Undomanager.remove() not working
The problem here is not Undomanager.remove but what is tracked. When you're resizing the image, you're not editing the Component itself but its CssRule object so that's why it's not working as expected. I'd probably suggest to simply skip the undo manager with operations you don't want to track
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GrapesJS version[X] I confirm to use the latest version of GrapesJSWhat browser are you using? Chrome v91Reproducible demo link https://codepen.io/Harshsne/pen/WNgZzPEDescribe the bug How to reproduce the bug?Append an image to the canvas and close the image modal.(so that component will be removed from tracking as i have removed the component from the undomanager stack) editor.on('asset:close', () => { console.log("close") const selected = editor.getSelected(); if (selected && selected.is('image')) { editor.UndoManager.remove(selected); } })Press crtl+ z What is the expected behavior? ...Rem...
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The problem here is not Undomanager.remove but what is tracked. When you're resizing the image, you're not editing the Component itself but its CssRule object so that's why it's not working as expected. I'd probably suggest to simply skip the undo manager with operations you don't want to track
The issue you're encountering with editor.UndoManager.remove() not preventing the undo of a component's removal is due to a misunderstanding of how the UndoManager operates in this specific context. The UndoManager.remove(component) method is designed to remove all recorded states related to a spec...
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