BlockManager

You can customize the initial state of the module from the editor initialization, by passing the following Configuration Object (opens new window)

const editor = grapesjs.init({
 blockManager: {
   // options
 }
})

Once the editor is instantiated you can use its API. Before using these methods you should get the module from the instance

const blockManager = editor.BlockManager;

• add
• get
• getAll
• getAllVisible
• remove
• getConfig
• getCategories
• getContainer
• render

getConfig

Get configuration object

Returns Object (opens new window)

onLoad

Load default blocks if the collection is empty

add

Add new block to the collection.

Parameters

• id string (opens new window) Block id

• opts Object (opens new window) Options

  • opts.label string (opens new window) Name of the block
  • opts.content string (opens new window) HTML content
  • opts.category (string (opens new window) | Object (opens new window)) Group the block inside a category. You should pass objects with id property, eg: {id: 'some-uid', label: 'My category'} The string will be converted in: 'someid' => {id: 'someid', label: 'someid'}
  • opts.attributes Object (opens new window) Block attributes (optional, default {})

Examples

blockManager.add('h1-block', {
  label: 'Heading',
  content: '<h1>Put your title here</h1>',
  category: 'Basic',
  attributes: {
    title: 'Insert h1 block'
  }
});

Returns Block Added block

get

Return the block by id

Parameters

• id string (opens new window) Block id

Examples

const block = blockManager.get('h1-block');
console.log(JSON.stringify(block));
// {label: 'Heading', content: '<h1>Put your ...', ...}

Returns Block

getAll

Return all blocks

Examples

const blocks = blockManager.getAll();
console.log(JSON.stringify(blocks));
// [{label: 'Heading', content: '<h1>Put your ...'}, ...]

Returns Collection

getAllVisible

Return the visible collection, which containes blocks actually rendered

Returns Collection

remove

Remove a block by id

Parameters

• id string (opens new window) Block id

Examples

// Id of the block which need to be removed
const id = 'button';
blockManager.remove(id);

Returns Block Removed block

getCategories

Get all available categories. It's possible to add categories only within blocks via 'add()' method

Returns (Array (opens new window) | Collection)

getContainer

Return the Blocks container element

Returns HTMLElement (opens new window)

render

Render blocks

Parameters

• blocks Array (opens new window) Blocks to render, without the argument will render all global blocks

• opts Object (opens new window) Options (optional, default {})

  • opts.external Boolean (opens new window)? Render blocks in a new container (HTMLElement will be returned)
  • opts.ignoreCategories Boolean (opens new window)? Render blocks without categories

Examples

// Render all blocks (inside the global collection)
blockManager.render();

// Render new set of blocks
const blocks = blockManager.getAll();
const filtered = blocks.filter(block => block.get('category') == 'sections')

blockManager.render(filtered);
// Or a new set from an array
blockManager.render([
 {label: 'Label text', content: '<div>Content</div>'}
]);

// Back to blocks from the global collection
blockManager.render();

// You can also render your blocks outside of the main block container
const newBlocksEl = blockManager.render(filtered, { external: true });
document.getElementById('some-id').appendChild(newBlocksEl);

Returns HTMLElement (opens new window) Rendered element