The rich-text editor cannot be activated
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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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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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
<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...
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....
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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