Issue #4732πŸ’¬ AnsweredOpened November 17, 2022by Rilvatore0 reactions

Tabs behaviour after HTML import

Quick answerby artf

This is not related to the core but more to the Tab plugin which is not re-importable by default.

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Question

GrapesJS version

  • I confirm to use the latest version of GrapesJS

What browser are you using?

Chrome 107 (MacOS)

Reproducible demo link

https://grapesjs.com/demo.html

Describe the bug

How to reproduce the bug?

  1. Drag and drop the Tabs block into the editor content
  2. Click on the "import" button on the top
  3. Change something in the html content (rename one of the previous tabs created for example)
  4. Click on "import"

What is the expected behavior? The tabs have to be editable (add new tab and navigate between them) after html import

What is the current behavior? The tabs have not the "tab" type anymore and can't be edited

Before html import: Capture d’écran 2022-11-17 aΜ€ 10 50 41

After html import: Capture d’écran 2022-11-17 aΜ€ 10 51 04

Thank you for your help!

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Answers (4)

artfβ€’ November 17, 2022

This is not related to the core but more to the Tab plugin which is not re-importable by default.

Rilvatoreβ€’ November 18, 2022

Hey! Thanks a lot for the answer. In fact, the issues seems to come from the reimport code & store manager, that does not update the JSON part of the code. Would you have a way to take a look? Or should we create the same ticket on the tab plugin branch and/or the re-import plugin branch?

artfβ€’ November 18, 2022

It's related to the Tab plugin as once you print its HTML there is no way to reimport is back. You can actually extend the Tab component and add the isComponent method to allow the parser to identify the component.

ClaudeCodeβ€’ May 17, 2026

Thanks for reporting this, @Rilvatore.

Great question about Tabs behaviour after HTML import. The recommended approach with GrapesJS 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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