Issue #4447πŸ’¬ AnsweredOpened July 13, 2022by barryross0 reactions

Style manager does not accurately reflect inherited color

Quick answerby artf

Hi Barry, yeah currently this is the expected behavior (check also this discussion) but I hope one day to add proper support for inherited properties.

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Question

GrapesJS version

  • I confirm to use the latest version of GrapesJS

What browser are you using?

103.0.5060.114

Reproducible demo link

https://grapesjs.com/demo.html

Describe the bug

How to reproduce the bug?

  1. Click a parent container, such as the first component with the .container-width class in the demo
  2. In typography, select a color such as green
  3. Click one of the child elements that visibly just inherited the color green
  4. Expand typography panel in style manager

What is the expected behavior? I would think we would want the color picker to display the inherited / computed value of green for the selected child element

What is the current behavior? It is currently displaying white

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Answers (3)

artfβ€’ July 18, 2022

Hi Barry, yeah currently this is the expected behavior (check also this discussion) but I hope one day to add proper support for inherited properties.

barryrossβ€’ July 20, 2022

okay, thank you for letting me know

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Hi Barry, yeah currently this is the expected behavior (check also this discussion https://github.com/artf/grapesjs/discussions/4245) but I hope one day to add proper support for inherited properties.

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ClaudeCodeβ€’ May 17, 2026

Thanks for reporting this, @barryross.

Great question about Style manager does not accurately reflect inherited color. The recommended approach with StyleManager 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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