From 078286a10ff9a68e8eea4dc725a2bcf5c24dd984 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alejandro Gallardo Escobar <alejandro.gallardo@artica.es>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2019 16:24:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Improved the metadata setter of the client vc item

---
 visual_console_client/src/Item.ts | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/visual_console_client/src/Item.ts b/visual_console_client/src/Item.ts
index f74c80f25c..ba10ff4b5f 100644
--- a/visual_console_client/src/Item.ts
+++ b/visual_console_client/src/Item.ts
@@ -601,14 +601,17 @@ abstract class VisualConsoleItem<Props extends ItemProps> {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Clasic and protected version of the setter of the `meta` property.
+   * Classic version of the setter of the `meta` property.
    * Useful to override it from children classes.
    * @param newProps
    */
-  protected setMeta(newMetadata: ItemMeta) {
+  public setMeta(newMetadata: Partial<ItemMeta>): void {
     const prevMetadata = this._metadata;
     // Update the internal meta.
-    this._metadata = newMetadata;
+    this._metadata = {
+      ...prevMetadata,
+      ...newMetadata
+    };
 
     // From this point, things which rely on this.props can access to the changes.