Sorter.setDragHelper is not a function on block drag
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
- I confirm to use the latest version of GrapesJS
What browser are you using?
131.0.6778.86
Reproducible 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 "sorter.setDragHelper is not a function" but i guess is the same issue. I can confirm that this is not happening on version 0.21.13 https://jsfiddle.net/badiuciprian/0ngb48y6/4/
i see there are some changes on the sorter in the 0.22.1 release
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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.
@mohamedsalem401 can you check this one, please?
Thanks for taking care of this. I will watch for the update.
Thanks for reporting this, @badiuciprian.
Great question about sorter.setDragHelper is not a function on block drag. The recommended approach with ProseMirror 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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