Issue #6654πŸ’¬ AnsweredOpened Nov 19, 2025by zjt-dev0 reactions

The rich-text editor cannot be activated

Quick answerby artf

By default the text component is activated with a double-click https://github.com/GrapesJS/grapesjs/blob/f59e981f76ff378f59c06cf706af88e502db098e/packages/core/src/dom_components/view/ComponentTextView.ts#L22

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Question

GrapesJS version

  • I confirm to use the latest version of GrapesJS

What browser are you using?

chrome v91

Reproducible demo link

https://codepen.io/asenper/pen/QwNMwpV

Describe the bug

I expect the RTE to open when clicking on the text, but nothing happens.

Is this a bug or am I missing additional configuration?

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

Answers (4)

zjt-devβ€’ Nov 21, 2025

<img width="1382" height="393" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6a3850b9-91ed-43de-b9ae-1a2f703e6f02" /> <img width="695" height="468" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/2a62ad3b-ed7a-4d8c-8c12-21898bed3fb8" /> How should I solve or avoid this pro...

artfβ€’ Nov 21, 2025

When you import generic HTML it's hard to detect text components properly. If you have the ability to edit HTML you can enforce it via gjs attributes <div data-gjs-type="text">Insert....

GJS Helperβ€’ May 17, 2026

The issue you're experiencing, where the Rich Text Editor (RTE) doesn't activate when clicking on your text component, is not a bug but rather a common scenario related to how GrapesJS parses HTML provided via the fromElement option. The root cause is that your div element is not explicitly recogni...

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