How to make textnode editing update component content?
Hi @abulka, as the editing is happening in the view, you should update the component model once the view is updated. So it should work with something like this
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I'm building a custom textarea component and want it to behave like the built in text component such that editing the textnode on the grapesjs canvas updates the textnode found in .components. And I want the component exported as HTML correctly e.g. <textarea>MY user edited TEXTNODE CONTENT</textarea>. At the moment, the exported html of fancyTextarea always stays the same re the textnode, even though I edit it on the canvas. Is there an textnode change event I should be capturing and acting on - I can't find one? Here is my component fiddle https://jsfiddle.net/tcab/q36ytzxd/ P.S. The closes...
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Hi @abulka, as the editing is happening in the view, you should update the component model once the view is updated. So it should work with something like this
Thanks for reporting this, @abulka. The issue with how to make textnode editing update component content? 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...
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