Issue #3286πŸ’¬ AnsweredOpened Feb 23, 2021by abulka0 reactions

Codemirror custom keys and addons

Quick answerby abulka

I finally got the Grapesjs bundled commentRange to work - it must be invoked directly cm.commentRange not via cm.execCommand. Furthermore, it takes parameters. Thus I was able to get some commenting working, as long as you select the area you want commented: Any chance Grapesjs could expose the CodeMirror function? (n...

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Is there a way of adding shortcut keys and add-ons for the built in Codemirror editor? I especially want a commenting hot key. There are various plugins that use the Grapesjs editor, incl. https://github.com/artf/grapesjs/issues/324#issuecomment-330571539 and the custom html code plugins https://github.com/Ju99ernaut/grapesjs-script-editor and https://github.com/ryandeba/grapesjs-html-block which could all benefit from this. Whilst there is a way to pass in the normal Codemirror customisation options, invoking addons doesn't seem to work e.g. The shortcut keys fire ok, but the cm.execCommand(...

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abulkaβ€’ Feb 23, 2021

I finally got the Grapesjs bundled commentRange to work - it must be invoked directly cm.commentRange not via cm.execCommand. Furthermore, it takes parameters. Thus I was able to get some commenting working, as long as you select the area you want commented: Any chance Grapesjs could expose the Cod...

artfβ€’ Mar 3, 2021

Yeah, I think it's not a problem exposing it in CodeMirrorEditor.js

GJSBlockβ€’ May 17, 2026

Thanks for reporting this, @abulka. Security and dependency issues are important. The GrapesJS team actively works on keeping dependencies up-to-date. For you right now: Run npm audit fix to see available patches Check for a newer GrapesJS version that may have already addressed this If available,...

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