Worker - Headless "document is not defined"
Hi @bgrand-ch unfortunately everything that involves the parser (HTML/CSS) requires the DOM related API to be available. For the CSS maybe you can try to use parser-postcss plugin, I'd expect it to work in the worker environment
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GrapesJS version [X] I confirm to use the latest version of GrapesJS What browser are you using? 114.0.5735.133 Reproducible demo link Impossible to add a worker to reproduce. Describe the bug How to reproduce the bug?Add a web worker.Initialize GrapesJS with "headless" option inside the worker.Add a plugin with "editor.DomComponents.addType" + "styles".Post a message to worker.ReferenceError: document is not defined. What is the expected behavior? Use GrapesJS inside a worker without "ReferenceError: document is not defined" error. What is the current behavior? ReferenceError: document is no...
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Hi @bgrand-ch unfortunately everything that involves the parser (HTML/CSS) requires the DOM related API to be available. For the CSS maybe you can try to use parser-postcss plugin, I'd expect it to work in the worker environment
Hi @artf, thanks a lot for your quick answer 😄 I will try this week.
@artf The Post CSS parser plugin works perfectly in a web worker! Thanks for your help.
The ReferenceError: document is not defined you're encountering when initializing GrapesJS with headless: true inside a Web Worker, specifically when defining component styles via editor.DomComponents.addType, is a known limitation related to GrapesJS's internal CSS parsing mechanisms. Root Cause W...
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