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

5 months 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

5 months 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

5 months 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

5 months 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

5 months ago

Thanks for looking into this @Jacob Kofoed and @Erik Beuschau. I just DM'd you @Jacob Kofoed
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Jacob Kofoed

5 months ago

I have a pull request on the toddle repo that should fix this https://github.com/toddledev/toddle/pull/91
Raphael Walters

5 months ago

Thanks @Jacob Kofoed Will wait for it to be approved.
Raphael Walters

5 months ago

Just checking if the fix is now live?
@Raphael Walters
Just checking if the fix is now live?
Erik Beuschau

5 months ago

Not quite. We’ll need to release it internally first. Should be possible tomorrow 🤞
Raphael Walters

5 months ago

No problem. Thanks for the update.
Tod

5 months ago

Great energy @Raphael Walters! Your continuous contribution to the toddle Community just made you advance to Community Level 13!
Erik Beuschau

5 months ago

The fix should be live now @Raphael Walters 👍
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Raphael Walters

5 months ago

Amazing! Everything is now working as expected. Thank you @Jacob Kofoed and @Erik Beuschau 😊
Jacob Kofoed

5 months 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

5 months 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

5 months 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

5 months 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

5 months 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

5 months 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

5 months 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

2 days ago

Any updates for this?
(trying to get exposed data from a api)
needtheanswers

2 days ago

I would really need that too
needtheanswers

2 days ago

I created my own test mode as a workaround, but it's kind of a hassle
Vizualinx

2 days 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

2 days 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

2 days ago

Thanks.
I hope you're also working on supporting inputs for exposed formulas. It's a real pain.

Problems accessing formula via context

Raphael Walters

Erik Beuschau

Jacob Kofoed

Jacob Kofoed

Raphael Walters

Jacob Kofoed

Raphael Walters

Raphael Walters

Erik Beuschau

Raphael Walters

Tod

Erik Beuschau

Raphael Walters

Jacob Kofoed

Jehex

Jacob Kofoed

Tod

Jehex

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Jehex

Vizualinx

needtheanswers

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Vizualinx

Jacob Kofoed

Vizualinx