Editable text after remove focus of RTE, returns back previous state of content.
You shouldn't have "content" inside your text span, indeed if you replace it with "components": "[email protected]", it will work properly.
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GrapesJS version [X] I confirm to use the latest version of GrapesJS What browser are you using? Chrome Reproducible demo link https://jsfiddle.net/sdimitrenco/wao1rh0q/30/ Describe the bug That is my components struct If I change the text in the span tag in the text editor, then remove focus from that word, it returns the previous state of the text. The structure of the components looks normal, a link, but inside the picture and text inside the span tag. DEMO LIVE https://jsfiddle.net/sdimitrenco/wao1rh0q/30/ Code of Conduct [X] I agree to follow this project's Code of Conduct
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You shouldn't have "content" inside your text span, indeed if you replace it with "components": "[email protected]", it will work properly.
The issue you're experiencing, where editable text within a nested span (a text component) inside a link component reverts to its previous state after losing focus, is a known synchronization challenge in GrapesJS when dealing with nested editable content. Root Cause When you edit the text inside t...
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