bug: Slot content went missing within dynamic component #4284

AaronKow · 2023-04-19T05:42:43Z

Prerequisites

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I agree to follow the Code of Conduct.
I have searched for existing issues that already report this problem, without success.

Stencil Version

3.2.1

Current Behavior

I have a Stencil web component with an <a> tag element that needs to be changed to <p> tag to prevent the user from clicking it.
The dynamic component is working, however I noticed that the content that goes to the went missing.

I have a simple component code:

import { Component, State, h } from '@stencil/core';

@Component({
  tag: 'my-component',
  styleUrl: 'my-component.css',
  shadow: false,
})
export class MyComponent {
  @State() customTag: string = 'a';

  componentDidLoad() {
    setTimeout(() => {
      this.customTag = 'p';
      alert("I'm changed!");
    }, 3000);
  }

  render() {
    return (
      <this.customTag href="#">
        <slot />
      </this.customTag>
    );
  }
}

In my index.html:

<body>
  <my-component>This is a sample link</my-component>
</body>

It shows the slot content initially, then I tried to change the element dynamically using timeout after 3 seconds.
Then the slot content went missing as show in GIF below:

Expected Behavior

We have the expectation that the slot content still persist after the component tag is changed after 3s:

System Info

Node version: v18.16.0
NPM version: v9.5.1
Computer: MacOS (Ventura 13.2.1)
Browser: Tried on both Firefox (12.0.1 (64-bit)) and Chrome (112.0.5615.49)

Steps to Reproduce

To replicate it, I did it with Stencil Component Starter.
Please refer to the link below for reproduction.

Code Reproduction URL

https://github.com/AaronKow/stencil-slot-missing-issue

Additional Information

No response

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alicewriteswrongs · 2023-04-19T18:08:27Z

Hey @AaronKow, thanks for filing this issue and for providing a great reproduction case!

I was just able to confirm that although the dynamic <a> -> <p> transition works correctly the slot content is, unfortunately, lost to space and time.

I believe this is a case of an underlying issue with Stencil's runtime handling of slots (see for instance these related issues #2004, #2641, #1968, #1997, #2801).

I'm going to label this for ingestion into the teams' internal backlog so we can prioritize it.

I wasn't able to quickly come up with a straightforward workaround for this issue - possibly you might be able to use a dynamically-applied CSS class to toggle whether your click in clickable or not? Regardless, the current behavior that Stencil has in this regard isn't correct, and apologies for that!

Thanks again for reporting and sorry you're running into this issue!

LeonardLiutao · 2023-10-27T08:23:23Z

Hey @AaronKow, thanks for filing this issue and for providing a great reproduction case!

I was just able to confirm that although the dynamic <a> -> <p> transition works correctly the slot content is, unfortunately, lost to space and time.

I believe this is a case of an underlying issue with Stencil's runtime handling of slots (see for instance these related issues #2004, #2641, #1968, #1997, #2801).

I'm going to label this for ingestion into the teams' internal backlog so we can prioritize it.

I wasn't able to quickly come up with a straightforward workaround for this issue - possibly you might be able to use a dynamically-applied CSS class to toggle whether your click in clickable or not? Regardless, the current behavior that Stencil has in this regard isn't correct, and apologies for that!

Thanks again for reporting and sorry you're running into this issue!

Hi @alicewriteswrongs

Is there any workaround if really needs a different dom?

 propA ? <div class='scrollable aaa bbb'> <slot></slot> </div> : <slot></slot>

Actuall, I don't need the div if the propA is false

"@stencil/core": "^2.16.0",

If a slot is located in an element and that element's tag is dynamically changed (e.g. from `p` to `span`), we need to re-relocate the slot on re-render STENCIL-672: slot element loses its parent reference and disappears when its parent is rendered conditionally Fixes: #4284, #3913

…hanges (#5120) * fix(runtime): re-relocate slot if parent element's tagname changes If a slot is located in an element and that element's tag is dynamically changed (e.g. from `p` to `span`), we need to re-relocate the slot on re-render STENCIL-672: slot element loses its parent reference and disappears when its parent is rendered conditionally Fixes: #4284, #3913 * add e2e tests * code documentation * put changes behind slot fix flag * resolve new SNC * Apply suggestions from code review Co-authored-by: Ryan Waskiewicz <[email protected]> --------- Co-authored-by: Ryan Waskiewicz <[email protected]>

…onents (#5135) * fix(runtime): re-relocate slot if parent element's tagname changes If a slot is located in an element and that element's tag is dynamically changed (e.g. from `p` to `span`), we need to re-relocate the slot on re-render STENCIL-672: slot element loses its parent reference and disappears when its parent is rendered conditionally Fixes: #4284, #3913 * add e2e tests * code documentation * put changes behind slot fix flag * resolve new SNC * reset `hidden` state of nodes on relocate It is possible for slotted content to still be invisible in the DOM if the slot was not rendered on the first render. This commit resets the `hidden` attribute of a node on successful relocation. STENCIL-1053 * hide slot content without a home in `scoped` components Hides any content that is projected through to a Stencil component that does not have a destination slot. Only for `scoped` components. Fixes #2877 STENCIL-938 * add e2e tests for hiding content without a slot * revert karma config * PR feedback Co-authored-by: Christian Bromann <[email protected]> --------- Co-authored-by: Christian Bromann <[email protected]>

christian-bromann · 2023-12-11T19:26:14Z

A fix for this issue was released in v4.8.2. Make sure you enable experimentalSlotFixes in your Stencil configuration to apply it. Thanks for reporting!

dutscher · 2023-12-12T23:45:45Z

@christian-bromann is the docu under extra-config https://stenciljs.com/docs/config-extras complete for experimentalSlotFixes
maybe the page needs a config example

import { Config } from '@stencil/core';
const conf: Config = { extras: { experimentalSlotFixes: true } }

I can confirm that the v4.8.2 fix our issue:

render() {
    const CustomTag = this.url ? 'a' : 'button';

    return (
      <Host aria-current={this.disabled ? 'page' : null}>
        {!this.disabled && (
          <CustomTag class="link" href={this.url}>
            {this.label}
            <slot />
          </CustomTag>
        )}
        {this.disabled && (
          <Fragment>
            {this.label}
            <slot />
          </Fragment>
        )}
      </Host>
    );
  }

Thanks for all your good work!

dutscher · 2023-12-14T09:15:43Z

At my tests with experimentalSlotFixes i found a bug with the default slot when its not the first element.

Code base:

<my-comp>
    <div style="border: solid 1px red">
      Default Slot from HTML
    </div>
</my-comp>

@Component({
  tag: 'my-comp',
})
export class MyComp {
  render() {
    return (
      <my-other-comp>
        <div slot="content">
          Slot: 'content' for other-comp
          <slot />
        </div>
        <!-- default slot is not the first element -->
        <div style={{ border: 'solid 1px green', padding: '4px' }}>
          Default Text Slot
          <button>Slot: 'default' for other-comp</button>
        </div>
      </my-other-comp>
    );
  }
}

@Component({
  tag: 'my-other-comp',
})
export class MyOtherComp {
  @State() customTag: string = 'a';

  @State() log: string = 'no rerender yet';

  componentDidLoad() {
    setTimeout(() => {
      this.customTag = 'div';
      this.log += 'first rerender';
    }, 10000);
  }

  render() {
    return (
      <this.customTag
        style={{ display: 'flex', gap: '4px', flexDirection: 'column' }}
      >
        {this.log}
        <div
          class="slot-default"
          style={{ border: 'solid 1px green', padding: '4px' }}
        >
          <slot></slot>
        </div>
        <div
          class="slot-content"
          style={{ border: 'solid 1px red', padding: '4px' }}
        >
          <slot name="content"></slot>
        </div>
      </this.customTag>
    );
  }
}

Case 1: without experimentalSlotFixes

After rerender in MyOtherComp the slot position is not in the red container:

Case 2: with experimentalSlotFixes

After rerender

The green default slot should be in the green default slot container.

Case 3: with experimentalSlotFixes and if i change in MyComp the default slot before the content slot

After rerender

Here is a stackblitz playground:
https://stackblitz.com/edit/node-199khh?file=src%2Fcomponents%2Fmy-comp.tsx

Cheers and thanks

christian-bromann · 2023-12-14T16:33:53Z

@dutscher interesting 🤔 mind raising a new issue for this so we can triage it?

dutscher · 2023-12-14T22:27:22Z

@christian-bromann yes i will do a new issue for that.
but i found another bug :D

if experimentalSlotFixes is true the <div slot="content" /> is relocated correctly but its loses the attribute slot.

<my-comp>
<div slot="content">Hello</div>
</my-comp>

-> will render into:

<my-comp>
<div>Hello</div>
</my-comp>

reproducable aswell in the stackblitz demo

in the 4.8.2 commit i see only a default slot unit test. maybe a named slot unit test will show this issue aswell :)
4303d6a

cheers

i created a issue for that #5215

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johnjenkins mentioned this issue Apr 19, 2023

fix(shadowDomShim): slot behaviour #2938

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rwaskiewicz mentioned this issue Jul 24, 2023

bug: slot element loses its parent reference and disappears when its parent is rendered conditionally #3913

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tanner-reits mentioned this issue Dec 1, 2023

fix(runtime): relocate slotted content when slot parent element tag changes #5120

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bug: slot content has disconnectedCallback called within dynamic component with and mid-component #6162

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AaronKow commented Apr 19, 2023 • edited Loading

Prerequisites

Stencil Version

Current Behavior

Expected Behavior

System Info

Steps to Reproduce

Code Reproduction URL

Additional Information

alicewriteswrongs commented Apr 19, 2023

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cheers

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