Problems accessing formula via context

Raphael Walters · 2025-02-06T00:16:17.29+00:00

Hey everyone. I am having problems accessing a parent formula via context. Can anyone shed any light on what I might be doing wrong? Thanks. https://www.tella.tv/video/accessing-state-across-components-2e6y

Raphael Walters
1 year ago
Hey everyone. I am having problems accessing a parent formula via context. Can anyone shed any light on what I might be doing wrong? Thanks. https://www.tella.tv/video/accessing-state-across-components-2e6y
Erik Beuschau
1 year ago
@Jacob Kofoed can you see what might be causing this? The initial value for the variable does seem available when the context formula is consumed in the first component, but not in the second 🤔
Jacob Kofoed
1 year ago
I am looking into this. Does the value work when previewing the page, or is it only in the editor that you don't see the value?
Jacob Kofoed
1 year ago
I cannot recreate the issue on my own, do you have a link to the project that I can take a at. If it is private, perhaps you can invite me ("Jacob") while I debug 🤔
Raphael Walters
1 year ago
Thanks for looking into this @Jacob Kofoed and @Erik Beuschau. I just DM'd you @Jacob Kofoed
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Jacob Kofoed
1 year ago
I have a pull request on the toddle repo that should fix this https://github.com/toddledev/toddle/pull/91
Raphael Walters
1 year ago
Thanks @Jacob Kofoed Will wait for it to be approved.
Raphael Walters
1 year ago
Just checking if the fix is now live?
@Raphael Walters
Just checking if the fix is now live?
Erik Beuschau
1 year ago
Not quite. We’ll need to release it internally first. Should be possible tomorrow 🤞
Raphael Walters
1 year ago
No problem. Thanks for the update.
Tod
1 year ago
Great energy @Raphael Walters! Your continuous contribution to the toddle Community just made you advance to Community Level 13!
Erik Beuschau
1 year ago
The fix should be live now @Raphael Walters 👍
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Raphael Walters
1 year ago
Amazing! Everything is now working as expected. Thank you @Jacob Kofoed and @Erik Beuschau 😊
Jacob Kofoed
1 year ago
Happy to hear that, and thank you for reporting the issue 🙌
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@Jacob Kofoed
Happy to hear that, and thank you for reporting the issue 🙌
Jehex
1 year ago
Im not sure if I still have a bug but I cannot get the elements of my context variable ( object array )
@Jehex
Im not sure if I still have a bug but I cannot get the elements of my context variable ( object array )
Jacob Kofoed
1 year ago
Where does the CurrentUser data come from originally? If it comes from an API and is then stored in the variable you expose, then it will not be available when viewing through context (in editor, it will work in production). We're discussing ways to add test-data to APIs.

We're definitely not done improving on the editor experience around context, so we will have a solution for better testdata when working with context combined with API data in the future.
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Tod
1 year ago
Great energy @Jacob Kofoed! Your continuous contribution to the toddle Community just made you advance to Community Level 15!
@Jacob Kofoed
Where does the CurrentUser data come from originally? If it comes from an API and is then stored in the variable you expose, then it will not be available when viewing through context (in editor, it will work in production). We're discussing ways to add test-data to APIs.

We're definitely not done improving on the editor experience around context, so we will have a solution for better testdata when working with context combined with API data in the future.
Jehex
1 year ago
Yes current user is the data send from auth/me
do you know the best way to store theses datas for sent it to my child components ?
@Jehex
do you know the best way to store theses datas for sent it to my child components ?
Jacob Kofoed
1 year ago
Context is great if you need the data exposed to deeply nested components many levels down from the context provider. If you just need it for a single sub-component, then you can consider just using component-attributes. That way you can also set your own test-data.
@Jacob Kofoed
Context is great if you need the data exposed to deeply nested components many levels down from the context provider. If you just need it for a single sub-component, then you can consider just using component-attributes. That way you can also set your own test-data.
Jehex
1 year ago
Yes indeed, in my case I need this object array to be in context for my 2-3 levels components, will wait
@Jacob Kofoed
Where does the CurrentUser data come from originally? If it comes from an API and is then stored in the variable you expose, then it will not be available when viewing through context (in editor, it will work in production). We're discussing ways to add test-data to APIs.

We're definitely not done improving on the editor experience around context, so we will have a solution for better testdata when working with context combined with API data in the future.
Vizualinx
8 months ago
Any updates for this?
(trying to get exposed data from a api)
needtheanswers
8 months ago
I would really need that too
needtheanswers
8 months ago
I created my own test mode as a workaround, but it's kind of a hassle
Vizualinx
8 months ago
Using default data means having to delete that default data every time I publish a branch and having to recreate it on each new branch.
Jacob Kofoed
8 months ago
We are still discussing the best solution(s). I am currently using a work-around with using test-data from an attribute as default-value (test-data is editor-only, so won't be used in production).

This simple example shows how I do it, hope it is useful until we find a great approch to API and context data.

https://editor.nordcraft.com/projects/pink_ig88_elderly_gayal/branches/start/components/consumer?canvas-width=800&canvas-height=800&selection=nodes.7xJFebtLx8RVzD8nTeGRx.value&rightpanel=style
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@Jacob Kofoed
We are still discussing the best solution(s). I am currently using a work-around with using test-data from an attribute as default-value (test-data is editor-only, so won't be used in production).

This simple example shows how I do it, hope it is useful until we find a great approch to API and context data.

https://editor.nordcraft.com/projects/pink_ig88_elderly_gayal/branches/start/components/consumer?canvas-width=800&canvas-height=800&selection=nodes.7xJFebtLx8RVzD8nTeGRx.value&rightpanel=style
Vizualinx
8 months ago
Thanks.
I hope you're also working on supporting inputs for exposed formulas. It's a real pain.

Problems accessing formula via context

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Erik Beuschau

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Tod

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Jehex

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Tod

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Vizualinx