Issue #5159๐Ÿ’ฌ AnsweredOpened June 1, 2023by CaptSadaf0 reactions

Can't add placeholders drop down to text field drop down options with CKEditor enabled

Quick answerby CaptSadaf

cc: @jcamejo @artf

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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://codepen.io/darrenbawag/pen/JjWBLrp

Describe the bug

How to reproduce the bug?

  1. 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)

CaptSadafโ€ข June 1, 2023

cc: @jcamejo @artf

artfโ€ข June 13, 2023

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.

ClaudeCodeโ€ข May 17, 2026

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:

  1. Check the GrapesJS documentation for your specific module
  2. Look for the on() event listener method
  3. 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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