error: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot set property 'innerHTML' of null
I keep on getting the error "Uncaught TypeError: Cannot set property 'innerHTML' of null" when I try to run this program in chrome. I do not now what I am doing wrong, and and any help would be appreciated.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
</head>
<script>
var x = "hey";
var counter = 1;
var button = document.getElementById("button");
var div = document.getElementById("box");
var text = document.getElementById("text");
var sound = document.getElementById("sound");
var array=[ "thanks for clicking", "keep on clicking", "click one more time", "why do you keep on clicking me?", "stop clicking me!"];
function thing(file){
var y = array[Math.floor(Math.random() * array.length)];
if (x == y){
while (y == x){
var y = array[Math.floor(Math.random() * array.length)];
}
}
form1.text.value=y;
x = y;
sound.innerHTML = "<embed src=\""+file+"\"hidden=\"true\"autostart=\"true\" loop=\"false\"/>";
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form name="form1">
<input type="button" id="button" value="click" onClick="thing('sound.mp3')" />
<input type="text" id="text" value="hey" />
</form>
<div id="sound">
<p>
</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Answer
Wait for the window to load:
window.onload = function()
{
//yourJSCodeHERE
}
or move your JS after the </body> tag.