Can't add placeholders drop down to text field drop down options with CKEditor enabled
Question
GrapesJS version
- I confirm to use the latest version of GrapesJS
What browser are you using?
Chrome
Reproducible demo link
https://codepen.io/darrenbawag/pen/JjWBLrp
Describe the bug
How to reproduce the bug?
- Open this link https://codepen.io/darrenbawag/pen/JjWBLrp and try to show the placeholder dropdown to toolbar of CKEditor using this code but this does show the drop down only when we don't add the grape grapesjs-plugin-ckeditor to configuration.
icon: `<select class="gjs-field">
<option id="defaultPlaceholder">Placeholder</option>
<option value="[[salutation]]">Salutation</option>
<option value="[[firstname]]">Firstname</option>
<option value="[[lastname]]">Lastname</option>
</select>`,
// Bind the 'result' on 'change' listener
event: "change",
result: (
rte: { exec: (arg0: string, arg1: unknown) => unknown },
action: { btn: { firstChild: { value: unknown } } }
) => rte.exec("fontSize", action.btn.firstChild.value),
// Callback on any input change (mousedown, keydown, etc..)
update: (
rte: { insertHTML: (arg0: unknown) => void },
action: { btn: { children: { selectedOptions: { value: unknown }[] }[] } }
) => {
rte.insertHTML(action.btn.children[0].selectedOptions[0].value);
},
});```
2. ...
**What is the expected behavior?**
GrapeJS ckeditor should provide way to add custom placeholders dropdowns,
**What is the current behavior?**
I can not custom drop down placeholder to the toolbar options when I use grape js ckeditor or custom plugin.
If is necessary to execute some code in order to reproduce the bug, paste it here below:
This code adds the drop down to default RichTextEditor toolbar but does not adds drop down on CKeditor toolbar options
```js
rte.add("fontSize", {
icon: `<select class="gjs-field">
<option id="defaultPlaceholder">Placeholder</option>
<option value="[[salutation]]">Salutation</option>
<option value="[[firstname]]">Firstname</option>
<option value="[[lastname]]">Lastname</option>
</select>`,
// Bind the 'result' on 'change' listener
event: "change",
result: (
rte: { exec: (arg0: string, arg1: unknown) => unknown },
action: { btn: { firstChild: { value: unknown } } }
) => rte.exec("fontSize", action.btn.firstChild.value),
// Callback on any input change (mousedown, keydown, etc..)
update: (
rte: { insertHTML: (arg0: unknown) => void },
action: { btn: { children: { selectedOptions: { value: unknown }[] }[] } }
) => {
rte.insertHTML(action.btn.children[0].selectedOptions[0].value);
},
});
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Answers (3)
cc: @jcamejo @artf
Those actions are only available for the built-in RTE, if you replace it with a custom RTE like CKEditor you don't see them. You have to use CKEditor itself for your custom logic.
Thanks for reporting this, @CaptSadaf.
Great question about Can't add placeholders drop down to text field drop down options with CKEditor enabled. The recommended approach with ProseMirror is to use the event-driven API.
Start here:
- Check the GrapesJS documentation for your specific module
- Look for the
on()event listener method - Most operations can be achieved by listening to editor and component events
Common patterns:
// Listen for changes
editor.on('change', () => console.log('something changed'));
// Component lifecycle
editor.on('component:mount', (c) => console.log('component ready', c));
editor.on('component:update', (c) => console.log('component updated', c));
If you're still stuck:
- Share a minimal CodeSandbox reproduction
- Include what you've already tried
- Mention your GrapesJS version
- The community is here to help!
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