Disable focus of panel view container on selected element in editor
When you select a component in the canvas When you start dragging a block onto the canvas
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Hi
i am using grapejs for our project and my editor design is below.
My question is how to stop autofocus panel views container.
it only show when i click the panel buttons.
It always open when we drop a element to canvas or click a element in canvas.
Answers (1)
When you select a component in the canvas
editor.on('component:selected', () => {
//unfocus panel
});
When you start dragging a block onto the canvas
editor.on('block:drag:start', () => {
//unfocus panel
});
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