Issue #5009πŸ’¬ AnsweredOpened March 24, 2023by Drive4ik0 reactions

Style parsing error if it has @import

Quick answerby artf

Not really fixable as GrapesJS parsers can't be asynchronous right now but in any case, from the performance perspective, you should never use @import in your CSS as it generates a blocking request

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Question

GrapesJS version

  • I confirm to use the latest version of GrapesJS

What browser are you using?

only Firefox (all versions)

Reproducible demo link

https://jsfiddle.net/03m6jz5f/

Describe the bug

How to reproduce the bug?

  1. clear browser cache
  2. try import template with style tag which has @import font url

What is the expected behavior? Style need to be load without JS errors

What is the current behavior? GJS don't wait for style load, and try parse null sheet (JS error). see screenshots: ΠΈΠ·ΠΎΠ±Ρ€Π°ΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ ΠΈΠ·ΠΎΠ±Ρ€Π°ΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅

If is necessary to execute some code in order to reproduce the bug, paste it here below: (sheet parse error)

function getSheet() {
    var style = document.createElement('style');

    style.innerHTML = `@charset "utf-8";
    @import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Lato');
    /* Linked Styles */

    div {
        padding: 0 !important;
        margin: 0 !important;
    }
    `;

    document.head.appendChild(style);

    console.assert(style.sheet, 'sheet is', style.sheet);

    var sheet = style.sheet;
    document.head.removeChild(style);
 
    console.log('sheet is:', sheet);
}

getSheet();

if wait load/parse style tag error nor replicated:

async function getSheetOnLoad() {
    var style = document.createElement('style');

    style.innerHTML = `@charset "utf-8";
    @import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Lato:wght@300&display=swap');
    /* Linked Styles */

    div {
        padding: 0 !important;
        margin: 0 !important;
    }
    `;

    let promise = new Promise(resolve => style.addEventListener('load', resolve));

    document.head.appendChild(style);

    await promise;

    console.assert(style.sheet, 'sheet is', style.sheet);

    var sheet = style.sheet;
    document.head.removeChild(style);

    console.log('sheet is:', sheet);
}

getSheetOnLoad();

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Answers (2)

artfβ€’ August 2, 2023

Not really fixable as GrapesJS parsers can't be asynchronous right now but in any case, from the performance perspective, you should never use @import in your CSS as it generates a blocking request

ClaudeCodeβ€’ May 17, 2026

Thanks for reporting this, @Drive4ik.

Great question about style parsing error if it has @import. 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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