Question

In the code at the line marked as //Error in comments. I get Javascript error saying: “Cannot read property style of ‘null'”. I have no idea what it is not able to find the object. I have thought and tried everything. Please help. Here is the code:

<script type="text/javascript">

    $.getJSON('https://graph.facebook.com/647045111?fields=first_name&<%= Session["Token"] %>',

    function (data) {
        $('#userName').html(data.first_name);
    });

    document.getElementById('connectedUnregistered').style.display = 'block'; //Error

</script>

    <div id="userName"></div>

    <div id="disconnected" style="display:block;">

     <div id="heading">Facebook login</div> 

     <a href="Account/FacebookLogin" id="loginButton"><div id="fbConnectButton"><img src="/Content/Images/fbconnect.png"/></div></a>    

    </div>

     <div id="connectedUnregistered" style="display:none">

     <div id="heading">Register Now</div> 



    </div>

Answer 1

You are executing your javascript code BEFORE the <div id="connectedUnregistered" /> was actually created.

Also note that you did not close your <div> with a corresponding </div>.

So move your javascript code to a part below your HTML. Or execute it after the page finished loading. If you are using JQuery you can do:

<script>

    $(document).ready(function() {

        ... your code ...

    });
</script>