Dripyard 1.1.0 is a major release focused on advancing Canvas-first site building in Drupal and accompanies our new theme Merdian. This release introduces a new generation of layout components, expands the core component library, improves accessibility and authoring flexibility, and formalizes several long-term architectural decisions.
If you are building modern Drupal sites with Canvas, Layout Builder, and reusable components, 1.1.0 represents a meaningful step forward in both capability and clarity.
A new foundation for layouts
One of the most significant changes in 1.1.0 is the introduction of a clearer, more composable layout system designed specifically for Canvas.
- Section — a simple, single-column layout with padding, margin, and theme props.
- Grid wrapper — a 12-column grid container with configurable gutters.
- Grid cell — a flexible child component for defining column and row spans, alignment, and theme options.
Together, these components replace older dynamic layout patterns with a system that is easier to reason about, easier to teach, and more adaptable to real-world design needs.
Expanded and improved components
Dripyard 1.1.0 adds several new components and significantly enhances existing ones to support more expressive layouts without custom code.
- New background-image component for dynamic layouts, with loading and crop controls.
- New content-card, icon-list, icon-list-item, and horizontal-line components.
- Icon component enhancements including color, linking, and window control props.
- Expanded button variants including secondary, outline, bare, and danger styles.
- Optional text_max_width support for text and heading components.
- New aspect_ratio support for canvas-image.
These changes make it possible to assemble more nuanced designs directly in Canvas while keeping components small, predictable, and reusable.
Canvas and authoring improvements
Several updates in 1.1.0 focus on improving the experience of authors and editors working inside Canvas.
- Carousel autoplay support with reduced-motion awareness and play/pause controls.
- Fixes to Canvas edit mode to ensure accurate layout previews.
- Improved handling of rich text in components like icon-card.
- Better defaults for nested content in responsive view grids.
Accessibility and standards
Accessibility continues to be a core priority in Dripyard. Version 1.1.0 includes improvements to semantic markup, interactive controls, and motion handling, along with new styling support for document media types with clear file indicators.
Deprecations and long-term direction
To support a cleaner and more consistent system, several older patterns are formally deprecated in 1.1.0.
- layout-dynamic is deprecated in favor of section, grid-wrapper, and grid-cell.
- The promo component is deprecated in favor of composable layout patterns.
- Theme props have been removed from tab-group and accordion-group in favor of parent sections.
These changes are intentional and reflect a shift toward explicit composition over monolithic components.
Upgrade notes
- Review deprecated components and update layouts where appropriate.
- Clear caches after updating.
- Theme updates are recommended to fully benefit from new components and defaults.
- See the CHANGELOG in your downloaded theme for more information.
How to upgrade
Already purchased a Dripyard theme and want to get the new features?
- Backup or archive your existing site.
- Log into dripyard.com.
- On your dashboard, download the link to the theme you purchased.
- Overwrite the
dripyard_baseand[purchased_theme_name]folders - Ignore the
[purchased_theme_name_subtheme]this is what you should be customizing (or use the startekit) - Test and deploy!
Learn more
- Watch the webinar covering the 1.1.0 workflow
- Explore Dripyard themes built for Canvas
- Read more on the blog
