Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'appendChild' of null

[Nicholas Breazeale]

While working on a project in Unity I frequently got this error when editing scripts. I have only ever received this error when working with this package. Text will also sometimes disappear but won't be deleted. I'm not entirely sure as to what triggers it. Simply closing and re-opening the script will make the missing text come back and clear the error.

The error has also been reported here and has been closed, but I am still receiving it.

Error Report

Atom Version: 1.11.2
Electron Version: 0.37.8
System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
Thrown From: Atom Core

Stack Trace

Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'appendChild' of null

At /C:/projects/atom/out/app/src/lines-tile-component.coffee:285

TypeError: Cannot read property 'appendChild' of null
    at LinesTileComponent.module.exports.LinesTileComponent.buildLineNode (C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\Atom\resources\app.asar\src\lines-tile-component.js:285:26)
    at LinesTileComponent.module.exports.LinesTileComponent.updateLineNodes (C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\Atom\resources\app.asar\src\lines-tile-component.js:137:34)
    at LinesTileComponent.module.exports.LinesTileComponent.updateSync (C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\Atom\resources\app.asar\src\lines-tile-component.js:93:12)
    at LinesComponent.module.exports.TiledComponent.updateTileNodes (C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\Atom\resources\app.asar\src\tiled-component.js:67:19)
    at LinesComponent.module.exports.TiledComponent.updateSync (C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\Atom\resources\app.asar\src\tiled-component.js:30:12)
    at TextEditorComponent.module.exports.TextEditorComponent.updateSyncPreMeasurement (C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\Atom\resources\app.asar\src\text-editor-component.js:265:34)
    at TextEditorComponent.module.exports.TextEditorComponent.updateSync (C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\Atom\resources\app.asar\src\text-editor-component.js:195:12)
    at C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\Atom\resources\app.asar\src\text-editor-component.js:324:28
    at ViewRegistry.module.exports.ViewRegistry.performDocumentUpdate (C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\Atom\resources\app.asar\src\view-registry.js:221:9)
    at C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\Atom\resources\app.asar\src\view-registry.js:3:61

Commands

  2x -1:30.2.0 core:save (atom-text-editor.editor.omnisharp-editor.is-focused)
     -1:11.8.0 core:move-down (atom-text-editor.editor.omnisharp-editor.is-focused)
     -1:11.2.0 editor:newline (atom-text-editor.editor.omnisharp-editor.is-focused)
  2x -1:10.1.0 core:undo (atom-text-editor.editor.omnisharp-editor.is-focused)
  2x -1:08.0 editor:newline (atom-text-editor.editor.omnisharp-editor.is-focused)
     -1:06.0 core:save (atom-text-editor.editor.omnisharp-editor.is-focused)
     -0:48 snippets:next-tab-stop (atom-text-editor.editor.omnisharp-editor.is-focused)
     -0:48 snippets:expand (atom-text-editor.editor.omnisharp-editor.is-focused)
     -0:48 editor:indent (atom-text-editor.editor.omnisharp-editor.is-focused)
  8x -0:40.3.0 core:backspace (atom-text-editor.editor.omnisharp-editor.is-focused)
     -0:37.3.0 autocomplete-plus:confirm (atom-text-editor.editor.omnisharp-editor.is-focused)
     -0:36.8.0 core:save (atom-text-editor.editor.omnisharp-editor.is-focused)
  6x -0:35.7.0 core:backspace (atom-text-editor.editor.omnisharp-editor.is-focused)
     -0:33.8.0 core:save (atom-text-editor.editor.omnisharp-editor.is-focused)
     -0:04.3.0 editor:newline (atom-text-editor.editor.omnisharp-editor.is-focused)
     -0:02.6.0 core:save (atom-text-editor.editor.omnisharp-editor.is-focused)

Config

{
  "core": {
    "ignoredNames": [
      ".git",
      ".hg",
      ".svn",
      ".DS_Store",
      "._*",
      "Thumbs.db",
      "*.meta"
    ],
    "telemetryConsent": "no"
  },
  "editor": {
    "softTabs": false,
    "tabLength": 4,
    "tabType": "hard"
  }
}

Installed Packages

# User
atom-html-preview, v0.1.22 (active)
linter, v1.11.18 (active)
omnisharp-atom, v0.31.2 (active)
pretty-json, v1.6.3 (active)
atom-dark-syntax, v0.27.0 (inactive)
atom-dark-ui, v0.52.0 (inactive)
atom-light-syntax, v0.28.0 (inactive)
atom-light-ui, v0.44.0 (inactive)
base16-tomorrow-dark-theme, v1.2.0 (inactive)
base16-tomorrow-light-theme, v1.2.0 (inactive)
one-dark-ui, v1.6.0 (active)
one-light-ui, v1.6.0 (inactive)
one-dark-syntax, v1.3.0 (active)
one-light-syntax, v1.3.0 (inactive)
solarized-dark-syntax, v1.0.2 (inactive)
solarized-light-syntax, v1.0.2 (inactive)
about, v1.7.0 (active)
archive-view, v0.61.1 (active)
autocomplete-atom-api, v0.10.0 (active)
autocomplete-css, v0.11.2 (active)
autocomplete-html, v0.7.2 (active)
autocomplete-plus, v2.31.1 (active)
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background-tips, v0.26.1 (active)
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exception-reporting, v0.40.0 (active)
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fuzzy-finder, v1.4.0 (active)
git-diff, v1.1.0 (active)
go-to-line, v0.31.0 (inactive)
grammar-selector, v0.48.2 (active)
image-view, v0.59.0 (active)
incompatible-packages, v0.26.1 (active)
keybinding-resolver, v0.35.0 (active)
line-ending-selector, v0.5.0 (active)
link, v0.31.1 (inactive)
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tabs, v0.101.0 (active)
timecop, v0.33.2 (active)
tree-view, v0.209.3 (active)
update-package-dependencies, v0.10.0 (active)
welcome, v0.35.1 (active)
whitespace, v0.33.0 (active)
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language-csharp, v0.12.1 (active)
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# Dev
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