JSON.stringify(this.editor.getComponents()) Error
Same error here ... do you have a solution? [EDIT] Downgrading seems to be the only solution for now
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Version: 0.16.44 Hi there! I have remote storage for pages, and recently I faced an issue when saving page, JSON.stringify(editor.getComponents()) started to throw error Uncaught TypeError: e[M].getId is not a function. I investigated the already saved JSON representation of the page and found out that it fails on this part I don't know what's the purpose of the __symbol key, but without it, everything works fine. This issue occurs only on few pages, but I'm afraid that it might happen again on other pages.
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Same error here ... do you have a solution?
[EDIT] Downgrading seems to be the only solution for now
Same problem here, if I preprocess the components and remove that attribute (__symbol) before load the Editor the template works fine.
Is the a way @artf to disable the symbols for now?
Yeah unfortunately the previous version of grapesjs had a bug that created symbols involuntary. In the current version, the bug is fixed and symbols are disabled, but unfortunately, this still happens if you try to load a component with a saved symbol reference (created by the bug). I'll add a patc...
Thanks for reporting this, @mmotov. The error TypeError: e[M].getId is not a function. occurs when ProseMirror attempts to access properties before the component lifecycle is fully initialized. This is a common race condition in GrapesJS. Immediate workaround: If you control the code, wrap calls wi...
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