i.view is undefined with editor.replaceBlocks or editor.removeBlocks

[ikazaksoftaria]

Hello! I want to update content in BlockNoteView component. And when I try to replace blocks with Editor API I get this error:

TypeError: i.view is undefined

Code

export const Content = ({ contentJson }: { contentJson: string }) => {
  const editor = useCreateBlockNote({ initialContent: JSON.parse(contentJson) });

  useEffect(() => {
    try {
      editor.replaceBlocks(editor.document, JSON.parse(contentJson));
    } catch (e) {
      editor.removeBlocks(editor.document);
    }
  }, [editor, contentJson]);

  return <BlockNoteView editor={editor} editable={false} />;
};

What is the current working alternative to dynamically update content in BlockNoteView component?

Versions
@blocknote/shadcn: "0.13.5"
Node: v18.19.1
System: Manjaro Linux

[ikazaksoftaria]

My solution

export const Content = ({ contentJson }: { contentJson: string }) => {
  const [editor, setEditor] = useState<BlockNoteEditor>(BlockNoteEditor.create({ initialContent: JSON.parse(contentJson) }));

  useEffect(() => {
    setEditor(BlockNoteEditor.create({ initialContent: JSON.parse(contentJson) }));
  }, [news.content]);

  return <BlockNoteView editor={editor} editable={false} />
};

[YousefED]

This is probably an edge case where immediately calling replaceBlocks before the editor has fully initialized throws an error. We'll look into this

[ikazaksoftaria]

This is probably an edge case where immediately calling replaceBlocks before the editor has fully initialized throws an error. We'll look into this

Yes! It does work with await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 10));

export const Content = ({ contentJson }: { contentJson: string }) => {
  const editor = useCreateBlockNote({ initialContent: JSON.parse(contentJson) });

  useEffect(() => {
    new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 10)).then(() => {
      try {
        editor.replaceBlocks(editor.document, JSON.parse(contentJson));
      } catch (e) {
        editor.removeBlocks(editor.document);
      }
    });
  }, [editor, contentJson]);

  return <BlockNoteView editor={editor} editable={false} />;
};