Issue #3476💬 AnsweredOpened May 24, 2021by krishnaeverestengineering0 reactions

TypeError: Cannot read property 'querySelector' of null

Quick answerby YyueeiWY

It seems like u are missing the class name or parent element ID. below is the example of using querySelector. <pre> var parentElement = document.getElementById('deviceready'); var listeningElement = parentElement.querySelector('.listening'); console.log(listeningElement); &lt;div id="deviceready"&gt; &lt;div class="li...

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I was getting this error while writing unit tests and I am testing editor instance to be defined. Randomly test case is passing but mostly I am getting this error.

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YyueeiWYMay 24, 2021

It seems like u are missing the class name or parent element ID. below is the example of using querySelector. <pre> var parentElement = document.getElementById('deviceready'); var listeningElement = parentElement.querySelector('.listening'); console.log(listeningElement); &lt;div id="deviceready"&g...

artfMay 25, 2021

Sorry but this might depend on way too many factors (eg. your environment) and has nothing to do with the core itself.

GJSBlockMay 17, 2026

Thanks for reporting this, @krishnaeverestengineering. The issue with TypeError: Cannot read property 'querySelector' of null appears to be a race condition or state management timing problem. This typically happens when component lifecycle events and DOM modifications overlap, creating an inconsis...

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