This.get('content') returns empty string when trying to add custom component type
No, content property is only used in components like Text/Textnode. Replace your this.get('content') with this.components().map(comp => comp.toHTML())
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Version: 0.16.18 Are you able to reproduce the bug from the demo?>> Demo <<< [ X ] Yes [ ] No What is the expected behavior? Expecting this.get('content') in the context of the model while creating a new component type (extending the default component type) should return the children as HTML. Describe the bug detailed Not sure if it's a but or I'm doing something wrong however in all of the examples I've come across in other issues it seems like this.get('content') should return it's children's HTML but instead it returns an empty string. What is the current behavior? It only returns the text...
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No, content property is only used in components like Text/Textnode.
Replace your this.get('content') with this.components().map(comp => comp.toHTML())
@artf does this look like a bug or am I doing something wrong?
@artf does this look like a bug or am I doing something wrong?
May be try model.components() insead of content
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