Adding text to a symbol replaces the text node over and over again
The issue you've described, where adding a text component to an original symbol instance leads to cursor resets, flickering, and continuous component:add events, is a known interaction conflict between GrapesJS's symbol update mechanism and the Rich Text Editor (RTE). Root Cause When a component is designated as a sym...
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GrapesJS version [x] I confirm to use the latest version of GrapesJS What browser are you using? Firefox Developer 142.0b9, Chrome 138.0.7204.184 Reproducible demo link https://jsfiddle.net/artur_arseniev/ta19s6go/ Describe the bug How to reproduce the bug? Make the "Article" component a symbol Add a text component to the original "Article" component Directly try to edit the text or set the cursor inside the text What is the expected behavior? Cursor is not always resetting to position 0 and the text component is not flickering, behaving like a normal text component. What is the current behav...
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The issue you've described, where adding a text component to an original symbol instance leads to cursor resets, flickering, and continuous component:add events, is a known interaction conflict between GrapesJS's symbol update mechanism and the Rich Text Editor (RTE). Root Cause When a component is...
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