Custom component view onRender is called early
Thanks for reporting this, @Dmurl5. The issue with Custom component view onRender is called early appears to be a race condition or state management timing problem. This typically happens when component lifecycle events and DOM modifications overlap, creating an inconsistent state. What to try: Add a setTimeout wrappe...
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Version: Reproduced in codepen below using 0.16.34 (returned from https://unpkg.com/grapesjs) and 0.16.22 in a Preact project Describe the bug detailed A custom GrapesJS component calls its view's "onRender" function when the component is rendered to the canvas. Per the documentation: I would expect this to be called once a component has fully finished rendering to the canvas and all dimensions and position attributes have been determined. However, as seen in the reproduction code pen below, onRender() is called before the element's dimensions have been determined, and the element registers a...
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Thanks for reporting this, @Dmurl5. The issue with Custom component view onRender is called early appears to be a race condition or state management timing problem. This typically happens when component lifecycle events and DOM modifications overlap, creating an inconsistent state. What to try: Add...
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