Changes in 7.x-2.x

This page describes the changes between 7.x-1.x and 7.x-2.x branch of Display Suite.

Upgrade warning
Do not upgrade an existing site from 7.x-1.x to 7.x-2.x. Some functionality has been changed, especially on the template level. Both branches are supported, so stick with the same branch once you have chosen one.

UX

• Menu structure overhauled.
• Layouts now have preview image, including panels.
• Contextual links on by default, only for nodes.
• When selecting a layout, default fields will be pre filled.
• Layout preview vertical tabs will always be primary, fixing the discovery problem for new users.
• All field settings on the manage display screens are now underneath the cogwheel. This makes sure that Field UI with many fields will not crash with maximum input vars, see #1870014: Admin Interface Fail: PHP max_input_vars & suhosin post variable limit with a node with lots of fields (50+)..

Frontend and developers

• HTML5 support for wrappers (layout, region AND subregion).
• Templates work on forms now as well, with more support for entities by default.
• Hide empty region option is gone. There are now fluid regions.
• Disable sidebars option has moved to extras.
• Hidden region to put fields on the build, but not print them.
• Expert template even more flexible.
• Field configured in UI can be restricted per bundle and view mode.
• DS search is now ready for Apachesolr entity support. Do not enable the Search display when using apachesolr. Only use it when using Drupal core search.
• Template suggestion names incorrect for some Panels layouts, see http://drupal.org/node/1514216
• Themes/modules can now alter entity render arrays before ds layouts are rendered, see http://drupal.org/node/1237626

New features

• Move managing of custom Display Suite fields, view modes and classes into a separate module called 'Display Suite UI'. Once everything is done, you can disable the module. All fields, view modes and classes will still be available.
• Move the Display Suite Code format to a separate module called ds_format
• Added a DS Devel module that prints out the markup of view modes
• Display Suite field permissions
• Flags support
• Views 'delta' fields
• More taxonomy formatters
• Views Displays supports hiding the title (not rewrite)

Removed features

There is no support anymore for Panels view modes. The code is gone in the 7.x-2.x branch, it will stay in the first branch for people still using it. Use the 7.x-3.x branch of Panelizer if you want to use Panels on view modes.

Screencast

Screencast Changes in Display Suite version 2