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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
20/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend

Research direction

Start by inspecting transcribe.js at updateClosingTags, line 3487, and the referenced tpen.screen.focusItem[1].index() expression. Reproduce the uncaught TypeError if possible and determine whether it affects user-visible behavior; the issue is complete only once the impact and required handling are established.

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Description

bug

Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'index' of null
at updateClosingTags (transcribe.js:3487)

var currentLineLocation = tpen.screen.focusItem[1].index();

Is this affecting anything? I dont know yet...

Dominant language
Java
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Forks
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