When a component is clicked is there a hook to know when the traits have rendered.
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Hey Grapes Community, When a component is clicked from within canvas is there a hook or event to know when the traits have rendered in view container for the selected component?
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Perfect, Thank you!
Hi there! When a component is clicked `component:selected` is the event you are looking for. more on this hereto know when the traits have rendered in view container based on the nature of the the suggested event, you will receive the model of the selected component as an argument, this way you can...
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