Field Settings Display
This module allows administrators to configure how field editing and deletion forms open, offering options like a modal dialog, an off-canvas tray, or a full page. This provides more flexibility and a better user experience for managing field configurations, with site-wide defaults and per-bundle overrides.
Choose how Drupal's Edit field and Delete field forms open: as the standard modal dialog, as an off-canvas tray, or as a full page. Site default with per-bundle overrides.
Features
Drupal core's Field UI opens the Edit field and Delete field forms in a centered modal dialog. For long field configuration forms, the modal feels cramped and strips away the surrounding manage-fields context. This module gives site builders three choices and lets each bundle pick its own:
- Modal dialog — the existing Drupal default, untouched.
- Off-canvas tray — same dialog renderer Settings Tray and Layout Builder use.
- Full page — opens as a normal page with breadcrumbs and local tasks intact.
Site-wide default is configured at /admin/config/user-interface/field-settings-display. Per-bundle overrides appear on every Field UI-enabled bundle's configuration form.
Post-Installation
After enabling the module:
- Visit Administration → Configuration → User Interface → Field settings display.
- Pick a default mode and save. The default of Modal dialog preserves core's current behavior.
- To override a single bundle, edit that bundle's configuration form (Content type, Vocabulary, Media type, etc.) and pick a mode under Field settings. Site default means no override is recorded.