TextNodes interfere when changing content on element
Hi Juan, thanks for the report, are you able to show me how your text trait works? I'd expect it to work correctly if you update your component in this way component.components(e.target.value)
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Version: 0.16.44 Hi @artf I have a custom block with a custom button component, which its content is similar to this one. <a data-gjs-type="custom_button" class="btn btn-1" href="">Click here</a> Additionally, I've added a text trait to change the button content, in this particular case I do not want to use the editor RTE. <img width="286" alt="image" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1976679/109966677-d3a91180-7cf0-11eb-8463-e28b8de806c2.png"> When i change the value, the first time it gets reflected correctly <img width="975" alt="image" src="https://user-images.githubuserconte...
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Hi Juan, thanks for the report, are you able to show me how your text trait works?
I'd expect it to work correctly if you update your component in this way component.components(e.target.value)
This was my trait I have changed it to And now it works without overriding update content or render children, thanks! I would have never arrived to the conclusion of using the components method. Now i don't like text nodes π I think we can close this issue unless there's some other point you want...
I don't think you need this one target.set('content', value);. For the rest all good π
Thanks for reporting this, @jcamejo. Thanks for sharing your report about TextNodes interfere when changing content on element. To help the team investigate and prioritize this: Please provide: A minimal reproducible example (CodeSandbox/JSFiddle) Your GrapesJS version number Browser and OS informa...
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