The DOM element is not valid, [object HTMLInputElement] given.

Expected behavior

Trying to initialize autoNumeric as per examples in readme: new AutoNumeric('.myInput');

Actual behavior

Error: The DOM element is not valid, [object HTMLInputElement] given.

Steps to reproduce the problem

1. Using autoNumeric <v4.0.3> and the browser <Firefox> version <57.0.1> on <Linux>,
2. I used no options
3. Initialized my AutoNumeric object with the call <new AutoNumeric(domElement)>,
4. Error: The DOM element is not valid, [object HTMLInputElement] given.

By looking at the source I can see that the checkElement is only checking domElement typeof Element when for some reason the string myInput passed to AutoNumeric results in HTMLInputElement object.

[AlexandreBonneau]

Well, if you can’t reproduce the ‘bug’, then I cannot fix it if it indeed from AutoNumeric!

See, I created a very simple test case here, and do not see the problem neither with Firefox 58.0b9, 58.0b10, 56.0b12 nor 52.5.0, with the stable or next AutoNumeric versions.

I’m therefore closing this as invalid. If you feel you can add more data so we can reproduce (and fix eventually) this, then feel free to reopen that issue.

Lastly, HTMLInputElement is subclassing Element, so your instanceof test must be wrong somewhere, see in the codepen:

console.log('Element: ', inputNode instanceof Element); // true
console.log('HTMLInputElement: ', inputNode instanceof HTMLInputElement); // true

[AlexandreBonneau]

Any time!