[PP-1] Investigate alternative approaches to moving fields in FieldLayoutBuilder::buildView()

Created on 24 January 2017, over 8 years ago

Updated 16 May 2025, 3 days ago

Problem/Motivation

#2796173: Add experimental Field Layout module to allow entity view/form modes to switch between layouts → allows for rearranging fields on entity form and entity view.
Entity forms use #group, which allows the array structure to remain unchanged, while rendering them into the regions.

That is only available to forms, not general render arrays.

Because of this, Entity view directly alters the array structure.
This increases the chances of contrib or custom code later trying to access the original location, resulting in broken functionality and possibly PHP notices.

Proposed resolution

The most straight-forward and robust solution would be to expand #group to work for all render arrays, which has an existing issue:
📌 Make #group FAPI / render feature work on all form/render #types out of the box Needs work

Should that prove too complex, consider trying something specific to entity rendering, or something on the preprocess level.

Or, this could be decided as something not worth fixing.

Remaining tasks

Decide what to do:

Postpone on generic #group issue, 📌 Make #group FAPI / render feature work on all form/render #types out of the box Needs work
Develop new approach
Close (won't fix)

User interface changes

N/A

API changes

TBD

Data model changes

N/A

📌 Task

Status

Postponed

Version

11.0 🔥

Component

field_layout.module

Created by

🇺🇸United States tim.plunkett Philadelphia

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Blocks and Layouts Initiative. See the #2811175 Add layouts to Drupal issue.

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🇳🇿New Zealand quietone
The Field Layout Module was approved for removal in 📌 [META] Enable layout builder for form displays, and deprecate field_layout Postponed .

This is Postponed. The status is set according to two policies. The Remove a core extension and move it to a contributed project → and the Extensions approved for removal → policies.

The deprecation work is in 📌 [meta] Tasks to deprecate the Field Layout module Active and the removal work in 📌 [12.x] [meta] Tasks to remove Field Layout module Postponed .

Field Layout will be moved to a contributed project after the Drupal 12.x branch is open.

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