Issue #5385πŸ’¬ AnsweredOpened Sep 14, 2023by padcom0 reactions

GetDirtyCount() non deterministic after load

Quick answerby artf

Added also load options in order to clear the editor internal state post load

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GrapesJS version [X] I confirm to use the latest version of GrapesJS What browser are you using? Chrome Reproducible demo link https://github.com/padcom/grapesjs-bug-dirty-count-non-deterministic/blob/master/index.html Describe the bug Currently, when the user calls await load() the dirty count is zero. Only after the next event loop or later the count is increased. Therefore: prints out 0 but after a milisecond: the number of changes is 1. Expected behavior is that after awaiting the call to load(), if indeed as described in #5373 the editor is changed it should be so immediately after the c...

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artfβ€’ Sep 16, 2023

Added also load options in order to clear the editor internal state post load

const storageOptions = {};
const loadOptions = { clear: true };
await editor.load(storageOptions, loadOptions);
editor.getDirtyCount(); // should always be 0 post load
padcomβ€’ Sep 18, 2023

Thank you! Looking forward to the next release!

GJS Helperβ€’ May 17, 2026

You've accurately identified a common timing issue with GrapesJS's getDirtyCount() method after calling editor.load(). This behavior is indeed due to the asynchronous nature of how GrapesJS processes internal state updates and event emissions. Root Cause Explanation When editor.load() is called, it...

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