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Getting error "Cannot read property 'target' of undefined" while opening VE from section edit link
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Description

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Open VE and add something to the page
  2. Save the page
  3. Now click on the Section edit link to open VE

Observed Result:
Observe that, there is an error "Cannot read property 'target' of undefined" that appears briefly in the console.
If I add something more to the page and again save, there is another error in the console "Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'getToolbarDialogs' of null"

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Event Timeline

The second error also appears when adding new section using NWE, so I reported a separate issue on it here T159377

Change 340776 had a related patch set uploaded (by DLynch):
[mediawiki/extensions/VisualEditor] DesktopArticleTarget: Correctly bind section link handler

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/340776

Change 340776 merged by DLynch:
[mediawiki/extensions/VisualEditor] DesktopArticleTarget: Correctly bind section link handler

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/340776

Jdforrester-WMF assigned this task to DLynch.
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Jdforrester-WMF moved this task from To Triage to TR0: Interrupt on the VisualEditor board.
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