when updating value of Editor with api returned data it doesn't update or retender to show that data in editor, was working fine with slate-react@0.65.2 but updating version greater > 0.65.2 introduced this issue.

[sanj44]

when updating value of Editor with api returned data or load from local storage it doesn't update or retender to show that data in editor, was working fine with slate-react@0.65.2 but updating version greater > 0.65.2 introduced this issue.

[gaKoltai]

Have the same issue, except that 0.66.5 works fine. Updated to 0.72.0, and the editor stopped updating its rendered value when value was changed dynamically (eg. get a certain value from list on click on a different element would still display the previously clicked element's value). These are all local state in a useReducer hook, though the whole "list" is fetched from an API at some point but not during the onClick event.

[GMkonan]

Same issue here. Editor is not rendering updated value (like loaded data from previously saved file).

[dylans]

Please look at closed issues such as #4689 before opening a roughly identical issue.

The discussion in #4540 explains the reason for the change in behavior (it didn't actually work reliably).

[jasperoosthoek]

I ran into this issue too and solved it this way :

  editor.children = content; // <--- This line does the trick
  return (
    <Slate
      editor={editor}
      value={content}
    >
      <Editable
        renderElement={renderElement}
        renderLeaf={renderLeaf}
        autoFocus
        readOnly={true}
      />
    </Slate>
  )

Setting editor.children = content makes it work, however, setting editor={{ ...editor, children: content }} in the Slate component will not work even though this appears to do the same.

Hope this helps.

[adrianmgil]

Does it break when you add the hyperlink text in?

It does not work here when I use the editor.children = value;
slate: "^0.82.1"
slate-history: "^0.66.0"
slate-react: "^0.83.1"

[lostboy]

This is driving me insane. useResetPlateEditor no long clears the editor, nor does editor.children = []. With the latest version is there any way left to programmatically set or clear the editor value both the underlaying data and visually?

[BitPhinix]

You can either manually call onChange after setting the editor value to the new content (not recommended as this will mess with location refs etc.) or remove the old and insert the new content using Transforms.removeNodes/Transforms.insertNodes etc. or remount the slate component with the new content by changing it's key prop