From d4d4b8a50a6855e0218abb4550194396ce294363 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Engiber Lozada <89547469+engijlr@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2025 09:19:33 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Content Type Designer: Always register root route to support
 drag-and-drop into empty Generic tab. (#20809)

Always register root route to enable drag-drop on empty Generic tab.
---
 .../content-type-design-editor.element.ts       | 17 +++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/content/content-type/workspace/views/design/content-type-design-editor.element.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/content/content-type/workspace/views/design/content-type-design-editor.element.ts
index 7eb5696694..7dc47bef73 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/content/content-type/workspace/views/design/content-type-design-editor.element.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/content/content-type/workspace/views/design/content-type-design-editor.element.ts
@@ -207,15 +207,16 @@ export class UmbContentTypeDesignEditorElement extends UmbLitElement implements
 			});
 		}
 
+		routes.push({
+			path: 'root',
+			component: () => import('./content-type-design-editor-tab.element.js'),
+			setup: (component) => {
+				this.#currentTabComponent = component as UmbContentTypeDesignEditorTabElement;
+				this.#currentTabComponent.containerId = null;
+			},
+		});
+
 		if (this._hasRootGroups || this._tabs.length === 0) {
-			routes.push({
-				path: 'root',
-				component: () => import('./content-type-design-editor-tab.element.js'),
-				setup: (component) => {
-					this.#currentTabComponent = component as UmbContentTypeDesignEditorTabElement;
-					this.#currentTabComponent.containerId = null;
-				},
-			});
 			routes.push({
 				path: '',
 				pathMatch: 'full',