Issue #3392πŸ’¬ AnsweredOpened Apr 7, 2021by rywilson280 reactions

Allow dynamic droppable configuration using a function

Quick answerby rywilson28

Associated PR: https://github.com/artf/grapesjs/pull/3393

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Question

I have a requirement where I cannot use selectors to determine if an element is droppable. For example: The "child" component must be within a "parent" component, however if the child component contains a ref attribute it can only be dragged into other parent containers that match the same ref value as the current parent. Given the above markup, the child component can be dropped into the last container but not the container with the ref of 5678. However the second child element could be dropped into any of the parent components. This would easily be accomplished if droppable would allow a fu...

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rywilson28β€’ Apr 21, 2021

@artf do have any questions regarding this feature or the approach taken in the PR?

GJSBlockβ€’ May 17, 2026

Thanks for reporting this, @rywilson28. Great suggestion about FEAT: Allow dynamic droppable configuration using a function! While this specific feature isn't yet in the core API, there are several ways to achieve similar behavior. Using the event system: Alternative approaches: Listen to selector:...

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