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JavaScript React Router Basics Going Further with Routes Navigating Routes Programmatically

Posted by hum4n01d
hum4n01d
25,493 Points

Getting a error with e.target.elements on form submission

I’m trying to implement Guil’s onSubmit handler but I’m getting a Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property '0' of undefinedin reference to e.target.elements. It appears that the elements array does not exist… Any help would be appreciated Guil Hernandez

2 Answers

Adriaan Janse van Rensburg
Adriaan Janse van Rensburg
2,708 Points
Adriaan Janse van Rensburg
Adriaan Janse van Rensburg
2,708 Points

It is hard to figure out what is going on without seeing your code, but here is my handleSubmit function in the Home.js file.

handleSubmit(event){
    event.preventDefault();
    let teacherName = event.target.elements[0].value;
    let teacherTopic = event.target.elements[1].value;
    let path = `featured/${teacherTopic}/${teacherName}`;
    browserHistory.push(path);
  }

Hopefully the finished function can help you out :)

hum4n01d
hum4n01d
25,493 Points

Thanks, that worked

hum4n01d
hum4n01d
25,493 Points

It actually turned out that I misspelled elements as eements somehow!

Alexander Mackenzie
Alexander Mackenzie
10,542 Points
Alexander Mackenzie
Alexander Mackenzie
10,542 Points

The ` made the difference for mine as I was using ' at first!

hum4n01d
hum4n01d
25,493 Points

Yeah I think that was also my issue; I didn’t realize that template strings needed a backtick instead of a normal quote :)