Drupal's Views module has always been a cornerstone of our content architectures at UI Suite, but its display building interface can be cumbersome. With the display_builder_views module, our developers now have a much more intuitive and visual way to arrange the different parts of a View's display.

A Better Experience for Building Views

After activating Display Builder for a specific View display, we get access to a familiar builder interface. Inside the "Block Library" panel, we see new sources specific to Views, such as "View: Exposed form," "View: Header," "View: Rows," and "View: Pager." Instead of navigating through the complex Views UI, we can now simply drag and drop these elements into our layout. This makes it incredibly easy to, for example, place the exposed form in a sidebar or wrap the results in a custom SDC component.

This integration fundamentally changes how we approach Views theming. It separates the query building (filters, sorts) from the display building. While we still use the core Views UI to define our data sets, we now use the much more flexible Display Builder interface to control the final presentation. It's a powerful combination that saves our team time and opens up new creative possibilities for displaying dynamic content.