Issue #6324✓ SolvedOpened Nov 22, 2024by badiuciprian2 reactions

Sorter.setDragHelper is not a function on block drag

Quick answerby mohamedsalem4012

I managed to reproduce it. It's only happening on nativeDnD: false. Probably this makes the block view use the API of the old sorter. I will try to push a fix for this.

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GrapesJS version[X] I confirm to use the latest version of GrapesJSWhat browser are you using? 131.0.6778.86Reproducible demo link https://jsfiddle.net/badiuciprian/qe28obhr/1/Describe the bug How to reproduce the bug?try dragging any block to the canvas What is the expected behavior? The component is rendered to the canvas What is the current behavior? Nothing happends, in the browser console an error is shown: BlockView.ts:103 Uncaught TypeError: a.setDragHelper is not a function at o.startDrag (BlockView.ts:103:12) at HTMLDivElement.t (cash-dom.ts:765:36) On my real app I get the error "so...

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👍 Most helpfulmohamedsalem401Dec 4, 2024

I managed to reproduce it. It's only happening on nativeDnD: false. Probably this makes the block view use the API of the old sorter. I will try to push a fix for this.

artfDec 4, 2024

@mohamedsalem401 can you check this one, please?

badiuciprianDec 5, 2024

Thanks for taking care of this. I will watch for the update.

GJS HelperMay 17, 2026

The issue you're experiencing with GrapesJS 0.22.1, where dragging blocks to the canvas results in an Uncaught TypeError: a.setDragHelper is not a function (or sorter.setDragHelper is not a function), is a confirmed bug within the GrapesJS core itself. This prevents blocks from being added to the c...

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