Issue #6290💬 AnsweredOpened November 4, 2024by svex991 reactions

Data Sources are ignored when loaded from project data

Quick answerby artf❤ 1

You need to wait until the editor is ready.

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GrapesJS version [X] I confirm to use the latest version of GrapesJS What browser are you using? Firefix v132.0 Reproducible demo link https://jsfiddle.net/skdegqun/4/ Describe the bug How to reproduce the bug?Running the fiddle can be appreciated on the logs that the data sources passed on editor initialization were not loaded. What is the expected behavior? Load the data sources from the project data into the editor data sources manager (editor.DataSources) What is the current behavior? When the editor loads the project data, the data sources are not being loaded, and instead the data sourc...

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artf• November 5, 2024

You need to wait until the editor is ready.

editor.onReady(() => {
 console.log('Total of data sources should be 1:', editor.DataSources.getAll().length)
 console.log('test-source should exist:', editor.DataSources.get("test-source"));
});

GJS Helper• May 17, 2026

The issue you're encountering is a known behavior where the GrapesJS DataSources module does not automatically hydrate its state from the dataSources property within the projectData during editor initialization or when loading from storage. While projectData is used to load core components, styles,...

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