I'm trying to do some simple modification to my theme, but I can't understand why there are 2 different default.xml files, one under \vendor\magento\module-theme\view\frontend\layout\ and the other under \vendor\magento\theme-frontend-luma\Magento_Theme\layout\
If I add my default.xml under \app\design\frontend\vendor\theme\Magento_Theme\layout and the header.links block disappear.
This is my last try after dozen of it
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<page xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:View/Layout/etc/page_configuration.xsd">
<body>
<move element="top.search" destination="head.col.left" after="store_language" />
<move element="logo" destination="head.col.center" />
<move element="minicart" destination="head.col.right" />
<move element="header.panel" as="header.panel.new" destination="header.panel.wrapper" />
<move element="header.links" destination="header.panel.new" />
<referenceContainer name="top.head">
<container name="header.navi" label="Page Header Navigation top" htmlTag="div" htmlClass="container-xxl">
<block class="Magento\Framework\View\Element\Template" name="head.top" template="Magento_Theme::html/head-top.phtml"></block>
</container>
</referenceContainer>
<referenceContainer name="header.container">
<container name="header.panel.wrapper" htmlClass="middle_head" htmlTag="div" before="-">
<container name="header.panel.new" label="Page Header Panel" htmlTag="div" htmlClass="container-xxl panel wrapper">
<container name="middle.head.row" htmlClass="row panel header" htmlTag="div">
<container name="head.col.left" htmlClass="col-4 uno" htmlTag="div" after="middle.head.row">
<block class="Magento\Framework\View\Element\Template" name="skip_to_content" template="Magento_Theme::html/skip.phtml">
<arguments>
<argument name="target" xsi:type="string">contentarea</argument>
<argument name="label" translate="true" xsi:type="string">Skip to Content</argument>
</arguments>
</block>
<block class="Magento\Store\Block\Switcher" name="store_language" as="store_language" template="Magento_Store::switch/languages.phtml">
<arguments>
<argument name="view_model" xsi:type="object">Magento\Store\ViewModel\SwitcherUrlProvider</argument>
</arguments>
</block>
</container>
<container name="head.col.center" htmlClass="col-4 due" htmlTag="div" after="head.col.left">
</container>
<container name="head.col.right" htmlClass="col-4 tre" htmlTag="div" after="head.col.center">
</container>
</container>
</container>
</container>
</referenceContainer>
</body>
</page>