Display Builder Beta 2 Released with New Features and Tutorial Video

The newly released tutorial video demonstrates how to install the module via Composer, enable it within Drupal, and configure themes to work with the builder. The walkthrough also shows how page layouts and entity displays can be created visually through the interface. The module’s integration with Single Directory Components (SDC) is positioned as part of a modern design system workflow.

Beta 2 introduces support for standard Drupal Layout plugins inside the builder. Layout regions function as component slots, while layout settings behave like configurable properties. The release also introduces a generic island region UI panel system designed to support future UI scalability and extensibility.

The Layers panel now displays configuration summaries alongside styling properties, helping site builders better understand component setup directly inside the visual interface. Page Layout entities can now be duplicated using a new cloning function, allowing faster creation of layout variants.

Several stability and usability improvements are included. The release fixes keyboard shortcut conflicts where the builder intercepted browser shortcuts, resolves issues with role-based visibility where components could disappear incorrectly, and addresses a fatal error affecting JSON API data access. Configuration handling has also been refined to reduce storage bloat and prevent PHP warnings.

Additional UI refinements include removing the confusing “Current theme” condition and relaxing permissions for viewing Page Layout collections.