Move Layer up & down with arrows
In the core, there is no such functionality but for sure you can add your buttons and use the API to move components up and down
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Can we move layers up and down with arrows or with buttons? This will be helpful in mobile to move the layers.
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In the core, there is no such functionality but for sure you can add your buttons and use the API to move components up and down
@artf thanks for the reply and grapesjs is awesome, great work. I went through the API but not able to find out which one to use. Can you please help me out which api should I use?
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