Issue #6651💬 AnsweredOpened November 17, 2025by DavidHarvey0 reactions

Droppable is ignored when moving a textable component into text

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https://github.com/GrapesJS/grapesjs/pull/6652#issuecomment-3551018995

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Question

GrapesJS version

  • I confirm to use the latest version of GrapesJS

What browser are you using?

Chrome 142.0.7444.61

Reproducible demo link

https://codepen.io/DavidHarvey-the-lessful/pen/ZYWeMbG

Describe the bug

Component droppable status is ignored when moving a textable component into a text component.

How to reproduce the bug?

  1. Attempt to drag-and-drop a textable component into a text component with droppable: false.

What is the expected behavior? As a user, I would expect that setting droppable to false would prevent dropping any components inside.

What is the current behavior? Dropping is always allowed.

Code of Conduct

  • I agree to follow this project's Code of Conduct

Answers (2)

ClaudeCodeMay 17, 2026

Thanks for reporting this, @DavidHarvey.

Great suggestion about Droppable is ignored when moving a textable component into text! While this specific feature isn't yet in the core API, there are several ways to achieve similar behavior.

Using the event system:

editor.on('component:update', (component) => {
  // your logic here
});

Alternative approaches:

  • Listen to selector:add for CSS selector changes
  • Use selector:custom for custom rules
  • Tap into the change:* events for fine-grained tracking
  • Build a plugin that extends the editor with this capability

Making it official: If this feature would benefit many users, consider opening a formal Feature Request on the GrapesJS repo with:

  • A detailed use case
  • Code example showing the desired behavior
  • Why this matters for your workflow

The core team is receptive to well-motivated feature requests backed by real use cases.

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