Welcome to the second edition of Pitchburgh Diaries, a fortnightly update on our progress as we work on our plan for a decoupled Layout Builder using React.

by
lee.rowlands
/ 13 October 2023

Last fortnight's edition

This fortnight we've been focused on completing the API/persistence layer finalized and solidifying the APIs for the front-end components.

But before we get into the details, here's a demo of work so far ✨

Highlights of deliverables for this fortnight:

• Finalised the API
• Added an API for React Widget components plus a Widget manager
• Added a settings tray
• Added support for settings form to React Block components
• Added a document outline with drag and drop support
• Added a footer component that shows breadcrumbs
• Plain text widget
• Rich text widget powered by CKEditor
• Edit and select document modes
• Drag and drop to add new section or block

Our next steps are:

• Finalise documentation and release the front end code so others can start contributing widgets/formatters/blocks and layouts
• Make sidebar panes (left and right) pluggable as an extension point
• Implement save in the front-end (with autosave on idle)
• Implement block/region restrictions in front-end (aka Layout Builder restrictions support) - this already exists in the API.
• Support settings tray for section plugins
• Wire up to Drupal using drupalSettings and plugin definitions
• Undo/Redo support

Tagged

Layout Builder, Pitchburgh