`component.closestType()` is undefined
It turns out the second parameter is not always the component but the sender of the event which means that sometimes it is the collection of components which obviously doesn't have the closestType() method. Thanks @artf for explaining it to me!
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GrapesJS version [x] I confirm to use the latest version of GrapesJS What browser are you using? any Reproducible demo link https://github.com/padcom/grapesjs-closestType-missing Describe the bug This bug was introduced in here. Before this change everything was working as expected. I presume the reset event is responsible for it. What's even more annoying with it is that if you reload the page then the only console.log you'll see is with the undefined component.closestType() which means that if the component:update:components event is being used in conjunction with component.closestType() th...
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It turns out the second parameter is not always the component but the sender of the event which means that sometimes it is the collection of components which obviously doesn't have the closestType() method.
Thanks @artf for explaining it to me!
It appears there might be a slight misunderstanding regarding the usage of component.closestType(). After reviewing your provided reproduction steps and code, component.closestType is indeed a function on the component object passed to the component:update:components event. The undefined value you'...
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