grapesjs/docs/api/component.md

Component

The Component object represents a single node of our template structure, so when you update its properties the changes are immediately reflected on the canvas and in the code to export (indeed, when you ask to export the code we just go through all the tree of nodes). An example on how to update properties:

component.set({
 tagName: 'span',
 attributes: { ... },
 removable: false,
});
component.get('tagName');
// -> 'span'

Properties

• type String? Component type, eg. text, image, video, etc.
• tagName String? HTML tag of the component, eg. span. Default: div
• attributes Object? Key-value object of the component's attributes, eg. { title: 'Hello' } Default: {}
• name String? Name of the component. Will be used, for example, in Layers and badges
• removable Boolean? When true the component is removable from the canvas, default: true
• draggable (Boolean | String | Function)? Indicates if it's possible to drag the component inside others. You can also specify a query string to indentify elements, eg. '.some-class[title=Hello], [data-gjs-type=column]' means you can drag the component only inside elements containing some-class class and Hello title, and column components. In the case of a function, target and destination components are passed as arguments, return a Boolean to indicate if the drag is possible. Default: true
• droppable (Boolean | String | Function)? Indicates if it's possible to drop other components inside. You can use a query string as with draggable. In the case of a function, target and destination components are passed as arguments, return a Boolean to indicate if the drop is possible. Default: true
• badgable Boolean? Set to false if you don't want to see the badge (with the name) over the component. Default: true
• stylable (Boolean | Array<String>)? True if it's possible to style the component. You can also indicate an array of CSS properties which is possible to style, eg. ['color', 'width'], all other properties will be hidden from the style manager. Default: true
• stylable-require Array<String>? Indicate an array of style properties to show up which has been marked as toRequire. Default: []
• unstylable Array<String>? Indicate an array of style properties which should be hidden from the style manager. Default: []
• highlightable Boolean? It can be highlighted with 'dotted' borders if true. Default: true
• copyable Boolean? True if it's possible to clone the component. Default: true
• resizable Boolean? Indicates if it's possible to resize the component. It's also possible to pass an object as options for the Resizer. Default: false
• editable Boolean? Allow to edit the content of the component (used on Text components). Default: false
• layerable Boolean? Set to false if you need to hide the component inside Layers. Default: true
• selectable Boolean? Allow component to be selected when clicked. Default: true
• hoverable Boolean? Shows a highlight outline when hovering on the element if true. Default: true
• locked Boolean? Disable the selection of the component and its children in the canvas. You can unlock a children by setting its locked property to false. Default: undefined
• void Boolean? This property is used by the HTML exporter as void elements don't have closing tags, eg. <br/>, <hr/>, etc. Default: false
• style Object? Component default style, eg. { width: '100px', height: '100px', 'background-color': 'red' }
• styles String? Component related styles, eg. .my-component-class { color: red }
• content String? Content of the component (not escaped) which will be appended before children rendering. Default: ''
• icon String? Component's icon, this string will be inserted before the name (in Layers and badge), eg. it can be an HTML string ''. Default: ''
• script (String | Function)? Component's javascript. More about it here. Default: ''
• script-export (String | Function)? You can specify javascript available only in export functions (eg. when you get the HTML). If this property is defined it will overwrite the script one (in export functions). Default: ''
• traits Array<(Object | String)>? Component's traits. More about it here. Default: ['id', 'title']
• propagate Array<String>? Indicates an array of properties which will be inhereted by all NEW appended children. For example if you create a component likes this: { removable: false, draggable: false, propagate: ['removable', 'draggable'] } and append some new component inside, the new added component will get the exact same properties indicated in the propagate array (and the propagate property itself). Default: []
• toolbar Array<Object>? Set an array of items to show up inside the toolbar when the component is selected (move, clone, delete). Eg. toolbar: [ { attributes: {class: 'fa fa-arrows'}, command: 'tlb-move' }, ... ]. By default, when toolbar property is falsy the editor will add automatically commands core:component-exit (select parent component, added if there is one), tlb-move (added if draggable) , tlb-clone (added if copyable), tlb-delete (added if removable).
• components Collection<Component>? Children components. Default: null
• delegate Object? Delegate commands to other components. Available commands remove | move | copy | select. eg. { remove: (cmp) => cmp.closestType('other-type') }

init

Hook method, called once the model is created

updated

Hook method, called when the model has been updated (eg. updated some model's property)

Parameters

• property String Property name, if triggered after some property update
• value any Property value, if triggered after some property update
• previous any Property previous value, if triggered after some property update

removed

Hook method, called once the model has been removed

is

Check component's type

Parameters

• type string Component type

Examples

component.is('image')
// -> false

Returns Boolean

props

Return all the propeties

Returns Object

index

Get the index of the component in the parent collection.

Returns Number

setDragMode

Change the drag mode of the component. To get more about this feature read: https://github.com/GrapesJS/grapesjs/issues/1936

Parameters

• value String Drag mode, options: 'absolute' | 'translate' | ''

Returns this

getDragMode

Get the drag mode of the component.

Returns String Drag mode value, options: 'absolute' | 'translate' | ''

find

Find inner components by query string. ATTENTION: this method works only with already rendered component

Parameters

• query String Query string

Examples

component.find('div > .class');
// -> [Component, Component, ...]

Returns Array Array of components

findType

Find all inner components by component type. The advantage of this method over find is that you can use it also before rendering the component

Parameters

• type String Component type

Examples

const allImages = component.findType('image');
console.log(allImages[0]) // prints the first found component

Returns Array<Component>

closest

Find the closest parent component by query string. ATTENTION: this method works only with already rendered component

Parameters

• query string Query string

Examples

component.closest('div.some-class');
// -> Component

Returns Component

closestType

Find the closest parent component by its type. The advantage of this method over closest is that you can use it also before rendering the component

Parameters

• type String Component type

Examples

const Section = component.closestType('section');
console.log(Section);

Returns Component Found component, otherwise undefined

contains

The method returns a Boolean value indicating whether the passed component is a descendant of a given component

Parameters

• component Component Component to check

Returns Boolean

replaceWith

Replace a component with another one

Parameters

• el (String | Component) Component or HTML string
• opts Object Options for the append action (optional, default {})

Examples

const result = component.replaceWith('<div>Some new content</div>');
// result -> [Component]

Returns Array<Component> New replaced components

setAttributes

Update attributes of the component

Parameters

• attrs Object Key value attributes
• opts SetOptions (optional, default {})
• options Object Options for the model update

Examples

component.setAttributes({ id: 'test', 'data-key': 'value' });

Returns this

addAttributes

Add attributes to the component

Parameters

• attrs Object Key value attributes
• opts SetOptions (optional, default {})
• options Object Options for the model update

Examples

component.addAttributes({ 'data-key': 'value' });

Returns this

removeAttributes

Remove attributes from the component

Parameters

• attrs (String | Array<String>) Array of attributes to remove (optional, default [])
• opts SetOptions (optional, default {})
• options Object Options for the model update

Examples

component.removeAttributes('some-attr');
component.removeAttributes(['some-attr1', 'some-attr2']);

Returns this

getStyle

Get the style of the component

Parameters

• options any (optional, default {})
• optsAdd any (optional, default {})

Returns Object

setStyle

Set the style on the component

Parameters

• prop Object Key value style object (optional, default {})
• opts any (optional, default {})

Examples

component.setStyle({ color: 'red' });

Returns Object

getAttributes

Return all component's attributes

Parameters

• opts {noClass: boolean?, noStyle: boolean?} (optional, default {})

Returns Object

addClass

Add classes

Parameters

• classes (Array<String> | String) Array or string of classes

Examples

model.addClass('class1');
model.addClass('class1 class2');
model.addClass(['class1', 'class2']);
// -> [SelectorObject, ...]

Returns Array Array of added selectors

setClass

Set classes (resets current collection)

Parameters

• classes (Array<String> | String) Array or string of classes

Examples

model.setClass('class1');
model.setClass('class1 class2');
model.setClass(['class1', 'class2']);
// -> [SelectorObject, ...]

Returns Array Array of added selectors

removeClass

Remove classes

Parameters

• classes (Array<String> | String) Array or string of classes

Examples

model.removeClass('class1');
model.removeClass('class1 class2');
model.removeClass(['class1', 'class2']);
// -> [SelectorObject, ...]

Returns Array Array of removed selectors

getClasses

Returns component's classes as an array of strings

Returns Array

append

Add new component children

Parameters

• components (Component | String) Component to add
• opts Object Options for the append action (optional, default {})

Examples

someComponent.get('components').length // -> 0
const videoComponent = someComponent.append('<video></video><div></div>')[0];
// This will add 2 components (`video` and `div`) to your `someComponent`
someComponent.get('components').length // -> 2
// You can pass components directly
otherComponent.append(otherComponent2);
otherComponent.append([otherComponent3, otherComponent4]);
// append at specific index (eg. at the beginning)
someComponent.append(otherComponent, { at: 0 });

Returns Array Array of appended components

components

Set new collection if components are provided, otherwise the current collection is returned

Parameters

• components (Component | Array<Component> | String)? Component Definitions or HTML string
• opts Object Options, same as in Component.append() (optional, default {})

Examples

// Set new collection
component.components('<span></span><div></div>');
// Get current collection
const collection = component.components();
console.log(collection.length);
// -> 2

Returns (Collection | Array<Component>)

getChildAt

If exists, returns the child component at specific index.

Parameters

• index Number Index of the component to return

Examples

// Return first child
component.getChildAt(0);
// Return second child
component.getChildAt(1);

Returns (Component | null)

getLastChild

If exists, returns the last child component.

Examples

const lastChild = component.getLastChild();

Returns (Component | null)

empty

Remove all inner components

• @return {this}

Parameters

• opts (optional, default {})

parent

Get the parent component, if exists

Parameters

• opts any (optional, default {})

Examples

component.parent();
// -> Component

Returns (Component | null)

parents

Return all parents of the component.

Returns Array<Component>

getTraits

Get traits.

Examples

const traits = component.getTraits();
console.log(traits);
// [Trait, Trait, Trait, ...]

Returns Array<Trait>

setTraits

Replace current collection of traits with a new one.

Parameters

• traits Array<Object> Array of trait definitions

Examples

const traits = component.setTraits([{ type: 'checkbox', name: 'disabled'}, ...]);
console.log(traits);
// [Trait, ...]

Returns Array<Trait>

getTrait

Get the trait by id/name.

Parameters

• id String The id or name of the trait

Examples

const traitTitle = component.getTrait('title');
traitTitle && traitTitle.set('label', 'New label');

Returns (Trait | null) Trait getModelToStyle

updateTrait

Update a trait.

Parameters

• id String The id or name of the trait
• props Object Object with the props to update

Examples

component.updateTrait('title', {
 type: 'select',
 options: [ 'Option 1', 'Option 2' ],
});

Returns this

getTraitIndex

Get the trait position index by id/name. Useful in case you want to replace some trait, at runtime, with something else.

Parameters

• id String The id or name of the trait

Examples

const traitTitle = component.getTraitIndex('title');
console.log(traitTitle); // 1

Returns Number Index position of the current trait

removeTrait

Remove trait/s by id/s.

Parameters

• id (String | Array<String>) The id/name of the trait (or an array)

Examples

component.removeTrait('title');
component.removeTrait(['title', 'id']);

Returns Array<Trait> Array of removed traits

addTrait

Add new trait/s.

Parameters

• trait (String | Object | Array<(String | Object)>) Trait to add (or an array of traits)
• opts Options Options for the add (optional, default {})

Examples

component.addTrait('title', { at: 1 }); // Add title trait (`at` option is the position index)
component.addTrait({
 type: 'checkbox',
 name: 'disabled',
});
component.addTrait(['title', {...}, ...]);

Returns Array<Trait> Array of added traits

getName

Get the name of the component.

Parameters

• opts Object Options (optional, default {})

  • opts.noCustom Boolean? Avoid custom name assigned to the component.

Returns String

getIcon

Get the icon string

Returns String

toHTML

Return HTML string of the component

Parameters

• opts Object Options (optional, default {})

  • opts.tag String? Custom tagName
  • opts.attributes (Object | Function) You can pass an object of custom attributes to replace with the current ones or you can even pass a function to generate attributes dynamically. (optional, default null)
  • opts.withProps Boolean? Include component properties as data-gjs-* attributes. This allows you to have re-importable HTML.
  • opts.altQuoteAttr Boolean? In case the attribute value contains a " char, instead of escaping it (attr="value ""), the attribute will be quoted using single quotes (attr='value "').

Examples

// Simple HTML return
component.set({ tagName: 'span' });
component.setAttributes({ title: 'Hello' });
component.toHTML();
// -> <span title="Hello"></span>

// Custom attributes
component.toHTML({ attributes: { 'data-test': 'Hello' } });
// -> <span data-test="Hello"></span>

// Custom dynamic attributes
component.toHTML({
 attributes(component, attributes) {
   if (component.get('tagName') == 'span') {
     attributes.title = 'Custom attribute';
   }
   return attributes;
 },
});
// -> <span title="Custom attribute"></span>

Returns String HTML string

getInnerHTML

Get inner HTML of the component

Parameters

• opts Object Same options of toHTML (optional, default {})

Returns String HTML string

getChangedProps

Return an object containing only changed props

Parameters

• res Partial<ComponentDefinition>

Returns Partial<ComponentDefinition>

getId

Return the component id

Returns String

setId

Set new id on the component

Parameters

• id String
• opts any?

Returns this

getEl

Get the DOM element of the component. This works only if the component is already rendered

Parameters

• frame Frame Specific frame from which taking the element

Returns HTMLElement

getView

Get the View of the component. This works only if the component is already rendered

Parameters

• frame Frame Get View of a specific frame

Returns ComponentView

onAll

Execute callback function on itself and all inner components

Parameters

• clb Function Callback function, the model is passed as an argument

Examples

component.onAll(component => {
 // do something with component
})

Returns this

forEachChild

Execute a callback function on all inner child components.

Parameters

• clb Function Callback function, the child component is passed as an argument

Examples

component.forEachChild(child => {
 console.log(child)
})

remove

Remove the component

Parameters

• opts any (optional, default {})

Returns this

move

Move the component to another destination component

Parameters

• component Component Destination component (so the current one will be appended as a child)
• opts Object Options for the append action (optional, default {})

Examples

// Move the selected component on top of the wrapper
const dest = editor.getWrapper();
editor.getSelected().move(dest, { at: 0 });

Returns this

isInstanceOf

Check if the component is an instance of some component type.

Parameters

• type String Component type

Examples

// Add a new component type by extending an existing one
editor.Components.addType('text-ext', { extend: 'text' });
// Append a new component somewhere
const newTextExt = editor.getSelected().append({ type: 'text-ext' })[0];
newTextExt.isInstanceOf('text-ext'); // true
newTextExt.isInstanceOf('text'); // true

Returns Boolean

isChildOf

Check if the component is a child of some other component (or component type)

Parameters

• component (Component | String) Component parent to check. In case a string is passed, the check will be performed on the component type.

Examples

const newTextComponent = editor.getSelected().append({
 type: 'text',
 components: 'My text <b>here</b>',
})[0];
const innerComponent = newTextComponent.find('b')[0];
innerComponent.isChildOf(newTextComponent); // true
innerComponent.isChildOf('text'); // true

Returns Boolean