Issue #5442๐Ÿ’ฌ AnsweredOpened Oct 3, 2023by kishanp1020 reactions

After applying the text color not able to set the background color

Quick answerby mapsmarketing

Hi @kishanp102 , I tried to reproduce the issue with the steps described but both the text and background colours are being applied (please see screenshot). <img width="318" alt="image" src="https://github.com/GrapesJS/grapesjs/assets/79551469/74b22828-610a-4530-9582-96c0c120a805">

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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/a3xgLm7c/3/ Describe the bug How to reproduce the bug?Select the text and apply the text colorSelect the same text and apply the background color What is the expected behavior?Both color should apply What is the current behavior?Background color should apply after applying the text color If is necessary to execute some code in order to reproduce the bug, paste it here below: Code of Conduct [X] I agree to follow this project's Code of Conduct

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mapsmarketingโ€ข Oct 10, 2023

Hi @kishanp102 ,

I tried to reproduce the issue with the steps described but both the text and background colours are being applied (please see screenshot).

<img width="318" alt="image" src="https://github.com/GrapesJS/grapesjs/assets/79551469/74b22828-610a-4530-9582-96c0c120a805">
kishanp102โ€ข Oct 11, 2023

Drag and drop the text component then apply the font color and click outside again click on the text and put the background color it is not applying screencast-jsfiddle.net-2023.10.11-09_19_42.webm

mapsmarketingโ€ข Oct 11, 2023

Yep, you are right @kishanp102 it doesn't apply a new background colour on it after you've already set one. It's definitely a bug.

GJS Helperโ€ข May 17, 2026

The issue you've encountered is a known behavior in GrapesJS related to how the Style Manager interacts with the Rich Text Editor (RTE) for certain inline text properties, specifically background-color. When you apply a text color, GrapesJS (via its underlying ProseMirror RTE) correctly wraps the s...

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