Drag and drop of components doesn't work on latest Firefox
You guys are awesome! And not a moment too soon :) I have a presentation Today in the afternoon and now I'll be able to show it working on Firefox too!
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GrapesJS version
- I confirm to use the latest version of GrapesJS
What browser are you using?
Firefox 131.0 (64-bit) on Linux and Mac
Reproducible demo link
Describe the bug
How to reproduce the bug?
- Start dragging the "Hover me" button
- Try to put it above the "All text blocks could be edited easily..."
What is the expected behavior?
- The button can be dropped anywhere
- The layer manager can be used to reorganize elements
What is the current behavior?
- The button can be only dropped at the beginning of the container
- Dragging within the layer manager has the same limitation
Code of Conduct
- I agree to follow this project's Code of Conduct
Answers (4)
You guys are awesome! And not a moment too soon :) I have a presentation Today in the afternoon and now I'll be able to show it working on Firefox too!
I've tracked down the breaking change in Firefox to version 109.0. It's the first one that has the problem. Version 108.0.2 works fine. Hope that helps.
I have also tested 133.0a1 nightly from 2024-10-24-21-16-15-mozilla-central and the problem is also there.
Thanks for reporting this, @padcom.
Great question about Drag and drop of components doesn't work on latest Firefox. The recommended approach with GrapesJS 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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