Issue #3794πŸ’¬ AnsweredOpened Sep 20, 2021by mattnoth0 reactions

RTE Overlapping text In Basic Text Component when Width & Height are 100% of Canvas

Quick answerby mattnoth

I didn't noticed that you had closed my previous issue -- with the weird use case. Do you have any suggestions for a work around here? I've been using the updateRte event listener, putting the RTE inside the canvas dynamically is proving a challenge

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GrapesJS version [X] I confirm to use the latest version of GrapesJS What browser are you using? Version 93.0.4577.82 (Official Build) (64-bit) Reproducible demo link https://grapesjs.com/demo.html Describe the bug How to reproduce the bug?... In the official demo, delete everything / start with Body Only in the layers panel ... Add a basic Text Component, so the layers are Body > Text 3 ... Set the basic text component's dimensions to 100% Width and 100% Height 4 ... When you start typing, the RTE has no place to go outside of that element on the canvas, so the editor overlaps the text itsel...

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mattnothβ€’ Sep 20, 2021

I didn't noticed that you had closed my previous issue -- with the weird use case. Do you have any suggestions for a work around here? I've been using the updateRte event listener, putting the RTE inside the canvas dynamically is proving a challenge

artfβ€’ Sep 21, 2021

@mattnoth I already replied to your discussion here, please avoid opening the same issue again.

GJSBlockβ€’ May 17, 2026

Thanks for reporting this, @mattnoth. Great question about RTE Overlapping text In Basic Text Component when Width & Height are 100% of Canvas. The recommended approach with ProseMirror is to use the event-driven API. Start here: Check the GrapesJS documentation for your specific module Look for th...

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