What’s New For Mobile In Drupal 8?

Drupal 8 is mobile ready right out-of-the-box. There has been a big push towards mobile functionality,

not only for the end-user, but also for admins and Drupal developers. Drupal professionals will now

have more on-the-go options for performing tasks within Drupal 8. To this end, the default admin

themes Bartik, Seven, and Stark to will now utilize responsive functionality, allowing you to administer

your Drupal 8 site from anywhere, while using any device. 

What’s New In The Drupal 8 Menu?

Initially, the most noticeable change is the updated appearance of the admin bar. The capsule shaped

menu buttons have been replaced with simple icons and text within rectangular areas. The icons in

combination with the text may seem a bit redundant, but the admin themes responsive functionality

makes the menu appear clean and uncomplicated when viewed on mobile devices. The text

disappears leaving only the icons when viewed on a mobile device. The familiar Drupal 7 menu items

have been condensed into a lone Menu area in Drupal 8. Clicking Menu causes another menu bar to

appear below the top menu. On smaller screens this menu is automatically displayed vertically.

What’s New In Drupal 8 Core?

CKEditor: Everyone’s number one Drupal 7 grievance is the lack of an out-of-the-box WYSIWYG

editor. The CKEditormodule, although by default disabled, is included as part of Drupal 8 core. In

addition the Text Editor module is included in the core, but will need to be enabled.

Email Field - Automatic validation of email address formats, and generation of a mailto: link. Handy.

Entity Reference Field: This CCK field type facilitates the creation of relationships between various

content types. What wasNode Reference in Drupal 6, and just Reference in Drupal 7, is now Entity

Reference Field. ERF is provides an efficient way to link any defined entity, not just nodes. You define

it; ERF can link it.

Picture – Automatically resizes images for display within an HTML5 responsive environment.

Telephone Field – This module creates a tel:  link when displayed. Convenient for Skype, Google

Voice, and the like.

Views: Everyone needs it, everyone uses it, and up until now everyone had to install it. Finally Drupal

core includes Views!

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