fix(editor): fix target element index when creating/adding elements to frames (#11257)

packages/element/src/Scene.ts

@@ -338,29 +338,20 @@ export class Scene {
     this.callbacks.clear();
   }
 
-  insertElementAtIndex(element: ExcalidrawElement, index: number) {
+  /** low-level - generally use app.insertNewElements() */
-    if (!Number.isFinite(index) || index < 0) {
+  insertElementsAtIndex(
-      throw new Error(
+    elements: ExcalidrawElement[],
-        "insertElementAtIndex can only be called with index >= 0",
+    /** null indicates end of the array */
-      );
+    index: number | null,
-    }
+  ) {
-
-    const nextElements = [
-      ...this.elements.slice(0, index),
-      element,
-      ...this.elements.slice(index),
-    ];
-
-    syncMovedIndices(nextElements, arrayToMap([element]));
-
-    this.replaceAllElements(nextElements);
-  }
-
-  insertElementsAtIndex(elements: ExcalidrawElement[], index: number) {
     if (!elements.length) {
       return;
     }
 
+    if (index === null) {
+      index = this.elements.length;
+    }
+
     if (!Number.isFinite(index) || index < 0) {
       throw new Error(
         "insertElementAtIndex can only be called with index >= 0",
@@ -378,24 +369,9 @@ export class Scene {
     this.replaceAllElements(nextElements);
   }
 
+  /** low-level - generally use app.insertNewElement() */
   insertElement = (element: ExcalidrawElement) => {
-    const index = element.frameId
+    this.insertElementsAtIndex([element], null);
-      ? this.getElementIndex(element.frameId)
-      : this.elements.length;
-
-    this.insertElementAtIndex(element, index);
-  };
-
-  insertElements = (elements: ExcalidrawElement[]) => {
-    if (!elements.length) {
-      return;
-    }
-
-    const index = elements[0]?.frameId
-      ? this.getElementIndex(elements[0].frameId)
-      : this.elements.length;
-
-    this.insertElementsAtIndex(elements, index);
   };
 
   getElementIndex(elementId: string) {

packages/element/src/collision.ts

@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ import { distanceToElement } from "./distance";
 
 import { getBindingGap } from "./binding";
 
+import { hasBackground } from "./comparisons";
+
 import type {
   ElementsMap,
   ExcalidrawArrowElement,
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ export const shouldTestInside = (element: ExcalidrawElement) => {
   }
 
   const isDraggableFromInside =
-    !isTransparent(element.backgroundColor) ||
+    (hasBackground(element.type) && !isTransparent(element.backgroundColor)) ||
     hasBoundTextElement(element) ||
     isIframeLikeElement(element) ||
     isTextElement(element);
@@ -324,7 +326,10 @@ export const getAllHoveredElementAtPoint = (
     ) {
       candidateElements.push(element);
 
-      if (!isTransparent(element.backgroundColor)) {
+      if (
+        hasBackground(element.type) &&
+        !isTransparent(element.backgroundColor)
+      ) {
         break;
       }
     }

packages/element/src/duplicate.ts

@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ export const duplicateElements = (
          * user interaction.
          */
         type: "everything";
+        // TODO remove/review this once we add frame children order migration
+        // and invariant checks
+        preserveFrameChildrenOrder?: boolean;
       }
     | {
         /**
@@ -170,6 +173,8 @@ export const duplicateElements = (
     opts.type === "in-place"
       ? opts.idsOfElementsToDuplicate
       : new Map(elements.map((el) => [el.id, el]));
+  const preserveFrameChildrenOrder =
+    opts.type === "everything" && opts.preserveFrameChildrenOrder;
 
   // For sanity
   if (opts.type === "in-place") {
@@ -277,7 +282,7 @@ export const duplicateElements = (
     if (groupId) {
       const groupElements = getElementsInGroup(elements, groupId).flatMap(
         (element) =>
-          isFrameLikeElement(element)
+          isFrameLikeElement(element) && !preserveFrameChildrenOrder
             ? [...getFrameChildren(elements, element.id), element]
             : [element],
       );
@@ -293,13 +298,25 @@ export const duplicateElements = (
     // frame duplication
     // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-    if (element.frameId && frameIdsToDuplicate.has(element.frameId)) {
+    if (
+      !preserveFrameChildrenOrder &&
+      element.frameId &&
+      frameIdsToDuplicate.has(element.frameId)
+    ) {
       continue;
     }
 
     if (isFrameLikeElement(element)) {
       const frameId = element.id;
 
+      if (preserveFrameChildrenOrder) {
+        insertBeforeOrAfterIndex(
+          findLastIndex(elementsWithDuplicates, (el) => el.id === frameId),
+          copyElements(element),
+        );
+        continue;
+      }
+
       const frameChildren = getFrameChildren(elements, frameId);
 
       const targetIndex = findLastIndex(elementsWithDuplicates, (el) => {

packages/element/src/frame.ts

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {
 } from "./bounds";
 import { mutateElement } from "./mutateElement";
 import { getBoundTextElement, getContainerElement } from "./textElement";
+import { syncMovedIndices } from "./fractionalIndex";
 import {
   isFrameElement,
   isFrameLikeElement,
@@ -491,10 +492,44 @@ export const filterElementsEligibleAsFrameChildren = (
   return eligibleElements;
 };
 
+export const getCommonFrameId = (elements: readonly ExcalidrawElement[]) => {
+  let commonFrameId: ExcalidrawElement["frameId"] | undefined;
+
+  for (const element of elements) {
+    if (isFrameLikeElement(element) || !element.frameId) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    if (commonFrameId === undefined) {
+      commonFrameId = element.frameId;
+    } else if (commonFrameId !== element.frameId) {
+      return null;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return commonFrameId ?? null;
+};
+
+export const getFrameChildrenInsertionIndex = (
+  elements: readonly ExcalidrawElement[],
+  frameId: ExcalidrawFrameLikeElement["id"],
+): number | null => {
+  for (let index = elements.length - 1; index >= 0; index--) {
+    const element = elements[index];
+
+    if (element.id === frameId) {
+      return index;
+    } else if (element.frameId === frameId) {
+      return index + 1;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return null;
+};
+
 /**
- * Retains (or repairs for target frame) the ordering invriant where children
+ * Adds elements and their bound elements to frame. Reorders added elements to
- * elements come right before the parent frame:
+ * be just below frame, or just above its highest child (whichever is higher).
- * [el, el, child, child, frame, el]
  *
  * @returns mutated allElements (same data structure)
  */
@@ -502,19 +537,11 @@ export const addElementsToFrame = <T extends ElementsMapOrArray>(
   allElements: T,
   elementsToAdd: NonDeletedExcalidrawElement[],
   frame: ExcalidrawFrameLikeElement,
-  appState: AppState,
 ): T => {
   const elementsMap = arrayToMap(allElements);
-  const currTargetFrameChildrenMap = new Map<ExcalidrawElement["id"], true>();
+  const commonFrameId = getCommonFrameId(elementsToAdd);
-  for (const element of allElements.values()) {
-    if (element.frameId === frame.id) {
-      currTargetFrameChildrenMap.set(element.id, true);
-    }
-  }
 
-  const suppliedElementsToAddSet = new Set(elementsToAdd.map((el) => el.id));
+  const finalElementsToAdd = new Set<ExcalidrawElement>();
-
-  const finalElementsToAdd: ExcalidrawElement[] = [];
 
   const otherFrames = new Set<ExcalidrawFrameLikeElement["id"]>();
 
@@ -525,7 +552,8 @@ export const addElementsToFrame = <T extends ElementsMapOrArray>(
   }
 
   // - add bound text elements if not already in the array
-  // - filter out elements that are already in the frame
+  // - keep elements already in the frame so mixed selections can be reordered
+  //   together
   for (const element of omitGroupsContainingFrameLikes(
     allElements,
     elementsToAdd,
@@ -538,38 +566,68 @@ export const addElementsToFrame = <T extends ElementsMapOrArray>(
       continue;
     }
 
-    // if the element is already in another frame (which is also in elementsToAdd),
+    if (element.frameId && element.frameId !== frame.id) {
-    // it means that frame and children are selected at the same time
-    // => keep original frame membership, do not add to the target frame
-    if (
-      element.frameId &&
-      appState.selectedElementIds[element.id] &&
-      appState.selectedElementIds[element.frameId]
-    ) {
       continue;
     }
 
-    if (!currTargetFrameChildrenMap.has(element.id)) {
+    finalElementsToAdd.add(element);
-      finalElementsToAdd.push(element);
-    }
 
     const boundTextElement = getBoundTextElement(element, elementsMap);
-    if (
+    if (boundTextElement && !finalElementsToAdd.has(boundTextElement)) {
-      boundTextElement &&
+      finalElementsToAdd.add(boundTextElement);
-      !suppliedElementsToAddSet.has(boundTextElement.id) &&
-      !currTargetFrameChildrenMap.has(boundTextElement.id)
-    ) {
-      finalElementsToAdd.push(boundTextElement);
     }
   }
 
   for (const element of finalElementsToAdd) {
-    mutateElement(element, elementsMap, {
+    // we don't always need to update the element if it's already in the frame,
-      frameId: frame.id,
+    // but we still need to accumulate in finalElementsToAdd so we potentially
-    });
+    // reorder them if added together
+    if (element.frameId !== frame.id) {
+      mutateElement(element, elementsMap, {
+        frameId: frame.id,
+      });
+    }
   }
 
-  return allElements;
+  // (re)order elements to be just below the frame,
+  // or just above the highest child if that is higher
+  // (latter case is denormalized order until we migrate)
+  // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+  if (
+    !finalElementsToAdd.size ||
+    // if all elements to add already belong to the frame, then we don't want to
+    // reorder (case: we're dragging element children within the frame)
+    commonFrameId === frame.id
+  ) {
+    return allElements;
+  }
+
+  const otherElements = Array.from(allElements.values()).filter(
+    (element) => !finalElementsToAdd.has(element),
+  );
+  const insertionIndex = getFrameChildrenInsertionIndex(
+    otherElements,
+    frame.id,
+  );
+
+  if (insertionIndex === null) {
+    return allElements;
+  }
+
+  const reorderedElements = [
+    ...otherElements.slice(0, insertionIndex),
+    ...finalElementsToAdd,
+    ...otherElements.slice(insertionIndex),
+  ];
+
+  syncMovedIndices(reorderedElements, arrayToMap([...finalElementsToAdd]));
+
+  return (
+    Array.isArray(allElements)
+      ? reorderedElements
+      : new Map(reorderedElements.map((element) => [element.id, element]))
+  ) as T;
 };
 
 export const removeElementsFromFrame = (
@@ -623,13 +681,11 @@ export const replaceAllElementsInFrame = <T extends ExcalidrawElement>(
   allElements: readonly T[],
   nextElementsInFrame: ExcalidrawElement[],
   frame: ExcalidrawFrameLikeElement,
-  app: AppClassProperties,
 ): T[] => {
   return addElementsToFrame(
     removeAllElementsFromFrame(allElements, frame),
     nextElementsInFrame,
     frame,
-    app.state,
   ).slice();
 };
 

packages/element/src/typeChecks.ts

@@ -392,3 +392,23 @@ export const canBecomePolygon = (
     (points.length === 3 && !pointsEqual(points[0], points[points.length - 1]))
   );
 };
+
+export const isEligibleFrameChildType = (type: ElementOrToolType) => {
+  switch (type) {
+    case "rectangle":
+    case "diamond":
+    case "ellipse":
+    case "arrow":
+    case "line":
+    case "freedraw":
+    case "text":
+    case "image":
+    case "frame":
+    case "embeddable": {
+      return true;
+    }
+    default: {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+};

packages/element/tests/frame.test.tsx

@@ -5,12 +5,15 @@ import {
 import { arrayToMap } from "@excalidraw/common";
 
 import { API } from "@excalidraw/excalidraw/tests/helpers/api";
-import { Keyboard, Pointer } from "@excalidraw/excalidraw/tests/helpers/ui";
+import { Keyboard, Pointer, UI } from "@excalidraw/excalidraw/tests/helpers/ui";
+import { getTextEditor } from "@excalidraw/excalidraw/tests/queries/dom";
 import {
   getCloneByOrigId,
   render,
 } from "@excalidraw/excalidraw/tests/test-utils";
 
+import { getSelectedElements } from "@excalidraw/excalidraw/scene";
+
 import { elementOverlapsWithFrame } from "../src/frame";
 
 import type {
@@ -151,6 +154,230 @@ describe("adding elements to frames", () => {
     ).toBe(true);
   });
 
+  it("should not add a newly created element to a frame behind a non-frame element", () => {
+    const cover = API.createElement({
+      id: "cover",
+      type: "rectangle",
+      x: 10,
+      y: 10,
+      width: 80,
+      height: 80,
+      backgroundColor: "#ffc9c9",
+    });
+
+    API.setElements([frame, cover]);
+
+    UI.clickTool("rectangle");
+    mouse.downAt(20, 20);
+    mouse.moveTo(40, 40);
+    mouse.upAt(40, 40);
+
+    const createdElement = h.elements.find(
+      (element) => element.id !== frame.id && element.id !== cover.id,
+    );
+
+    expect(createdElement?.frameId).toBe(null);
+    expect(h.elements.map((element) => element.id)).toEqual([
+      frame.id,
+      cover.id,
+      createdElement?.id,
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("should add a newly created element to a frame over a non-frame element", () => {
+    const cover = API.createElement({
+      id: "cover",
+      type: "rectangle",
+      x: 10,
+      y: 10,
+      width: 80,
+      height: 80,
+      backgroundColor: "#ffc9c9",
+    });
+
+    API.setElements([cover, frame]);
+
+    UI.clickTool("rectangle");
+    mouse.downAt(20, 20);
+    mouse.moveTo(40, 40);
+    mouse.upAt(40, 40);
+
+    const createdElement = h.elements.find(
+      (element) => element.id !== frame.id && element.id !== cover.id,
+    );
+
+    expect(createdElement?.frameId).toBe(frame.id);
+  });
+
+  it("should highlight the target frame while creating a new element", () => {
+    API.setElements([frame]);
+
+    UI.clickTool("rectangle");
+    mouse.downAt(20, 20);
+    mouse.moveTo(40, 40);
+
+    expect(h.state.frameToHighlight?.id).toBe(frame.id);
+
+    mouse.upAt(40, 40);
+
+    expect(h.state.frameToHighlight).toBe(null);
+  });
+
+  it("should highlight the target frame while hovering with a creation tool", () => {
+    API.setElements([frame]);
+
+    UI.clickTool("rectangle");
+    mouse.moveTo(20, 20);
+
+    expect(h.state.frameToHighlight?.id).toBe(frame.id);
+
+    mouse.moveTo(200, 200);
+
+    expect(h.state.frameToHighlight).toBe(null);
+  });
+
+  it("should not add grid-snapped text outside the frame to the clicked frame", async () => {
+    const offsetFrame = API.createElement({
+      id: "offsetFrame",
+      type: "frame",
+      x: 10,
+      y: 0,
+      width: 150,
+      height: 150,
+    });
+
+    API.setElements([offsetFrame]);
+    API.setAppState({
+      gridModeEnabled: true,
+    });
+
+    UI.clickTool("text");
+    mouse.clickAt(12, 0);
+
+    await getTextEditor();
+
+    const createdText = h.elements.find(
+      (element) => element.id !== offsetFrame.id,
+    );
+
+    expect(createdText?.x).toBe(0);
+    expect(createdText?.y).toBe(0);
+    expect(createdText?.frameId).toBe(null);
+  });
+
+  it("should add a newly created element to a frame behind another frame", () => {
+    const lockedFrame = API.createElement({
+      id: "lockedFrame",
+      type: "frame",
+      x: 10,
+      y: 10,
+      width: 80,
+      height: 80,
+      locked: true,
+    });
+
+    API.setElements([frame, lockedFrame]);
+
+    UI.clickTool("rectangle");
+    mouse.downAt(20, 20);
+    mouse.moveTo(40, 40);
+    mouse.upAt(40, 40);
+
+    const createdElement = h.elements.find(
+      (element) => element.id !== frame.id && element.id !== lockedFrame.id,
+    );
+
+    expect(createdElement?.frameId).toBe(frame.id);
+  });
+
+  it("should insert a newly created frame child just below its frame", () => {
+    const frameChildUnderCursor = API.createElement({
+      id: "frameChildUnderCursor",
+      type: "rectangle",
+      x: 10,
+      y: 10,
+      width: 80,
+      height: 80,
+      backgroundColor: "#ffc9c9",
+      frameId: frame.id,
+    });
+    const otherFrameChild = API.createElement({
+      id: "otherFrameChild",
+      type: "rectangle",
+      x: 100,
+      y: 20,
+      width: 20,
+      height: 20,
+      frameId: frame.id,
+    });
+
+    API.setElements([frameChildUnderCursor, otherFrameChild, frame]);
+
+    UI.clickTool("rectangle");
+    mouse.downAt(20, 20);
+    mouse.moveTo(40, 40);
+    mouse.upAt(40, 40);
+
+    const createdElement = h.elements.find(
+      (element) =>
+        element.id !== frame.id &&
+        element.id !== frameChildUnderCursor.id &&
+        element.id !== otherFrameChild.id,
+    );
+
+    expect(createdElement?.frameId).toBe(frame.id);
+    expect(h.elements.map((element) => element.id)).toEqual([
+      frameChildUnderCursor.id,
+      otherFrameChild.id,
+      createdElement?.id,
+      frame.id,
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("should insert a newly created frame child above the highest frame child", () => {
+    const frameChildUnderCursor = API.createElement({
+      id: "frameChildUnderCursor",
+      type: "rectangle",
+      x: 10,
+      y: 10,
+      width: 80,
+      height: 80,
+      backgroundColor: "#ffc9c9",
+      frameId: frame.id,
+    });
+    const otherFrameChild = API.createElement({
+      id: "otherFrameChild",
+      type: "rectangle",
+      x: 100,
+      y: 20,
+      width: 20,
+      height: 20,
+      frameId: frame.id,
+    });
+
+    API.setElements([frame, frameChildUnderCursor, otherFrameChild]);
+
+    UI.clickTool("rectangle");
+    mouse.downAt(20, 20);
+    mouse.moveTo(40, 40);
+    mouse.upAt(40, 40);
+
+    const createdElement = h.elements.find(
+      (element) =>
+        element.id !== frame.id &&
+        element.id !== frameChildUnderCursor.id &&
+        element.id !== otherFrameChild.id,
+    );
+
+    expect(createdElement?.frameId).toBe(frame.id);
+    expect(h.elements.map((element) => element.id)).toEqual([
+      frame.id,
+      frameChildUnderCursor.id,
+      otherFrameChild.id,
+      createdElement?.id,
+    ]);
+  });
+
   const commonTestCases = async (
     func: typeof resizeFrameOverElement | typeof dragElementIntoFrame,
   ) => {
@@ -457,6 +684,329 @@ describe("adding elements to frames", () => {
       expect(API.getElement(containingRect).frameId).toBe(frame.id);
     });
 
+    it("should drag an element into a frame", () => {
+      API.setElements([rect2, frame]);
+
+      dragElementIntoFrame(frame, rect2);
+
+      expect(rect2.frameId).toBe(frame.id);
+    });
+
+    it("should layer a dragged element above the highest frame child", () => {
+      const frameChild = API.createElement({
+        id: "frameChild",
+        type: "rectangle",
+        x: 10,
+        y: 10,
+        width: 20,
+        height: 20,
+        frameId: frame.id,
+      });
+
+      API.setElements([frame, frameChild, rect2]);
+
+      dragElementIntoFrame(frame, rect2);
+
+      expect(rect2.frameId).toBe(frame.id);
+      expect(h.elements.map((element) => element.id)).toEqual([
+        frame.id,
+        frameChild.id,
+        rect2.id,
+      ]);
+      expect(rect2.index! > frameChild.index!).toBe(true);
+      expect(rect2.index! > frame.index!).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("should preview a dragged element above the highest frame child before pointerup", () => {
+      const frameChild = API.createElement({
+        id: "frameChild",
+        type: "rectangle",
+        x: 10,
+        y: 10,
+        width: 20,
+        height: 20,
+        frameId: frame.id,
+      });
+
+      API.setElements([rect2, frame, frameChild]);
+      API.setSelectedElements([rect2]);
+      API.updateElement(rect2, {
+        x: 10,
+        y: 10,
+      });
+
+      const getRenderableElementIds = (
+        selectedElementsAreBeingDragged: boolean,
+      ) => {
+        return h.app.renderer
+          .getRenderableElements({
+            zoom: h.state.zoom,
+            offsetLeft: 0,
+            offsetTop: 0,
+            scrollX: 0,
+            scrollY: 0,
+            height: 1000,
+            width: 1000,
+            editingTextElement: h.state.editingTextElement,
+            newElement: h.state.newElement,
+            selectedElements: getSelectedElements(h.elements, h.state),
+            selectedElementsAreBeingDragged,
+            frameToHighlight: frame as ExcalidrawFrameLikeElement,
+          })
+          .visibleElements.map((element) => element.id);
+      };
+
+      expect(h.elements.map((element) => element.id)).toEqual([
+        rect2.id,
+        frame.id,
+        frameChild.id,
+      ]);
+      expect(getRenderableElementIds(false)).toEqual([
+        rect2.id,
+        frame.id,
+        frameChild.id,
+      ]);
+      expect(getRenderableElementIds(true)).toEqual([
+        frame.id,
+        frameChild.id,
+        rect2.id,
+      ]);
+      expect(h.elements.map((element) => element.id)).toEqual([
+        rect2.id,
+        frame.id,
+        frameChild.id,
+      ]);
+      expect(rect2.frameId).toBe(null);
+    });
+
+    it("should not preview reorder dragged elements already in the highlighted frame", () => {
+      const frameChild = API.createElement({
+        id: "frameChild",
+        type: "rectangle",
+        x: 10,
+        y: 10,
+        width: 20,
+        height: 20,
+        frameId: frame.id,
+      });
+      const otherFrameChild = API.createElement({
+        id: "otherFrameChild",
+        type: "rectangle",
+        x: 40,
+        y: 10,
+        width: 20,
+        height: 20,
+        frameId: frame.id,
+      });
+
+      API.setElements([frameChild, frame, otherFrameChild]);
+      API.setSelectedElements([frameChild]);
+
+      const renderableElementIds = h.app.renderer
+        .getRenderableElements({
+          zoom: h.state.zoom,
+          offsetLeft: 0,
+          offsetTop: 0,
+          scrollX: 0,
+          scrollY: 0,
+          height: 1000,
+          width: 1000,
+          editingTextElement: h.state.editingTextElement,
+          newElement: h.state.newElement,
+          selectedElements: getSelectedElements(h.elements, h.state),
+          selectedElementsAreBeingDragged: true,
+          frameToHighlight: frame as ExcalidrawFrameLikeElement,
+        })
+        .visibleElements.map((element) => element.id);
+
+      expect(renderableElementIds).toEqual([
+        frameChild.id,
+        frame.id,
+        otherFrameChild.id,
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    it("should put a dragged mixed selection above the highest frame child", () => {
+      const frameChild = API.createElement({
+        id: "frameChild",
+        type: "rectangle",
+        x: 50,
+        y: 10,
+        width: 20,
+        height: 20,
+        frameId: frame.id,
+        boundElements: [{ id: "boundText", type: "text" }],
+      });
+      const boundText = API.createElement({
+        id: "boundText",
+        type: "text",
+        x: 50,
+        y: 10,
+        width: 20,
+        height: 20,
+        containerId: frameChild.id,
+        frameId: frame.id,
+      });
+      const otherFrameChild = API.createElement({
+        id: "otherFrameChild",
+        type: "rectangle",
+        x: 80,
+        y: 10,
+        width: 20,
+        height: 20,
+        frameId: frame.id,
+      });
+      const nonFrameElement = API.createElement({
+        id: "nonFrameElement",
+        type: "rectangle",
+        x: 155,
+        y: 10,
+        width: 20,
+        height: 20,
+      });
+
+      API.setElements([
+        frame,
+        frameChild,
+        boundText,
+        otherFrameChild,
+        nonFrameElement,
+      ]);
+      API.setSelectedElements([frameChild, nonFrameElement]);
+
+      mouse.downAt(
+        nonFrameElement.x + nonFrameElement.width / 2,
+        nonFrameElement.y + nonFrameElement.height / 2,
+      );
+      mouse.moveTo(frame.x + frame.width - 5, nonFrameElement.y + 10);
+      mouse.up();
+
+      expect(frameChild.frameId).toBe(frame.id);
+      expect(boundText.frameId).toBe(frame.id);
+      expect(nonFrameElement.frameId).toBe(frame.id);
+      expect(h.elements.map((element) => element.id)).toEqual([
+        frame.id,
+        otherFrameChild.id,
+        frameChild.id,
+        boundText.id,
+        nonFrameElement.id,
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    it("should not reorder dragged elements already in the highlighted frame", () => {
+      const frameChild = API.createElement({
+        id: "frameChild",
+        type: "rectangle",
+        x: 50,
+        y: 10,
+        width: 20,
+        height: 20,
+        frameId: frame.id,
+      });
+      const otherFrameChild = API.createElement({
+        id: "otherFrameChild",
+        type: "rectangle",
+        x: 80,
+        y: 10,
+        width: 20,
+        height: 20,
+        frameId: frame.id,
+      });
+
+      API.setElements([frame, frameChild, otherFrameChild]);
+      API.setSelectedElements([frameChild]);
+
+      mouse.downAt(
+        frameChild.x + frameChild.width / 2,
+        frameChild.y + frameChild.height / 2,
+      );
+      mouse.moveTo(frameChild.x + frameChild.width / 2 + 5, frameChild.y + 10);
+      mouse.up();
+
+      expect(frameChild.frameId).toBe(frame.id);
+      expect(h.elements.map((element) => element.id)).toEqual([
+        frame.id,
+        frameChild.id,
+        otherFrameChild.id,
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    it("should not drag an element into a frame behind a non-frame element", () => {
+      const cover = API.createElement({
+        id: "cover",
+        type: "rectangle",
+        x: 10,
+        y: 10,
+        width: 80,
+        height: 80,
+        backgroundColor: "#ffc9c9",
+      });
+      API.setElements([frame, cover, rect2]);
+
+      mouse.clickAt(rect2.x, rect2.y);
+      mouse.downAt(rect2.x + rect2.width / 2, rect2.y + rect2.height / 2);
+      mouse.moveTo(20, 20);
+      mouse.upAt(20, 20);
+
+      expect(rect2.frameId).toBe(null);
+    });
+
+    it("should drag an element into a frame over a non-frame element", () => {
+      const cover = API.createElement({
+        id: "cover",
+        type: "rectangle",
+        x: 10,
+        y: 10,
+        width: 80,
+        height: 80,
+        backgroundColor: "#ffc9c9",
+      });
+      API.setElements([cover, rect2, frame]);
+
+      mouse.clickAt(rect2.x, rect2.y);
+      mouse.downAt(rect2.x + rect2.width / 2, rect2.y + rect2.height / 2);
+      mouse.moveTo(20, 20);
+      mouse.upAt(20, 20);
+
+      expect(rect2.frameId).toBe(frame.id);
+    });
+
+    it("should keep dragging a frame child over a non-frame element above its frame", () => {
+      const cover = API.createElement({
+        id: "cover",
+        type: "rectangle",
+        x: 10,
+        y: 10,
+        width: 80,
+        height: 80,
+        backgroundColor: "#ffc9c9",
+      });
+      const frameChild = API.createElement({
+        id: "frameChild",
+        type: "rectangle",
+        x: 100,
+        y: 20,
+        width: 20,
+        height: 20,
+        frameId: frame.id,
+      });
+
+      API.setElements([frameChild, frame, cover]);
+      API.setSelectedElements([frameChild]);
+
+      mouse.downAt(
+        frameChild.x + frameChild.width / 2,
+        frameChild.y + frameChild.height / 2,
+      );
+      mouse.moveTo(20, 20);
+
+      expect(h.state.frameToHighlight?.id).toBe(frame.id);
+
+      mouse.upAt(20, 20);
+
+      expect(frameChild.frameId).toBe(frame.id);
+    });
+
     it.skip("should drag element inside, duplicate it and keep it in frame", () => {
       API.setElements([frame, rect2]);
 

packages/excalidraw/actions/actionDeselect.ts

@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ export const actionDeselect = register({
           selectionElement: null,
           showHyperlinkPopup: false,
           suggestedBinding: null,
+          frameToHighlight: null,
         },
         captureUpdate: CaptureUpdateAction.IMMEDIATELY,
       };
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@ export const actionDeselect = register({
         selectionElement: null,
         showHyperlinkPopup: false,
         suggestedBinding: null,
+        frameToHighlight: null,
       },
       captureUpdate: CaptureUpdateAction.IMMEDIATELY,
     };

packages/excalidraw/actions/actionFinalize.tsx

@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ export const actionFinalize = register<FormData>({
         multiElement: null,
         editingTextElement: null,
         suggestedBinding: null,
+        frameToHighlight: null,
         selectedElementIds:
           element &&
           !appState.activeTool.locked &&

packages/excalidraw/actions/actionFrame.ts

@@ -205,7 +205,6 @@ export const actionWrapSelectionInFrame = register({
       [...app.scene.getElementsIncludingDeleted(), frame],
       selectedElements,
       frame,
-      appState,
     );
 
     return {

packages/excalidraw/actions/actionGroup.tsx

@@ -277,7 +277,6 @@ export const actionUngroup = register({
             elementsMap,
           ),
           frame,
-          app,
         );
       }
     });

packages/excalidraw/components/App.tsx

@@ -176,7 +176,9 @@ import {
   isValidTextContainer,
   redrawTextBoundingBox,
   hasBoundingBox,
+  getCommonFrameId,
   getFrameChildren,
+  getFrameChildrenInsertionIndex,
   isCursorInFrame,
   addElementsToFrame,
   replaceAllElementsInFrame,
@@ -259,6 +261,7 @@ import {
   maybeHandleArrowPointlikeDrag,
   getUncroppedWidthAndHeight,
   getActiveTextElement,
+  isEligibleFrameChildType,
 } from "@excalidraw/element";
 
 import type { GlobalPoint, LocalPoint, Radians } from "@excalidraw/math";
@@ -2092,20 +2095,30 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
     const selectedElements = this.scene.getSelectedElements(this.state);
     const { renderTopRightUI, renderTopLeftUI, renderCustomStats } = this.props;
 
-    const sceneNonce = this.scene.getSceneNonce();
+    const {
-    const { elementsMap, visibleElements } =
+      elementsMap,
-      this.renderer.getRenderableElements({
+      visibleElements,
-        sceneNonce,
+      canvasNonce,
-        zoom: this.state.zoom,
+      /**
-        offsetLeft: this.state.offsetLeft,
+       * element to draw on the <NewElementCanvas> for optimization purposes.
-        offsetTop: this.state.offsetTop,
+       * Can be null even if this.state.newElement defined
-        scrollX: this.state.scrollX,
+       * (e.g. when its zIndex isn't on top) */
-        scrollY: this.state.scrollY,
+      newElementCanvasElement,
-        height: this.state.height,
+    } = this.renderer.getRenderableElements({
-        width: this.state.width,
+      zoom: this.state.zoom,
-        editingTextElement: this.state.editingTextElement,
+      offsetLeft: this.state.offsetLeft,
-        newElementId: this.state.newElement?.id,
+      offsetTop: this.state.offsetTop,
-      });
+      scrollX: this.state.scrollX,
+      scrollY: this.state.scrollY,
+      height: this.state.height,
+      width: this.state.width,
+      editingTextElement: this.state.editingTextElement,
+      newElement: this.state.newElement,
+      selectedElements,
+      selectedElementsAreBeingDragged:
+        this.state.selectedElementsAreBeingDragged,
+      frameToHighlight: this.state.frameToHighlight,
+    });
     this.visibleElements = visibleElements;
 
     const allElementsMap = this.scene.getNonDeletedElementsMap();
@@ -2324,7 +2337,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
                             elementsMap={elementsMap}
                             allElementsMap={allElementsMap}
                             visibleElements={visibleElements}
-                            sceneNonce={sceneNonce}
+                            canvasNonce={canvasNonce}
                             selectionNonce={
                               this.state.selectionElement?.versionNonce
                             }
@@ -2345,9 +2358,10 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
                               theme: this.state.theme,
                             }}
                           />
-                          {this.state.newElement && (
+                          {newElementCanvasElement && (
                             <NewElementCanvas
                               appState={this.state}
+                              newElement={newElementCanvasElement}
                               scale={window.devicePixelRatio}
                               rc={this.rc}
                               elementsMap={elementsMap}
@@ -2375,7 +2389,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
                             visibleElements={visibleElements}
                             allElementsMap={allElementsMap}
                             selectedElements={selectedElements}
-                            sceneNonce={sceneNonce}
+                            canvasNonce={canvasNonce}
                             selectionNonce={
                               this.state.selectionElement?.versionNonce
                             }
@@ -2687,7 +2701,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
           locked: false,
         });
 
-        this.scene.insertElement(frame);
+        this.insertNewElement(frame);
 
         for (const child of selectedElements) {
           this.scene.mutateElement(child, { frameId: frame.id });
@@ -3765,6 +3779,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
         position:
           this.editorInterface.formFactor === "desktop" ? "cursor" : "center",
         retainSeed: isPlainPaste,
+        preserveFrameChildrenOrder: true,
       });
       return;
     }
@@ -3908,6 +3923,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
     position: { clientX: number; clientY: number } | "cursor" | "center";
     retainSeed?: boolean;
     fitToContent?: boolean;
+    preserveFrameChildrenOrder?: boolean;
   }) => {
     const elements = restoreElements(opts.elements, null, {
       deleteInvisibleElements: true,
@@ -3949,6 +3965,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
         });
       }),
       randomizeSeed: !opts.retainSeed,
+      preserveFrameChildrenOrder: opts.preserveFrameChildrenOrder,
     });
 
     const prevElements = this.scene.getElementsIncludingDeleted();
@@ -3970,11 +3987,10 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
         duplicatedElements,
         topLayerFrame,
       );
-      addElementsToFrame(
+      nextElements = addElementsToFrame(
         nextElements,
         eligibleElements,
         topLayerFrame,
-        this.state,
       );
     }
 
@@ -4200,7 +4216,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
       return;
     }
 
-    this.scene.insertElements(textElements);
+    this.insertNewElements(textElements);
     this.store.scheduleCapture();
     this.setState({
       selectedElementIds: makeNextSelectedElementIds(
@@ -5456,7 +5472,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
     if (!event[KEYS.CTRL_OR_CMD]) {
       if (this.flowChartCreator.isCreatingChart) {
         if (this.flowChartCreator.pendingNodes?.length) {
-          this.scene.insertElements(this.flowChartCreator.pendingNodes);
+          this.insertNewElements(this.flowChartCreator.pendingNodes);
         }
 
         const firstNode = this.flowChartCreator.pendingNodes?.[0];
@@ -5554,6 +5570,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
         selectedLinearElement: isSelectionLikeTool(nextActiveTool.type)
           ? prevState.selectedLinearElement
           : null,
+        frameToHighlight: null,
       } as const;
 
       if (nextActiveTool.type === "freedraw") {
@@ -6151,6 +6168,12 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
         hitElement = elements[index];
         break;
       } else if (x1 < x && x < x2 && y1 < y && y < y2) {
+        // to allow binding to containers within frames,
+        // ignore frames in hit testing
+        if (isFrameLikeElement(elements[index])) {
+          continue;
+        }
+
         hitElement = elements[index];
         break;
       }
@@ -6240,11 +6263,6 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
       }
     }
 
-    const topLayerFrame = this.getTopLayerFrameAtSceneCoords({
-      x: sceneX,
-      y: sceneY,
-    });
-
     const textCreationGridPoint = this.getTextCreationGridPoint(sceneX, sceneY);
 
     const newTextElementPosition = parentCenterPosition
@@ -6266,6 +6284,20 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
           y: sceneY,
         };
 
+    const topLayerFrame = this.getTopLayerFrameAtSceneCoords({
+      x: newTextElementPosition.x,
+      y: newTextElementPosition.y,
+    });
+
+    // container has higher priority. Only add to frame if container is in the same frame.
+    const frameId =
+      topLayerFrame &&
+      (!shouldBindToContainer ||
+        !container ||
+        container.frameId === topLayerFrame.id)
+        ? topLayerFrame.id
+        : null;
+
     const element =
       existingTextElement ||
       newTextElement({
@@ -6295,7 +6327,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
             ? (0 as Radians)
             : container.angle
           : (0 as Radians),
-        frameId: topLayerFrame ? topLayerFrame.id : null,
+        frameId,
       });
 
     if (!existingTextElement && shouldBindToContainer && container) {
@@ -6311,9 +6343,12 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
     if (!existingTextElement) {
       if (container && shouldBindToContainer) {
         const containerIndex = this.scene.getElementIndex(container.id);
-        this.scene.insertElementAtIndex(element, containerIndex + 1);
+        // TODO should use insertNewElement, after we update it to handle
+        // elements with containerId + frameId at the same time (containerId
+        // should take precedence when it comes to z-index)
+        this.scene.insertElementsAtIndex([element], containerIndex + 1);
       } else {
-        this.scene.insertElement(element);
+        this.insertNewElement(element);
       }
     }
 
@@ -6695,19 +6730,161 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
     }
   };
 
-  private getTopLayerFrameAtSceneCoords = (sceneCoords: {
+  /**
-    x: number;
+   * finds candidate frame under cursor (when dragging frame children/elements
-    y: number;
+   * inside frames)
-  }) => {
+   */
+  private getTopLayerFrameAtSceneCoords = (
+    /**
+     * should be already grid aligned (basically should be what the call site
+     * sets the element's coords to, if applicable)
+     */
+    sceneCoords: {
+      x: number;
+      y: number;
+    },
+    opts?: {
+      /** to exclude selected elements when dragging, etc. */
+      excludeElementIds?: AppState["selectedElementIds"];
+      currentFrameId?: ExcalidrawElement["frameId"];
+    },
+  ) => {
     const elementsMap = this.scene.getNonDeletedElementsMap();
-    const frames = this.scene
+    const framesUnderCursor = this.scene
       .getNonDeletedFramesLikes()
       .filter(
         (frame): frame is ExcalidrawFrameLikeElement =>
           !frame.locked && isCursorInFrame(sceneCoords, frame, elementsMap),
       );
 
-    return frames.length ? frames[frames.length - 1] : null;
+    if (!framesUnderCursor.length) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    const topLayerFrame = framesUnderCursor.at(-1)!;
+
+    const hitElement = this.getElementsAtPosition(
+      sceneCoords.x,
+      sceneCoords.y,
+      {
+        includeLockedElements: true,
+      },
+    ).findLast((element) => !opts?.excludeElementIds?.[element.id]);
+
+    if (hitElement) {
+      if (
+        isFrameLikeElement(hitElement) &&
+        // case: we're hitting a locked frame itself (frame's outline
+        // or later its bg once implemented)
+        !hitElement.locked
+      ) {
+        return topLayerFrame;
+      }
+
+      const hitElementIndex = this.scene.getElementIndex(hitElement.id);
+      const topLayerFrameIndex = this.scene.getElementIndex(topLayerFrame.id);
+
+      if (
+        hitElementIndex !== -1 &&
+        topLayerFrameIndex !== -1 &&
+        hitElementIndex <= topLayerFrameIndex
+      ) {
+        return topLayerFrame;
+      }
+
+      // to support a case of dragging a pre-existing frame child underneath
+      // a non-frame element covering the cursor
+      const currentFrame = opts?.currentFrameId
+        ? framesUnderCursor.find((frame) => frame.id === opts.currentFrameId) ??
+          null
+        : null;
+
+      if (currentFrame) {
+        return currentFrame;
+      }
+
+      return hitElement.frameId
+        ? framesUnderCursor.find((frame) => frame.id === hitElement.frameId) ??
+            null
+        : null;
+    }
+
+    return topLayerFrame;
+  };
+
+  private updateFrameToHighlight = (
+    frameToHighlight: AppState["frameToHighlight"],
+  ) => {
+    if (this.state.frameToHighlight !== frameToHighlight) {
+      this.setState({ frameToHighlight });
+    }
+  };
+
+  private maybeUpdateFrameToHighlightOnPointerMove = (
+    sceneCoords: { x: number; y: number },
+    isOverScrollBar: boolean,
+  ) => {
+    // currently this function is being called even during pointerdown so we
+    // need to make sure we don't re-set the state when dragging and similar
+    //
+    // But, we still want to reset on pointermove in case the state is stale
+    // so we updte even for non-eligible tool types
+    if (
+      this.state.newElement ||
+      this.state.multiElement ||
+      this.state.selectionElement ||
+      this.state.selectedElementsAreBeingDragged
+    ) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    this.updateFrameToHighlight(
+      !isOverScrollBar && isEligibleFrameChildType(this.state.activeTool.type)
+        ? this.getTopLayerFrameAtSceneCoords(sceneCoords)
+        : null,
+    );
+  };
+
+  private insertNewElements = (elements: readonly ExcalidrawElement[]) => {
+    if (!elements.length) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const chunkedElements: ExcalidrawElement[][] = [];
+
+    for (const element of elements) {
+      const currentChunk = chunkedElements[chunkedElements.length - 1];
+
+      if (currentChunk?.[0].frameId === element.frameId) {
+        currentChunk.push(element);
+      } else {
+        chunkedElements.push([element]);
+      }
+    }
+
+    for (const chunk of chunkedElements) {
+      const frameId = chunk[0].frameId;
+
+      const insertionIndex = frameId
+        ? getFrameChildrenInsertionIndex(
+            this.scene.getElementsIncludingDeleted(),
+            frameId,
+          )
+        : null;
+      this.scene.insertElementsAtIndex(chunk, insertionIndex);
+    }
+  };
+
+  private insertNewElement = (element: ExcalidrawElement) => {
+    this.insertNewElements([element]);
+
+    const frame = element.frameId
+      ? this.scene.getNonDeletedElement(element.frameId)
+      : null;
+
+    this.updateFrameToHighlight(
+      frame && isFrameLikeElement(frame) ? frame : null,
+    );
   };
 
   private handleCanvasPointerMove = (
@@ -6809,6 +6986,14 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
       }
     }
 
+    this.maybeUpdateFrameToHighlightOnPointerMove(
+      {
+        x: scenePointerX,
+        y: scenePointerY,
+      },
+      isOverScrollBar,
+    );
+
     if (
       !this.state.newElement &&
       isActiveToolNonLinearSnappable(this.state.activeTool.type)
@@ -8863,7 +9048,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
       pressures: simulatePressure ? [] : [event.pressure],
     });
 
-    this.scene.insertElement(element);
+    this.insertNewElement(element);
 
     this.setState((prevState) => {
       const nextSelectedElementIds = {
@@ -8920,7 +9105,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
       height,
     });
 
-    this.scene.insertElement(element);
+    this.insertNewElement(element);
 
     return element;
   };
@@ -8974,7 +9159,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
       link,
     });
 
-    this.scene.insertElement(element);
+    this.insertNewElement(element);
 
     return element;
   };
@@ -9218,7 +9403,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
         points: [pointFrom<LocalPoint>(0, 0), pointFrom<LocalPoint>(0, 0)],
       });
 
-      this.scene.insertElement(element);
+      this.insertNewElement(element);
 
       if (isBindingElement(element)) {
         // Do the initial binding so the binding strategy has the initial state
@@ -9376,7 +9561,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
         selectionElement: element,
       });
     } else {
-      this.scene.insertElement(element);
+      this.insertNewElement(element);
       this.setState({
         multiElement: null,
         newElement: element,
@@ -9409,7 +9594,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
         ? newMagicFrameElement(constructorOpts)
         : newFrameElement(constructorOpts);
 
-    this.scene.insertElement(frame);
+    this.insertNewElement(frame);
 
     this.setState({
       multiElement: null,
@@ -9777,18 +9962,17 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
           return;
         }
 
-        const selectedElementsHasAFrame = selectedElements.find((e) =>
+        const selectedElementsHasAFrame = selectedElements.some((e) =>
           isFrameLikeElement(e),
         );
-        const topLayerFrame = this.getTopLayerFrameAtSceneCoords(pointerCoords);
+        const frameToHighlight = selectedElementsHasAFrame
-        const frameToHighlight =
+          ? null
-          topLayerFrame && !selectedElementsHasAFrame ? topLayerFrame : null;
+          : this.getTopLayerFrameAtSceneCoords(pointerCoords, {
+              currentFrameId: getCommonFrameId(selectedElements),
+              excludeElementIds: this.state.selectedElementIds,
+            });
         // Only update the state if there is a difference
-        if (this.state.frameToHighlight !== frameToHighlight) {
+        this.updateFrameToHighlight(frameToHighlight);
-          flushSync(() => {
-            this.setState({ frameToHighlight });
-          });
-        }
 
         // Marking that click was used for dragging to check
         // if elements should be deselected on pointerup
@@ -10817,7 +11001,6 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
             this.scene.getElementsMapIncludingDeleted(),
             elementsInsideFrame,
             newElement,
-            this.state,
           ),
         );
       }
@@ -10877,9 +11060,14 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
           }
         } else {
           // update the relationships between selected elements and frames
-          const topLayerFrame = this.getTopLayerFrameAtSceneCoords(sceneCoords);
-
           const selectedElements = this.scene.getSelectedElements(this.state);
+          const topLayerFrame = this.getTopLayerFrameAtSceneCoords(
+            sceneCoords,
+            {
+              currentFrameId: getCommonFrameId(selectedElements),
+              excludeElementIds: this.state.selectedElementIds,
+            },
+          );
           let nextElements = this.scene.getElementsMapIncludingDeleted();
 
           const updateGroupIdsAfterEditingGroup = (
@@ -10928,10 +11116,8 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
             topLayerFrame &&
             !this.state.selectedElementIds[topLayerFrame.id]
           ) {
-            const elementsToAdd = selectedElements.filter(
+            const elementsToAdd = selectedElements.filter((element) =>
-              (element) =>
+              isElementInFrame(element, nextElements, this.state),
-                element.frameId !== topLayerFrame.id &&
-                isElementInFrame(element, nextElements, this.state),
             );
 
             if (this.state.editingGroupId) {
@@ -10942,7 +11128,6 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
               nextElements,
               elementsToAdd,
               topLayerFrame,
-              this.state,
             );
           } else if (!topLayerFrame) {
             if (this.state.editingGroupId) {
@@ -11004,7 +11189,6 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
               elementsMap,
             ),
             frame,
-            this,
           );
         }
 
@@ -11820,7 +12004,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
       sceneY,
       gridPadding,
     );
-    placeholders.forEach((el) => this.scene.insertElement(el));
+    this.insertNewElements(placeholders);
 
     // Create, position, insert and select initialized (replacing placeholders)
     const initialized = await Promise.all(
@@ -11948,6 +12132,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
               type: "everything",
               elements: item.elements,
               randomizeSeed: true,
+              preserveFrameChildrenOrder: true,
             }).duplicatedElements,
           }));
 

packages/excalidraw/components/LibraryMenuItems.tsx

@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ export default function LibraryMenuItems({
             type: "everything",
             elements: item.elements,
             randomizeSeed: true,
+            preserveFrameChildrenOrder: true,
           }).duplicatedElements,
         };
       });

packages/excalidraw/components/Stats/Dimension.tsx

@@ -206,7 +206,6 @@ const handleDimensionChange: DragInputCallbackType<
           scene.getElementsIncludingDeleted(),
           nextElementsInFrame,
           latestElement,
-          app,
         );
 
         scene.replaceAllElements(updatedElements);
@@ -302,7 +301,6 @@ const handleDragFinished: DragFinishedCallbackType = ({
       app.scene.getElementsIncludingDeleted(),
       nextElementsInFrame,
       latestElement,
-      app,
     );
 
     app.scene.replaceAllElements(updatedElements);

packages/excalidraw/components/Stats/MultiDimension.tsx

@@ -261,7 +261,6 @@ const handleDimensionChange: DragInputCallbackType<
               scene.getElementsIncludingDeleted(),
               nextElementsInFrame,
               latestElement,
-              app,
             );
 
             scene.replaceAllElements(updatedElements);
@@ -416,7 +415,6 @@ const handleDragFinished: DragFinishedCallbackType = ({
       app.scene.getElementsIncludingDeleted(),
       nextElementsInFrame,
       latestElement,
-      app,
     );
 
     app.scene.replaceAllElements(updatedElements);

packages/excalidraw/components/canvases/InteractiveCanvas.tsx

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ type InteractiveCanvasProps = {
   visibleElements: readonly NonDeletedExcalidrawElement[];
   selectedElements: readonly NonDeletedExcalidrawElement[];
   allElementsMap: NonDeletedSceneElementsMap;
-  sceneNonce: number | undefined;
+  canvasNonce: string;
   selectionNonce: number | undefined;
   scale: number;
   appState: InteractiveCanvasAppState;
@@ -279,10 +279,10 @@ const areEqual = (
   // This could be further optimised if needed, as we don't have to render interactive canvas on each scene mutation
   if (
     prevProps.selectionNonce !== nextProps.selectionNonce ||
-    prevProps.sceneNonce !== nextProps.sceneNonce ||
+    prevProps.canvasNonce !== nextProps.canvasNonce ||
     prevProps.scale !== nextProps.scale ||
     // we need to memoize on elementsMap because they may have renewed
-    // even if sceneNonce didn't change (e.g. we filter elements out based
+    // even if canvasNonce didn't change (e.g. we filter elements out based
     // on appState)
     prevProps.elementsMap !== nextProps.elementsMap ||
     prevProps.visibleElements !== nextProps.visibleElements ||

packages/excalidraw/components/canvases/NewElementCanvas.tsx

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import type { RoughCanvas } from "roughjs/bin/canvas";
 
 interface NewElementCanvasProps {
   appState: AppState;
+  newElement: NonNullable<AppState["newElement"]>;
   elementsMap: RenderableElementsMap;
   allElementsMap: NonDeletedSceneElementsMap;
   scale: number;
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ const NewElementCanvas = (props: NewElementCanvasProps) => {
       {
         canvas: canvasRef.current,
         scale: props.scale,
-        newElement: props.appState.newElement,
+        newElement: props.newElement,
         elementsMap: props.elementsMap,
         allElementsMap: props.allElementsMap,
         rc: props.rc,

packages/excalidraw/components/canvases/StaticCanvas.tsx

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ type StaticCanvasProps = {
   elementsMap: RenderableElementsMap;
   allElementsMap: NonDeletedSceneElementsMap;
   visibleElements: readonly NonDeletedExcalidrawElement[];
-  sceneNonce: number | undefined;
+  canvasNonce: string;
   selectionNonce: number | undefined;
   scale: number;
   appState: StaticCanvasAppState;
@@ -110,10 +110,10 @@ const areEqual = (
   nextProps: StaticCanvasProps,
 ) => {
   if (
-    prevProps.sceneNonce !== nextProps.sceneNonce ||
+    prevProps.canvasNonce !== nextProps.canvasNonce ||
     prevProps.scale !== nextProps.scale ||
     // we need to memoize on elementsMap because they may have renewed
-    // even if sceneNonce didn't change (e.g. we filter elements out based
+    // even if canvasNonce didn't change (e.g. we filter elements out based
     // on appState)
     prevProps.elementsMap !== nextProps.elementsMap ||
     prevProps.visibleElements !== nextProps.visibleElements

packages/excalidraw/polyfill.ts

@@ -23,6 +23,94 @@ const polyfill = () => {
     });
   }
 
+  if (!Array.prototype.findLast) {
+    Object.defineProperty(Array.prototype, "findLast", {
+      value: function <T>(
+        this: T[],
+        predicate: (value: T, index: number, array: T[]) => unknown,
+        thisArg?: unknown,
+      ) {
+        return this
+          .slice()
+          .reverse()
+          .find((value, index) =>
+            predicate.call(thisArg, value, this.length - index - 1, this),
+          );
+      },
+      writable: true,
+      enumerable: false,
+      configurable: true,
+    });
+  }
+
+  if (!Array.prototype.findIndex) {
+    Object.defineProperty(Array.prototype, "findIndex", {
+      value: function <T>(
+        this: T[],
+        predicate: (value: T, index: number, array: T[]) => unknown,
+        thisArg?: unknown,
+      ) {
+        for (let index = 0; index < this.length; index++) {
+          if (predicate.call(thisArg, this[index], index, this)) {
+            return index;
+          }
+        }
+
+        return -1;
+      },
+      writable: true,
+      enumerable: false,
+      configurable: true,
+    });
+  }
+
+  if (!Array.prototype.findLastIndex) {
+    Object.defineProperty(Array.prototype, "findLastIndex", {
+      value: function <T>(
+        this: T[],
+        predicate: (value: T, index: number, array: T[]) => unknown,
+        thisArg?: unknown,
+      ) {
+        const index = this
+          .slice()
+          .reverse()
+          .findIndex((value, index) =>
+            predicate.call(thisArg, value, this.length - index - 1, this),
+          );
+
+        return index === -1 ? -1 : this.length - index - 1;
+      },
+      writable: true,
+      enumerable: false,
+      configurable: true,
+    });
+  }
+
+  if (!Array.prototype.toReversed) {
+    Object.defineProperty(Array.prototype, "toReversed", {
+      value: function <T>(this: T[]) {
+        return this.slice().reverse();
+      },
+      writable: true,
+      enumerable: false,
+      configurable: true,
+    });
+  }
+
+  if (!Array.prototype.toSorted) {
+    Object.defineProperty(Array.prototype, "toSorted", {
+      value: function <T>(
+        this: T[],
+        compareFn?: (a: T, b: T) => number,
+      ) {
+        return this.slice().sort(compareFn);
+      },
+      writable: true,
+      enumerable: false,
+      configurable: true,
+    });
+  }
+
   if (!Element.prototype.replaceChildren) {
     Element.prototype.replaceChildren = function (...nodes) {
       this.innerHTML = "";

packages/excalidraw/scene/Renderer.ts

@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
-import { isElementInViewport } from "@excalidraw/element";
+import {
+  getCommonFrameId,
+  getFrameChildrenInsertionIndex,
+  isElementInViewport,
+} from "@excalidraw/element";
 
-import { memoize, toBrandedType } from "@excalidraw/common";
+import { arrayToMap, memoize, toBrandedType } from "@excalidraw/common";
 
 import type {
   ExcalidrawElement,
+  ExcalidrawFrameLikeElement,
+  NonDeleted,
   NonDeletedElementsMap,
   NonDeletedExcalidrawElement,
 } from "@excalidraw/element/types";
@@ -16,6 +22,21 @@ import type { RenderableElementsMap } from "./types";
 
 import type { AppState } from "../types";
 
+type GetRenderableElementsOpts = {
+  zoom: AppState["zoom"];
+  offsetLeft: AppState["offsetLeft"];
+  offsetTop: AppState["offsetTop"];
+  scrollX: AppState["scrollX"];
+  scrollY: AppState["scrollY"];
+  height: AppState["height"];
+  width: AppState["width"];
+  editingTextElement: AppState["editingTextElement"];
+  newElement: AppState["newElement"];
+  selectedElements: readonly NonDeletedExcalidrawElement[];
+  selectedElementsAreBeingDragged: AppState["selectedElementsAreBeingDragged"];
+  frameToHighlight: AppState["frameToHighlight"];
+};
+
 export class Renderer {
   private scene: Scene;
 
@@ -23,9 +44,121 @@ export class Renderer {
     this.scene = scene;
   }
 
-  public getRenderableElements = (() => {
+  private getVisibleCanvasElements({
-    const getVisibleCanvasElements = ({
+    elementsMap,
-      elementsMap,
+    zoom,
+    offsetLeft,
+    offsetTop,
+    scrollX,
+    scrollY,
+    height,
+    width,
+  }: {
+    elementsMap: NonDeletedElementsMap;
+    zoom: AppState["zoom"];
+    offsetLeft: AppState["offsetLeft"];
+    offsetTop: AppState["offsetTop"];
+    scrollX: AppState["scrollX"];
+    scrollY: AppState["scrollY"];
+    height: AppState["height"];
+    width: AppState["width"];
+  }): readonly NonDeletedExcalidrawElement[] {
+    const visibleElements: NonDeletedExcalidrawElement[] = [];
+    for (const element of elementsMap.values()) {
+      if (
+        isElementInViewport(
+          element,
+          width,
+          height,
+          {
+            zoom,
+            offsetLeft,
+            offsetTop,
+            scrollX,
+            scrollY,
+          },
+          elementsMap,
+        )
+      ) {
+        visibleElements.push(element);
+      }
+    }
+    return visibleElements;
+  }
+
+  private getRenderableElementsMap({
+    elements,
+    editingTextElement,
+    newElement,
+  }: {
+    elements: readonly NonDeletedExcalidrawElement[];
+    editingTextElement: AppState["editingTextElement"];
+    newElement: AppState["newElement"];
+  }) {
+    const elementsMap = toBrandedType<RenderableElementsMap>(new Map());
+    const newElementCanvasElement = newElement?.frameId ? null : newElement;
+
+    for (const element of elements) {
+      if (newElementCanvasElement?.id === element.id) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      // we don't want to render text element that's being currently edited
+      // (it's rendered on remote only)
+      if (
+        !editingTextElement ||
+        editingTextElement.type !== "text" ||
+        element.id !== editingTextElement.id
+      ) {
+        elementsMap.set(element.id, element);
+      }
+    }
+    return { elementsMap, newElementCanvasElement };
+  }
+
+  private sortSelectedElementsIntoHighlightedFrame<
+    T extends ExcalidrawElement,
+  >({
+    visibleElements,
+    selectedElements,
+    frameToHighlight,
+  }: {
+    selectedElements: readonly NonDeletedExcalidrawElement[];
+    visibleElements: readonly T[];
+    frameToHighlight: NonDeleted<ExcalidrawFrameLikeElement>;
+  }): readonly T[] {
+    if (!selectedElements.length) {
+      return visibleElements;
+    }
+
+    // we assume all selected elements are eligible frame children if
+    // frameToHighlight is defined
+    const selectedElementsMap = arrayToMap(selectedElements);
+
+    // thus, all deselected elements are the ones we won't reorder
+    const deselectedElements = visibleElements.filter(
+      (element) => !selectedElementsMap.has(element.id),
+    );
+
+    const insertionIndex = getFrameChildrenInsertionIndex(
+      deselectedElements,
+      frameToHighlight.id,
+    );
+
+    if (insertionIndex === null) {
+      return visibleElements;
+    }
+
+    return [
+      ...deselectedElements.slice(0, insertionIndex),
+      ...selectedElements,
+      ...deselectedElements.slice(insertionIndex),
+    ] as readonly T[];
+  }
+
+  private _getRenderableElements = memoize(
+    ({
+      canvasNonce,
       zoom,
       offsetLeft,
       offsetTop,
@@ -33,70 +166,27 @@ export class Renderer {
       scrollY,
       height,
       width,
-    }: {
-      elementsMap: NonDeletedElementsMap;
-      zoom: AppState["zoom"];
-      offsetLeft: AppState["offsetLeft"];
-      offsetTop: AppState["offsetTop"];
-      scrollX: AppState["scrollX"];
-      scrollY: AppState["scrollY"];
-      height: AppState["height"];
-      width: AppState["width"];
-    }): readonly NonDeletedExcalidrawElement[] => {
-      const visibleElements: NonDeletedExcalidrawElement[] = [];
-      for (const element of elementsMap.values()) {
-        if (
-          isElementInViewport(
-            element,
-            width,
-            height,
-            {
-              zoom,
-              offsetLeft,
-              offsetTop,
-              scrollX,
-              scrollY,
-            },
-            elementsMap,
-          )
-        ) {
-          visibleElements.push(element);
-        }
-      }
-      return visibleElements;
-    };
-
-    const getRenderableElements = ({
-      elements,
       editingTextElement,
-      newElementId,
+      newElement,
-    }: {
+    }: Omit<
-      elements: readonly NonDeletedExcalidrawElement[];
+      GetRenderableElementsOpts,
-      editingTextElement: AppState["editingTextElement"];
+      | "selectedElements"
-      newElementId: ExcalidrawElement["id"] | undefined;
+      | "selectedElementsAreBeingDragged"
+      | "frameToHighlight"
+    > & {
+      canvasNonce: string;
     }) => {
-      const elementsMap = toBrandedType<RenderableElementsMap>(new Map());
+      const elements = this.scene.getNonDeletedElements();
 
-      for (const element of elements) {
+      const { elementsMap, newElementCanvasElement } =
-        if (newElementId === element.id) {
+        this.getRenderableElementsMap({
-          continue;
+          elements,
-        }
+          editingTextElement,
+          newElement,
+        });
 
-        // we don't want to render text element that's being currently edited
+      const visibleElements = this.getVisibleCanvasElements({
-        // (it's rendered on remote only)
+        elementsMap,
-        if (
-          !editingTextElement ||
-          editingTextElement.type !== "text" ||
-          element.id !== editingTextElement.id
-        ) {
-          elementsMap.set(element.id, element);
-        }
-      }
-      return elementsMap;
-    };
-
-    return memoize(
-      ({
         zoom,
         offsetLeft,
         offsetTop,
@@ -104,52 +194,69 @@ export class Renderer {
         scrollY,
         height,
         width,
-        editingTextElement,
+      });
-        newElementId,
-        // cache-invalidation nonce
-        sceneNonce: _sceneNonce,
-      }: {
-        zoom: AppState["zoom"];
-        offsetLeft: AppState["offsetLeft"];
-        offsetTop: AppState["offsetTop"];
-        scrollX: AppState["scrollX"];
-        scrollY: AppState["scrollY"];
-        height: AppState["height"];
-        width: AppState["width"];
-        editingTextElement: AppState["editingTextElement"];
-        /** note: first render of newElement will always bust the cache
-         * (we'd have to prefilter elements outside of this function) */
-        newElementId: ExcalidrawElement["id"] | undefined;
-        sceneNonce: ReturnType<InstanceType<typeof Scene>["getSceneNonce"]>;
-      }) => {
-        const elements = this.scene.getNonDeletedElements();
 
-        const elementsMap = getRenderableElements({
+      return {
-          elements,
+        elementsMap,
-          editingTextElement,
+        visibleElements,
-          newElementId,
+        newElementCanvasElement,
+        canvasNonce,
+      };
+    },
+  );
+
+  public getRenderableElements = (opts: GetRenderableElementsOpts) => {
+    const { newElement } = opts;
+    const canvasNonce = `${this.scene.getSceneNonce()}${
+      newElement?.frameId ? `:${newElement.versionNonce}` : ""
+    }`;
+
+    const ret = this._getRenderableElements({
+      canvasNonce,
+
+      // don't spread `opts` because we don't want to memoize on some props
+
+      zoom: opts.zoom,
+      offsetLeft: opts.offsetLeft,
+      offsetTop: opts.offsetTop,
+      scrollX: opts.scrollX,
+      scrollY: opts.scrollY,
+      height: opts.height,
+      width: opts.width,
+      editingTextElement: opts.editingTextElement,
+      newElement: opts.newElement,
+    });
+
+    // if we're dragging elements over a frame, reorder the selected elements
+    // inside the frame during render (we don't set the `element.frameId` until
+    // pointerup else we'd have to painstainly restore the orig index if user
+    // didn't end up adding elements to the frame)
+    if (
+      opts.frameToHighlight &&
+      opts.selectedElementsAreBeingDragged &&
+      // if all dragged elements are already in the frame, don't reorder
+      getCommonFrameId(opts.selectedElements) !== opts.frameToHighlight.id
+    ) {
+      const reorderedVisibleElements =
+        this.sortSelectedElementsIntoHighlightedFrame({
+          visibleElements: ret.visibleElements,
+          selectedElements: opts.selectedElements,
+          frameToHighlight: opts.frameToHighlight,
         });
 
-        const visibleElements = getVisibleCanvasElements({
+      return {
-          elementsMap,
+        ...ret,
-          zoom,
+        visibleElements: reorderedVisibleElements,
-          offsetLeft,
+      };
-          offsetTop,
+    }
-          scrollX,
-          scrollY,
-          height,
-          width,
-        });
 
-        return { elementsMap, visibleElements };
+    return ret;
-      },
+  };
-    );
-  })();
 
   // NOTE Doesn't destroy everything (scene, rc, etc.) because it may not be
   // safe to break TS contract here (for upstream cases)
   public destroy() {
     renderStaticSceneThrottled.cancel();
-    this.getRenderableElements.clear();
+    this._getRenderableElements.clear();
   }
 }

packages/excalidraw/tests/clipboard.test.tsx

@@ -305,8 +305,88 @@ describe("pasting & frames", () => {
 
     await waitFor(() => {
       expect(h.elements.length).toBe(2);
+      expect(h.elements[0].type).toBe(rect.type);
+      expect(h.elements[0].frameId).toBe(frame.id);
+      expect(h.elements[1].id).toBe(frame.id);
+      expect(h.elements[0].index! < frame.index!).toBe(true);
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("should layer pasted elements above the highest frame child", async () => {
+    const frame = API.createElement({
+      type: "frame",
+      width: 100,
+      height: 100,
+      x: 0,
+      y: 0,
+    });
+    const frameChild = API.createElement({
+      id: "frameChild",
+      type: "rectangle",
+      x: 10,
+      y: 10,
+      width: 20,
+      height: 20,
+      frameId: frame.id,
+    });
+    const rect = API.createElement({ type: "rectangle" });
+
+    API.setElements([frameChild, frame]);
+
+    const clipboardJSON = await serializeAsClipboardJSON({
+      elements: [rect],
+      files: null,
+    });
+
+    mouse.moveTo(50, 50);
+
+    pasteWithCtrlCmdV(clipboardJSON);
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(h.elements.length).toBe(3);
       expect(h.elements[1].type).toBe(rect.type);
       expect(h.elements[1].frameId).toBe(frame.id);
+      expect(h.elements.map((element) => element.id)).toEqual([
+        frameChild.id,
+        h.elements[1].id,
+        frame.id,
+      ]);
+      expect(h.elements[1].index! > frameChild.index!).toBe(true);
+      expect(h.elements[1].index! < frame.index!).toBe(true);
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("should preserve denormalized pasted frame child order", async () => {
+    const frame = API.createElement({
+      type: "frame",
+      width: 100,
+      height: 100,
+      x: 0,
+      y: 0,
+    });
+    const frameChild = API.createElement({
+      type: "rectangle",
+      x: 10,
+      y: 10,
+      width: 20,
+      height: 20,
+      frameId: frame.id,
+    });
+
+    const clipboardJSON = await serializeAsClipboardJSON({
+      elements: [frame, frameChild],
+      files: null,
+    });
+
+    mouse.moveTo(200, 200);
+
+    pasteWithCtrlCmdV(clipboardJSON);
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(h.elements.length).toBe(2);
+      expect(h.elements[0].type).toBe(frame.type);
+      expect(h.elements[1].type).toBe(frameChild.type);
+      expect(h.elements[1].frameId).toBe(h.elements[0].id);
     });
   });
 
@@ -379,8 +459,9 @@ describe("pasting & frames", () => {
 
     await waitFor(() => {
       expect(h.elements.length).toBe(3);
-      expect(h.elements[1].type).toBe(rect.type);
+      expect(h.elements[0].type).toBe(rect.type);
-      expect(h.elements[1].frameId).toBe(frame.id);
+      expect(h.elements[0].frameId).toBe(frame.id);
+      expect(h.elements[1].id).toBe(frame.id);
       expect(h.elements[2].type).toBe(rect2.type);
       expect(h.elements[2].frameId).toBe(null);
     });
@@ -422,10 +503,11 @@ describe("pasting & frames", () => {
 
     await waitFor(() => {
       expect(h.elements.length).toBe(3);
-      expect(h.elements[1].type).toBe(rect.type);
+      expect(h.elements[0].type).toBe(rect.type);
+      expect(h.elements[0].frameId).toBe(frame.id);
+      expect(h.elements[1].type).toBe(rect2.type);
       expect(h.elements[1].frameId).toBe(frame.id);
-      expect(h.elements[2].type).toBe(rect2.type);
+      expect(h.elements[2].id).toBe(frame.id);
-      expect(h.elements[2].frameId).toBe(frame.id);
     });
   });
 
@@ -473,8 +555,9 @@ describe("pasting & frames", () => {
 
     await waitFor(() => {
       expect(h.elements.length).toBe(4);
-      expect(h.elements[1].type).toBe(rect.type);
+      expect(h.elements[0].type).toBe(rect.type);
-      expect(h.elements[1].frameId).toBe(frame.id);
+      expect(h.elements[0].frameId).toBe(frame.id);
+      expect(h.elements[1].id).toBe(frame.id);
       expect(h.elements[2].type).toBe(rect2.type);
       expect(h.elements[2].frameId).toBe(h.elements[3].id);
       expect(h.elements[3].type).toBe(frame2.type);

packages/excalidraw/wysiwyg/textWysiwyg.test.tsx

@@ -769,6 +769,63 @@ describe("textWysiwyg", () => {
       ]);
     });
 
+    it("should not add bound text to a frame when its container is not a frame child", async () => {
+      const frame = API.createElement({
+        type: "frame",
+        x: 0,
+        y: 0,
+        width: 200,
+        height: 200,
+      });
+      const rectangle = API.createElement({
+        type: "rectangle",
+        x: 10,
+        y: 20,
+        width: 90,
+        height: 75,
+        backgroundColor: "red",
+      });
+      API.setElements([frame, rectangle]);
+
+      mouse.doubleClickAt(rectangle.x + 10, rectangle.y + 10);
+
+      const text = h.elements[2] as ExcalidrawTextElementWithContainer;
+      expect(text.type).toBe("text");
+      expect(text.containerId).toBe(rectangle.id);
+      expect(text.frameId).toBe(null);
+    });
+
+    it("should bind text to a frame child container when single clicking its center", async () => {
+      const frame = API.createElement({
+        type: "frame",
+        x: 0,
+        y: 0,
+        width: 200,
+        height: 200,
+      });
+      const rectangle = API.createElement({
+        type: "rectangle",
+        x: 10,
+        y: 20,
+        width: 90,
+        height: 75,
+        backgroundColor: "red",
+        frameId: frame.id,
+      });
+      API.setElements([rectangle, frame]);
+
+      UI.clickTool("text");
+      mouse.clickAt(
+        rectangle.x + rectangle.width / 2,
+        rectangle.y + rectangle.height / 2,
+      );
+
+      const text = h.elements[1] as ExcalidrawTextElementWithContainer;
+      expect(text.type).toBe("text");
+      expect(text.containerId).toBe(rectangle.id);
+      expect(text.frameId).toBe(frame.id);
+    });
+
     it("should set the text element angle to same as container angle when binding to rotated container", async () => {
       const rectangle = API.createElement({
         type: "rectangle",