Dripyard Releases 1.1.0 With New Canvas Layout Architecture for Drupal

The 1.1.0 release is targeted at teams building Drupal sites with Canvas, Layout Builder, and component-driven design systems. According to Dripyard, the update represents a significant step forward in how layouts are composed, authored, and maintained across projects.

At the core of the release is a new, composable layout foundation built specifically for Canvas. This system replaces older dynamic layout patterns with three clearly defined components:

• Section, a single-column layout with configurable padding, margins, and theme properties
• Grid wrapper, a 12-column grid container with adjustable gutters
• Grid cell, a flexible child component for defining column spans, alignment, and visual options

Dripyard says this approach makes layouts easier to understand, easier to teach, and more adaptable to real-world design requirements.

Version 1.1.0 also expands the core component library. New additions include a background-image component with loading and crop controls, content cards, icon lists, icon list items, and horizontal rules. Existing components have been enhanced with new icon controls, additional button variants, optional text width constraints, and aspect ratio support for canvas images.

Authoring improvements focus on usability within Canvas. These include carousel autoplay with reduced-motion awareness, more accurate layout previews in edit mode, improved rich-text handling, and better defaults for nested responsive grids.

Accessibility remains a priority in this release, with improvements to semantic markup, interactive controls, motion handling, and clearer styling for document-based media with visible file indicators.

To support a cleaner long-term architecture, Dripyard 1.1.0 formally deprecates several older patterns. The layout-dynamic system is deprecated in favour of the new section and grid components, the promo component is replaced by composable layouts, and theme properties have been removed from certain grouped components in favour of parent-level control.

Dripyard recommends that existing users review deprecated components, clear caches after updating, and apply theme updates to take full advantage of the new defaults. Detailed upgrade guidance is provided in the theme changelog and user dashboard.