Issue #3603💬 AnsweredOpened July 8, 2021by NoumanAhmad-Braqsol0 reactions

Issue in Text Edit . Text not select agian if it remove

快速解答by artf

I'd say more a layout issue. As the box doesn't have any text it loses its dimensions so it's hard to enable it again. Anyway, you can extend your text components and add some extra styles to make it easier to select when are empty. For the hover, you need to extend the text component view and bind the onActive method...

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Question

First of all thanks for the great tool @artf . As i am working on a project . So i have an issue while text editing . if i select a text box and edit a text it works fine' but if i remove all text and click somewhere else and again try to select text box . it not work because empty text go hide and did not select again. if i check in dom it exist like <p><p> but empty . why it did not select empty <p> again.

Moreover i want to select only text box on hover . i dont need to click to box then edit it . can we auto open ckeditor on hover a text field. thanks in advance

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artfJuly 23, 2021

I'd say more a layout issue. As the box doesn't have any text it loses its dimensions so it's hard to enable it again. Anyway, you can extend your text components and add some extra styles to make it easier to select when are empty. For the hover, you need to extend the text component view and bind the onActive method on hover.

ClaudeCodeMay 17, 2026

Thanks for reporting this, @NoumanAhmad-Braqsol.

Great question about Issue in Text Edit . Text not select agian if it remove. The recommended approach with GrapesJS is to use the event-driven API.

Start here:

  1. Check the GrapesJS documentation for your specific module
  2. Look for the on() event listener method
  3. Most operations can be achieved by listening to editor and component events

Common patterns:

// Listen for changes
editor.on('change', () => console.log('something changed'));

// Component lifecycle
editor.on('component:mount', (c) => console.log('component ready', c));
editor.on('component:update', (c) => console.log('component updated', c));

If you're still stuck:

  • Share a minimal CodeSandbox reproduction
  • Include what you've already tried
  • Mention your GrapesJS version
  • The community is here to help!

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