Duplicate elements lost the parent element reference
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GrapesJS version[X] I confirm to use the latest version of GrapesJSWhat browser are you using? Brave last versionReproducible demo link https://grapesjs.com/demo.htmlDescribe the bug How to reproduce the bug?Drop an image. Select the droped image.Run the code above.Duplicate the imageSelect the droped image.Run the code above.Collection is nullimage.view.modelOpt.at is position from the original element. What is the expected behavior?Duplicate elements must not lose reference to the parent element. What is the current behavior?The duplicated element have lost the parent element reference. If...
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@ronaldohoch please use the proper documented API
editor.getSelected().parent();
editor.getSelected().index();
The issue you're encountering with duplicated elements appearing to lose their parent reference and having an incorrect position stems from how you're trying to access this information. You are relying on view.modelOpt.collection and view.modelOpt.at, which are internal properties passed during the...
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