Issue #5788πŸ’¬ AnsweredOpened April 2, 2024by lexoyo0 reactions

CSS properties default values

Quick answerby artf

i need to select something else then normal again Yeah in case there are no values, the default UI preselects the default value, but that can be easily updated So I guess this is not a core bug but an "unexpectedly expected" behavior πŸ₯²

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Question

GrapesJS version

  • I confirm to use the latest version of GrapesJS

What browser are you using?

N/A

Reproducible demo link

https://grapesjs.com/demo.html

Describe the bug

Hi everyone !!! <3

How to reproduce the bug?

  1. open grapesjs official webpage demo
  2. click on a container, e.g. the hero section container
  3. apply a font-weight: bold; style to the container => all the texts inside become bold
  4. select one of the texts inside, check the property font-weight, it is set to normal

What is the expected behavior?

font-weight should be on '' empty string or unset so that i can select normal to un-apply the font-weight: bold;

What is the current behavior?

the property font-weight is set to normal already, making it impossible for me to really apply "normal" (i need to select something else then normal again)

I work on this issue in silex (for other css properties defined in silex) with @oliviermgx, maybe we can make a PR if everyone agrees that this is a bug and the default value should be an empty string?

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Answers (3)

artfβ€’ April 3, 2024

i need to select something else then normal again

Yeah in case there are no values, the default UI preselects the default value, but that can be easily updated

editor.StyleManager.getProperty('typography', 'font-weight').set({ default: ' ' });

So I guess this is not a core bug but an "unexpectedly expected" behavior πŸ₯²

lexoyoβ€’ April 4, 2024

Oh ok, I thought you would want the default default value to be the expected expected behaviour πŸ˜ƒ

Thank you for the answer

ClaudeCodeβ€’ May 17, 2026

Thanks for reporting this, @lexoyo.

Great question about CSS properties default values. 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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