The “deferred DOM node could not be resolved to a valid node” error is encountered when attempting to access or manipulate a DOM node that is not yet available or does not exist.
This issue usually occurs when working with asynchronous operations or when trying to interact with DOM elements that have not been fully loaded or created.
Here’s an example to help illustrate the problem:
<script>
document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
var myElement = document.getElementById('myElement'); // Assume an element with id "myElement" does not exist yet
console.log(myElement);
});
</script>
<div id="myElement">Hello, World!</div>
In this example, the JavaScript code attempts to access the element with “myElement” ID before the DOM is fully loaded. As a result, the browser will output a null value when trying to log the variable “myElement” to the console.
To solve this issue, you can either make sure to execute your JavaScript code after the DOM has loaded completely or wrap your code inside a function that is called once the deferred DOM elements are available.
<script>
function doSomethingWithElement() {
var myElement = document.getElementById('myElement');
console.log(myElement);
}
document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', doSomethingWithElement);
</script>
<div id="myElement">Hello, World!</div>
In this updated example, the function “doSomethingWithElement” is called after the DOM has been fully loaded by attaching it to the “DOMContentLoaded” event listener. Now, the element with ID “myElement” exists and can be accessed without any errors.