Unable to refresh the iframe
I would need to check why he is still trying to remove the frame, but for now, just skip this line frameView.remove()
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0.17.19 Are you able to reproduce the bug from the demo? YES What is the expected behavior? I had asked a question regarding iframe refresh (#3413). The proposed solution was working for that version (0.17.3) and after running the piece of code the iframe should refresh and the canvas should be seen with the components and styles that were present. Describe the bug detailed I get an error in the console which says Cannot read property 'remove' of undefined in the file ComponentView.js at line 97 What is the current behavior? The canvas isn't visible after the code was run in the console and t...
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I would need to check why he is still trying to remove the frame, but for now, just skip this line frameView.remove()
@artf. Thanks. This works when done once. If I do some action like a click inside the canvas and then if I run frameWrapView.render(); once again, I got another error. The screenshot and a video of this error are attached below. <hr> https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/30771519/123492864-5ce5...
I'll try to fix it in the next release, but for now, you have to unselect components before frameWrapView.render() and reselect them back post rendering
Thanks for reporting this, @theSC0RP. The issue with Unable to refresh the iframe 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 wr...
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