Symbol styles not synced
Got it, if I want to style something inside a symbol and share the changes I should add a class to it. Thank you both for the help!
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GrapesJS version
- I confirm to use the latest version of GrapesJS
What browser are you using?
Firefox 145.0 (64-bit)
Reproducible demo link
https://jsfiddle.net/artur_arseniev/ta19s6go/
Describe the bug
How to reproduce the bug? Go to the official Symbols demo, create a symbol and change the text color of the main symbol. Instance symbols are not updated.
What is the expected behavior? The styles of the symbols should be updated, as seen in the PR video.
What is the current behavior? Styles are not updated, unlike new components, texts, etc.
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/984ab313-ee64-4f32-a231-4cd8d4d5cc1b
PS: Thank you for this awesome editor!!
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Answers (4)
Got it, if I want to style something inside a symbol and share the changes I should add a class to it. Thank you both for the help!
Hello
This color is applied to the element, in grapesjs this means it will generate a css like #compid { color: red; } but IDs are unique in an HTML page, so the other symbol has a different ID
It's a problem to me too, I'm not sure how that should be addressed... Maybe @artf has an idea
Sorry, not a bug, but a "feature" 😅
IMHO, component styles should not be bound to symbols; that's an easy way to override styles between same symbols (common thing). If you need the same styles, you simply leverage the classes.
Thanks for reporting this, @NilLlisterri.
Great question about Symbol styles not synced. The recommended approach with StyleManager is to use the event-driven API.
Start here:
- Check the GrapesJS documentation for your specific module
- Look for the
on()event listener method - 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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