Drag component with its parent
Hi artf, I would like to start by thanking you for the great work you've done. Second, I would like to know if there is a possible way to move a component with its parent(s) when dragging it from a cell to another? The reason why I am asking this is that I created a button block that renders a table contains a link co...
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Hi artf, I would like to start by thanking you for the great work you've done. Second, I would like to know if there is a possible way to move a component with its parent(s) when dragging it from a cell to another? The reason why I am asking this is that I created a button block that renders a tabl...
Well if you need to move the entire parent it doesn't make sense to let the user moving that component, so just make it draggable: false
<table> <tbody> <tr> <td> <a data-gjs-type="link" data-gjs-draggable="false" href="https://google.com/">Primary Button</a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>
I need to revisit this old topic. I now have the same requirement. Which in my opinion is valid. @artf If I set the component to draggable: false, I simply cannot move the component, which is not a solution. The user then does not know that the component is draggable via the parent, so it would be...
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