diff --git a/src/lib/app_components/e_app_codemirror_v5.svelte b/src/lib/app_components/e_app_codemirror_v5.svelte
index 0582b42c..3e194d1e 100644
--- a/src/lib/app_components/e_app_codemirror_v5.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/app_components/e_app_codemirror_v5.svelte
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
         // Props
         content?: string;
         new_content?: string;
+        editorView?: any; // Added to interface
         // export let language: Extension = markdown(); // javascript()
         theme_mode?: string; // 'dark' | 'light'
         extensions?: any[]; // Changed to any[] because Extension type is not directly available here
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@
     }: Props = $props();
 
     let editor_element: HTMLDivElement = $state();
-    let editorView: any = $state(); // Changed to any
+    // let editorView: any = $state(); // Removed redundant declaration
     let cm_modules: any = $state(); // To hold the dynamically loaded CodeMirror modules
     let editor_extensions: any[] = $state([]);