It's possible to drag and drop literally anything inside grapesjs canvas
You can take control over what is dropped inside the canvas via canvas:dragdata event https://jsfiddle.net/artur_arseniev/87rcb24n/
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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://grapesjs.com/demo.html Describe the bug How to reproduce the bug?Try select for example whole sidebar tools/text/everythingGrab and drop it on canvas What is the expected behavior? Probably copy paste just text/sanitized html or it's possible to drag and drop only elements i made to be droppable What is the current behavior? I can drag and drop literally anything inside canvas. Code of Conduct [x] I agree to follow this project's Code of Conduct
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You can take control over what is dropped inside the canvas via canvas:dragdata event
https://jsfiddle.net/artur_arseniev/87rcb24n/
The issue you've reported, where arbitrary elements from outside the GrapesJS canvas (including parts of the editor's UI) can be dragged and dropped into the canvas, is a common behavior stemming from the browser's native drag-and-drop functionality. By default, browsers allow dragging and dropping...
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