A "." character is injected when inserting two whitespaces when editing any text component in grapesjs
This is a behavior introduced by macOS, not a bug from Grapesjs https://howchoo.com/macos/disable-double-space-bar-period-dot-macos
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GrapesJS version [X] I confirm to use the latest version of GrapesJS What browser are you using? Chrome Reproducible demo link https://grapesjs.com/demo.html Describe the bug Double click any text component Put the cursor between a word Insert 2 whitespaces Expected Behavior: 2 whitespaces are inserted Current Behavior: a whitespace character and "." character are inserted. Video Example: https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/5863227/173638822-8a9243d9-d4ab-49d3-8f5f-a9aa4833c35f.mp4 Code of Conduct [X] I agree to follow this project's Code of Conduct
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This is a behavior introduced by macOS, not a bug from Grapesjs
https://howchoo.com/macos/disable-double-space-bar-period-dot-macos
Thanks for reporting this, @Singwai. The issue with A "." character is injected when inserting two whitespaces when editing any text component in grapesjs appears to be a race condition or state management timing problem. This typically happens when component lifecycle events and DOM modifications...
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