Use global context when requesting client context and no component is selected

packages/client/src/constants.js

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export const ActionTypes = {
 
 export const DNDPlaceholderID = "dnd-placeholder"
 export const ScreenslotType = "screenslot"
+export const ScreenslotID = "screenslot"
 export const GridRowHeight = 24
 export const GridColumns = 12
 export const GridSpacing = 4

packages/client/src/index.js

@@ -86,8 +86,10 @@ const loadBudibase = async () => {
         dndStore.actions.reset()
       }
     } else if (type === "request-context") {
-      const { selectedComponentInstance } = get(componentStore)
-      const context = selectedComponentInstance?.getDataContext()
+      const { selectedComponentInstance, screenslotInstance } =
+        get(componentStore)
+      const instance = selectedComponentInstance || screenslotInstance
+      const context = instance?.getDataContext()
       let stringifiedContext = null
       try {
         stringifiedContext = JSON.stringify(context)

packages/client/src/stores/components.js

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { screenStore } from "./screens"
 import { builderStore } from "./builder"
 import Router from "../components/Router.svelte"
 import * as AppComponents from "../components/app/index.js"
-import { ScreenslotType } from "../constants.js"
+import { ScreenslotID, ScreenslotType } from "../constants.js"
 
 export const BudibasePrefix = "@budibase/standard-components/"
 
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ const createComponentStore = () => {
         selectedComponentDefinition: definition,
         selectedComponentPath: selectedPath?.map(component => component._id),
         mountedComponentCount: Object.keys($store.mountedComponents).length,
+        screenslotInstance: $store.mountedComponents[ScreenslotID],
       }
     }
   )

packages/client/src/stores/screens.js

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { dndIndex, dndParent, dndIsNewComponent, dndBounds } from "./dnd.js"
 import { RoleUtils } from "@budibase/frontend-core"
 import { findComponentById, findComponentParent } from "../utils/components.js"
 import { Helpers } from "@budibase/bbui"
-import { DNDPlaceholderID } from "constants"
+import { DNDPlaceholderID, ScreenslotID, ScreenslotType } from "constants"
 
 const createScreenStore = () => {
   const store = derived(
@@ -163,8 +163,8 @@ const createScreenStore = () => {
             _component: "@budibase/standard-components/layout",
             _children: [
               {
-                _component: "screenslot",
-                _id: "screenslot",
+                _component: ScreenslotType,
+                _id: ScreenslotID,
                 _styles: {
                   normal: {
                     flex: "1 1 auto",