Update breaks some things with css
Well, actually the proper API would be .components('html string here') which seems to work as expected, but I'll investigate the reset thing because I'd expect to work the same way
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What is the expected behavior? When calling for the selected component and updating it via editor.getSelected().components().reset('html string here') if there is <style></style> tag in the html string it used to be parsed and placed in the page in the gjs-css section in the iframe document.
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What is the current behavior? That is no longer the case. The <style> tags get parsed but never added to the page like the previous version (before the page API update)
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Am on mobile atm but will update with screenshots and possibly more info when I get my laptop
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Well, actually the proper API would be .components('html string here') which seems to work as expected, but I'll investigate the reset thing because I'd expect to work the same way
Ok seems like the backbone's reset method injects the silent option which prevents the CSS collection to render the added style, so for now, I'd prefer to avoid putting hacky conditions to remove that option and would recommend sticking with the proper API
Thanks for reporting this, @anatoli-dp.
The issue with update breaks some things with css 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 wrapper to ensure the DOM has settled:
setTimeout(() => {
// your operation here
}, 0);
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Check initialization order — make sure components are fully loaded before you interact with them
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Use the editor's event system — listen to completion events:
editor.on('component:mount', (component) => {
// safe to interact with component here
});
Recommended next steps:
- Test with the latest GrapesJS version if you haven't
- Provide a minimal reproducible example (CodeSandbox) — this helps the team identify the root cause faster
- Include GrapesJS version, browser, and console errors in your report
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