.