Element injected as HTML to canvas doesn't behave as a component
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Consider a simple block:
{
id: 'input',
label: `input`,
content: `<input type="text"/>`,
},
When dragged to canvas, this component can be selected and it's possible to modify its settings.
Now, i'm doing this, to add the same input in a card:
$(someElement).find(".card").html('<input type="text"/>');
The input is added successfully but doesn't behave as it did before. It can't be selected, dragged or deleted from the canvas, thus can't modify its settings nor its style.
Is their a way to inject blocks inside a specifc element ?
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Thanks for reporting this, @ahmedderkaoui. Great question about Element injected as HTML to canvas doesn't behave as a component. The recommended approach with StyleManager is to use the event-driven API. Start here: Check the GrapesJS documentation for your specific module Look for the on() event...
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