@eeacms/volto-group-block 8.0.0 → 8.1.0

package/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,7 +4,16 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. Dates are d
 
 Generated by [`auto-changelog`](https://github.com/CookPete/auto-changelog).
 
-### [8.0.0](https://github.com/eea/volto-group-block/compare/7.1.1...8.0.0) - 3 December 2025
+### [8.1.0](https://github.com/eea/volto-group-block/compare/8.0.0...8.1.0) - 3 December 2025
+
+#### :rocket: New Features
+
+- feat: Add possibility to skip blocks from character counting - refs #293783 [Teodor Voicu - [`c35d76b`](https://github.com/eea/volto-group-block/commit/c35d76bd03476bbcf8324b247ecf909c093d4117)]
+
+#### :hammer_and_wrench: Others
+
+- Release 8.1.0 [Alin Voinea - [`d711911`](https://github.com/eea/volto-group-block/commit/d71191102f8ef97375905049c7cbbe71ea9e357c)]
+## [8.0.0](https://github.com/eea/volto-group-block/compare/7.1.1...8.0.0) - 3 December 2025
 
 #### :boom: Breaking Change
 
@@ -15,7 +24,6 @@ Generated by [`auto-changelog`](https://github.com/CookPete/auto-changelog).
 
 #### :hammer_and_wrench: Others
 
-- Release 8.0.0 [Alin Voinea - [`75e44d3`](https://github.com/eea/volto-group-block/commit/75e44d345c84e45cb8f520b02a37d92de280de9e)]
 ### [7.1.1](https://github.com/eea/volto-group-block/compare/7.1.0...7.1.1) - 30 January 2025
 
 #### :house: Internal changes

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@eeacms/volto-group-block",
-  "version": "8.0.0",
+  "version": "8.1.0",
   "description": "volto-group-block: Volto block to be used to group other blocks",
   "main": "src/index.js",
   "author": "European Environment Agency: IDM2 A-Team",

package/src/components/manage/Blocks/Group/CounterComponent.jsx

@@ -10,8 +10,38 @@ import dissatisfiedSVG from '@plone/volto/icons/dissatisfied.svg';
 import { countCharsWithoutSpaces, countCharsWithSpaces } from './utils';
 
 const countTextInEachBlock =
-  (countTextIn, ignoreSpaces, groupCharCount) =>
+  (
+    countTextIn,
+    ignoreSpaces,
+    groupCharCount,
+    skipBlockIds = new Set(),
+    skipBlocksInGroups = [],
+  ) =>
   ([id, blockData]) => {
+    // Track group blocks matching skip criteria and their children
+    if (blockData?.['@type'] === 'group') {
+      const shouldSkip = skipBlocksInGroups.some((criteria) => {
+        // Check if all criteria match
+        return Object.keys(criteria).every((key) => {
+          return blockData?.[key] === criteria[key];
+        });
+      });
+
+      if (shouldSkip) {
+        // Get all child block IDs from this group and mark them to be skipped
+        if (blockData?.data?.blocks) {
+          Object.keys(blockData.data.blocks).forEach((childId) => {
+            skipBlockIds.add(childId);
+          });
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Skip counting if this block is inside a skipped group
+    if (skipBlockIds.has(id)) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     const foundText =
       blockData && countTextIn?.includes(blockData?.['@type'])
         ? isString(blockData?.plaintext)
@@ -27,9 +57,11 @@ const countTextInEachBlock =
   };
 
 const countTextInBlocks = (blocksObject, ignoreSpaces, maxChars) => {
-  const { countTextIn } = config.blocks?.blocksConfig?.group || [];
+  const { countTextIn, skipBlocksInGroups = [] } =
+    config.blocks?.blocksConfig?.group || {};
   // use obj ref to update value - if you send number it will not be updated
   const groupCharCount = { value: 0 };
+  const skipBlockIds = new Set();
 
   if (!maxChars || !blocksObject) {
     return groupCharCount.value;
@@ -37,7 +69,13 @@ const countTextInBlocks = (blocksObject, ignoreSpaces, maxChars) => {
 
   visitBlocks(
     blocksObject,
-    countTextInEachBlock(countTextIn, ignoreSpaces, groupCharCount),
+    countTextInEachBlock(
+      countTextIn,
+      ignoreSpaces,
+      groupCharCount,
+      skipBlockIds,
+      skipBlocksInGroups,
+    ),
   );
 
   return groupCharCount.value;

package/src/index.js

@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ const applyConfig = (config) => {
       return entries;
     },
     countTextIn: ['slate', 'description'], //id of the block whose text should be counted
+    skipBlocksInGroups: [], // Array of group criteria to skip when counting chars. Each item can have: { className: 'group-class-name' }
   };
 
   return config;