save() works on nested grids

demo/nested.html

@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ <h1>Nested grids demo</h1>
     <a class="btn btn-primary" onClick="addNewWidget('.nested1')" href="#">Add Widget Grid1</a>
     <a class="btn btn-primary" onClick="addNewWidget('.nested2')" href="#">Add Widget Grid2</a>
     <br><br>
-
-    <div class="grid-stack"></div>
+    <!-- grid will be added here -->
   </div>
 
   <script type="text/javascript">
@@ -45,6 +44,7 @@ <h1>Nested grids demo</h1>
       {x:5, w:4, h:4, content: 'nested 2 - constrained to parent (default)', subGrid: {children: sub2, dragOut: false, class: 'nested2', ...subOptions}},
     ]};
 
+    // create and load it all from JSON above
     GridStack.addGrid(document.querySelector('.container-fluid'), layout);
 
     addNewWidget = function(selector) {

demo/serialization.html

@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@
     <h1>Serialization demo</h1>
     <a onClick="saveGrid()" class="btn btn-primary" href="#">Save</a>
     <a onClick="loadGrid()" class="btn btn-primary" href="#">Load</a>
-    <a onClick="saveGridManual()" class="btn btn-primary" href="#">Save Manual</a>
-    <a onClick="loadGridManual()" class="btn btn-primary" href="#">Load Manual</a>
+    <a onClick="saveFullGrid()" class="btn btn-primary" href="#">Save Full</a>
+    <a onClick="loadFullGrid()" class="btn btn-primary" href="#">Load Full</a>
     <a onClick="clearGrid()" class="btn btn-primary" href="#">Clear</a>
     <br/><br/>
-    <div class="grid-stack"></div>    
+    <div id="gridCont"><div class="grid-stack"></div></div>
     <hr/>
     <textarea id="saved-data" cols="100" rows="20" readonly="readonly"></textarea>
   </div>
@@ -41,54 +41,33 @@ <h1>Serialization demo</h1>
     ];
     serializedData.forEach((n, i) =>
       n.content = `<button onClick="grid.removeWidget(this.parentNode.parentNode)">X</button><br> ${i}<br> ${n.content ? n.content : ''}`);
+    let serializedFull;
 
-    // NEW 2.x method
+    // 2.x method - just saving list of widgets with content (default)
     loadGrid = function() {
-      grid.load(serializedData, true);
+      grid.load(serializedData, true); // update things
     }
 
-    // NEW 2.x method
+    // 2.x method
     saveGrid = function() {
+      delete serializedFull;
       serializedData = grid.save();
       document.querySelector('#saved-data').value = JSON.stringify(serializedData, null, '  ');
     }
 
-    // old (pre 2.x) way to manually load a grid
-    loadGridManual = function() {
-      let items = GridStack.Utils.sort(serializedData);
-      grid.batchUpdate();
-
-      if (grid.engine.nodes.length === 0) {
-        // load from empty
-        items.forEach(function (item) {
-          grid.addWidget('<div class="grid-stack-item"><div class="grid-stack-item-content">' + item.id + '</div></div>', item);
-        });
-      } else {
-        // else update existing nodes (instead of calling grid.removeAll())
-        grid.engine.nodes.forEach(function (node) {
-          let item = items.find(function(e) { return e.id === node.id});
-          grid.move(node.el, item.x, item.y, item.w, item.h);
-        });
-      }
-
-      grid.commit();
-    };
+    // 3.1 full method saving the grid options + children (which is recursive for nested grids)
+    saveFullGrid = function() {
+      serializedFull = grid.save(true, true);
+      serializedData = serializedFull.children;
+      document.querySelector('#saved-data').value = JSON.stringify(serializedFull, null, '  ');
+    }
 
-    // old (pre 2.x) way to manually save a grid
-    saveGridManual = function() {
-      serializedData = [];
-      grid.engine.nodes.forEach(function(node) {
-        serializedData.push({
-          x: node.x,
-          y: node.y,
-          w: node.w,
-          h: node.h,
-          id: node.id,
-          custom: 'save anything here'
-        });
-      });
-      document.querySelector('#saved-data').value = JSON.stringify(serializedData, null, '  ');
-    };
+    // 3.1 full method to reload from scratch - delete the grid and add it back from JSON
+    loadFullGrid = function() {
+      if (!serializedFull) return;
+      grid.destroy(true); // nuke everything
+      grid = GridStack.addGrid(document.querySelector('#gridCont'), serializedFull)
+    }
 
     clearGrid = function() {
       grid.removeAll();

doc/CHANGES.md

@@ -44,7 +44,10 @@ Change log
 
 ## 3.3.0-dev
 
-- add new `addGrid(parent, opts)` to create a grid and load children, which is used by `load()` to supports nested grids creation. see [nested.html](https://github.com/gridstack/gridstack.js/blob/develop/demo/nested.html) demo.
+- add new `addGrid(parent, opts)` to create a grid and load children instead of `init() + load()`, which is used by `load()` to supports nested grids creation.
+see [nested.html](https://github.com/gridstack/gridstack.js/blob/develop/demo/nested.html) demo.
+- `save()` will now work on nested grids, recursively saving info. added flag to also allow saving the current grid options + children
+(needed for nested grids) so you can now call new `adddGrid()` to re-create everything from JSON.
 
 ## 3.3.0 (2020-11-29)
 

doc/README.md

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ gridstack.js API
   - [resizestart(event, el)](#resizestartevent-el)
   - [resizestop(event, el)](#resizestopevent-el)
 - [API](#api)
+  - [addGrid(parent: HTMLElement, opt: GridStackOptions)](#addgridparent-htmlelement-opt-gridstackoptions)
   - [addWidget(el?: GridStackWidget | GridStackElement, options?: GridStackWidget)](#addwidgetel-gridstackwidget--gridstackelement-options-gridstackwidget)
   - [batchUpdate()](#batchupdate)
   - [compact()](#compact)
@@ -249,6 +250,11 @@ grid.on('resizestop', function(event: Event, el: GridItemHTMLElement) {
 
 ## API
 
+### addGrid(parent: HTMLElement, opt: GridStackOptions) 
+
+create a grid under given parent, with given options and loading children recursively (for nested grids), instead of `init() + load()`. Used by `load()` to supports nested grids creation.
+see [nested.html](https://github.com/gridstack/gridstack.js/blob/develop/demo/nested.html) demo
+
 ### addWidget(el?: GridStackWidget | GridStackElement, options?: GridStackWidget)
 
 Creates new widget and returns it. Options is an object containing the fields x,y,width,height,etc...

spec/gridstack-spec.ts

@@ -1036,16 +1036,18 @@ describe('gridstack', function() {
       document.body.insertAdjacentHTML('afterbegin', gridstackHTML);
     });
     afterEach(function() {
-      //document.body.removeChild(document.getElementsByClassName('grid-stack')[0]);
+      document.getElementById('gs-cont').remove();
     });
     it('should cleanup gridstack', function() {
       let options = {
         cellHeight: 80,
         margin: 5
       };
       let grid = GridStack.init(options);
+      let gridEl = grid.el;
       grid.destroy();
-      expect(grid.el.parentElement).toBe(null);
+      expect(gridEl.parentElement).toBe(null);
+      expect(grid.el).toBe(undefined);
       expect(grid.engine).toBe(undefined);
     });
     it('should cleanup gridstack but leave elements', function() {
@@ -1054,11 +1056,13 @@ describe('gridstack', function() {
         margin: 5
       };
       let grid = GridStack.init(options);
+      let gridEl = grid.el;
       grid.destroy(false);
-      expect(grid.el.parentElement).not.toBe(null);
+      expect(gridEl.parentElement).not.toBe(null);
       expect(Utils.getElements('.grid-stack-item').length).toBe(2);
+      expect(grid.el).toBe(undefined);
       expect(grid.engine).toBe(undefined);
-      grid.destroy();
+      grid.destroy(); // sanity check for call twice!
     });
   });
 
@@ -1661,7 +1665,9 @@ describe('gridstack', function() {
       document.body.insertAdjacentHTML('afterbegin', gridHTML);
     });
     afterEach(function() {
-      document.body.removeChild(document.getElementById('gs-cont'));
+      let els = document.body.querySelectorAll('.grid-stack');
+      expect(els.length).toBe(2);
+      els.forEach(g => g.remove());
     });
     it('should not remove incorrect child', function() {
       let grids = GridStack.initAll();

spec/utils-spec.ts

@@ -111,18 +111,6 @@ describe('gridstack utils', function() {
     });
   });
 
-  describe('clone', function() {
-    it('should match content', function() {
-      let a = [1,2,3];
-      let v1 = {one: 1, two: 'two', three: a};
-      let v2: any = Utils.clone(v1);
-      expect(v1 === v2).toBeFalse();
-      expect(v1.one).toEqual(v2.one);
-      expect(v1.two).toEqual(v2.two);
-      expect(v1.three).toEqual(v2.three);
-    });
-  });
-
   describe('removePositioningStyles', function() {
     it('should remove styles', function() {
       let doc = document.implementation.createHTMLDocument();

src/gridstack-engine.ts

@@ -368,13 +368,13 @@ export class GridStackEngine {
       0,
       this.nodes.map(n => {
         if (n === node) {
-          clonedNode = Utils.clone(n);
+          clonedNode = {...n};
           return clonedNode;
         }
-        return Utils.clone(n);
+        return {...n};
       }));
 
-    if (!clonedNode) {  return true;}
+    if (!clonedNode) {return true}
 
     clone.moveNode(clonedNode, x, y, w, h);
 
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ export class GridStackEngine {
       null,
       this.float,
       0,
-      this.nodes.map(n => Utils.clone(n)));
+      this.nodes.map(n => {return {...n}}));
     clone.addNode(node);
     return clone.getRow() <= this.maxRow;
   }