Word Online: SmartArt disappears from document

[abhijeetnarvekar]

Hi, If SmartArt is selected and context.document.getSelection(); API is called, SmartArt itself disappears from document.

Video and document attached for the issue: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1zHb-pEhI2NVVetU8MBTdmDT-L_4i5Znp

Steps to reproduce:

1. Open document with SmartArt
2. Select SmartArt
3. Run the following code.

Word.run(function (context) {    
    var range = context.document.getSelection();    
    return context.sync().then(function () {        
        console.log('Inserted the text at the end of the selection.');      
    });  
}).catch(function (error) {
    console.log('Error: ' + JSON.stringify(error));
    if (error instanceof OfficeExtension.Error) {
        console.log('Debug info: ' + JSON.stringify(error.debugInfo));
    }
});

4. Wait for 10-15 secs
5. Refresh document(f5)
6. SmartArt disappears

Does anyone know why this happens? Is there any solution or workaround?

Thanks, Abhijeet

[Reezaali]

@abhijeetnarvekar - can you post your question on Stack Overflow and use the [office-js] tag please? You'll likely get a faster answer there. This repo is used for documentation. Thank you!

[kbrandl]

@abhijeetnarvekar thanks for reaching out and sorry to hear that you've run into this problem. As @Reezaali mentioned, issues in this GitHub repository (OfficeDev/office-js-docs) are intended for reporting errors/problems with the API documentation.

However, instead of posting this issue to Stack Overflow as Reeza suggested, please post it to the OfficeDev/office-js repository, which members of the product team monitor for customer-reported API issues such as this. Stack Overflow is the place for "how-to" questions, but API issues/problems should be reported in the OfficeDev/office-js repository. Thank you!