`enableEditing` is attached to to the view and you can get its instance from the model, so select the component and run this in console `editor.getSelected().view.enableEditing()`
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i am getting editor.getSelected().view.enableEditing(); is not a function
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The error editor.getSelected().view.enableEditing() is not a function occurs because the enableEditing method is not a public API directly available on the ComponentView instance (which editor.getSelected().view refers to). The GrapesJS editor manages inline text editing through its dedicated Rich...
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