[META] Layout builder editorial improvements

Created on 19 May 2023, over 1 year ago
Updated 30 August 2023, about 1 year ago

Layout builder is a great tool, but out of the box there is a number of issues that can make it difficult for editors to use. Especially when the editors are not familiar with Drupal terms. Most of these issues can be resolved by contrib modules, but are valid inclusions to core.

The list of available blocks in Layout Builder is overwhelming

The options provided for blocks are not well understood by editors

Placing fields is difficult for editors because they don't know what formatter settings or other very Drupal-centric configuration are.

Editorial UX challenges

Editors are not satisfied with the current UIs used for selecting and editing blocks:

Navigating between the two UIs (Edit and Layout) is confusing:

Moving sections requires recreating them and moving blocks between them:

Changins sections requires recreating them and moving blocks between them:

It is hard to understand what is behind each of the blocks:
For example, if there is a textfield without a label, the user would "just have to know" what field it is because the UI does not display what type of block it is.

🌱 Plan
Status

Active

Version

11.0 🔥

Component
Layout builder 

Last updated about 5 hours ago

Created by

🇳🇿New Zealand danielveza Brisbane, AU

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