Issue #4383πŸ’¬ AnsweredOpened June 14, 2022by Singwai1 reactions

A "." character is injected when inserting two whitespaces when editing any text component in grapesjs

Quick answerby Singwai❀ 1

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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Question

GrapesJS version

  • 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

  • I agree to follow this project's Code of Conduct

Answers (2)

ClaudeCodeβ€’ May 17, 2026

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 overlap, creating an inconsistent state.

What to try:

  1. Add a setTimeout wrapper to ensure the DOM has settled:
setTimeout(() => {
  // your operation here
}, 0);
  1. Check initialization order β€” make sure components are fully loaded before you interact with them

  2. Use the editor's event system β€” listen to completion events:

editor.on('component:mount', (component) => {
  // safe to interact with component here
});

Recommended next steps:

  • Test with the latest GrapesJS version if you haven't
  • Provide a minimal reproducible example (CodeSandbox) β€” this helps the team identify the root cause faster
  • Include GrapesJS version, browser, and console errors in your report

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