Toolbar on hover
Question
@artf how can we show toolbar on hover. Currently toolbar is open when we select any element but I want to show it on hover. Any help would be appreciated.

Answers (3)
@sakshigarg9 ,
The only way I can help you here is to tell you to check this command https://github.com/artf/grapesjs/blob/dev/src/commands/view/SelectComponent.js (id of the command: select-comp) which is responsible for showing the toolbar. So you can try to use Commands API to extend it
@YashPrince Hi, were you able to solve this? I need a similar implementation
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