Text in text component cannot update , cannot get final result from toHTML
Question
it is text component,
if select body, the text will correct save/apply/store in component toHTML method,
if just updating text, but not leave the text component, just click save
then use "editor.getHTML()", the result is not updated.

Answers (4)
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We are facing below issue with version "0.17.19" where as on version "0.14.62" its was working fine. We were trying inline editing experience, So when we check the component.getEl() function it returns the updated text for component where as if we use component.toHTML() it returns old value not the...
@artf could you please check on this or any-work around for this ?
Thanks for reporting this, @onmagic. Thanks for sharing your report about text in text component cannot update , cannot get final result from toHTML. To help the team investigate and prioritize this: Please provide: A minimal reproducible example (CodeSandbox/JSFiddle) Your GrapesJS version number...
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