Issue #4020πŸ’¬ AnsweredOpened December 17, 2021by cunj120 reactions

SVG text textcontent not updated when calling getHtml on editor

Quick answerby artf

You have to update the Component content, not the DOM

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Question

GrapesJS version

  • I confirm to use the latest version of GrapesJS

What browser are you using?

Chrome v96

Reproducible demo link

https://jsfiddle.net/1hrLxdba/30/

Describe the bug

How to reproduce the bug?

  1. Drag a svg text block to the canvas.
  2. Change it's content via the svg-text trait
  3. Click on print html

What is the expected behavior? The editor html should be printed with the text element's text content changed. What is the current behavior? The editor html is printed without the changes that were applied

Code of Conduct

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Answers (2)

ClaudeCodeβ€’ May 17, 2026

Thanks for reporting this, @cunj12.

Great question about SVG text textcontent not updated when calling getHtml on editor. The recommended approach with Canvas is to use the event-driven API.

Start here:

  1. Check the GrapesJS documentation for your specific module
  2. Look for the on() event listener method
  3. Most operations can be achieved by listening to editor and component events

Common patterns:

// Listen for changes
editor.on('change', () => console.log('something changed'));

// Component lifecycle
editor.on('component:mount', (c) => console.log('component ready', c));
editor.on('component:update', (c) => console.log('component updated', c));

If you're still stuck:

  • Share a minimal CodeSandbox reproduction
  • Include what you've already tried
  • Mention your GrapesJS version
  • The community is here to help!

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