Cryptic error message when passing a number to getByText #826
Description
@testing-library/domversion: 7.26.6- Testing Framework and version: Jest 26.6.3
- DOM Environment: jsdom 16.4.0
Relevant code or config
screen.getByText(42)What you did:
Accidentally passed a number to getByText.
What happened:
TypeError: matcher.test is not a function at fuzzyMatches (../../node_modules/@testing-library/dom/dist/matches.js:30:20) at ../../node_modules/@testing-library/dom/dist/queries/text.js:37:142 at Array.filter (<anonymous>) at queryAllByText (../../node_modules/@testing-library/dom/dist/queries/text.js:37:127) at ../../node_modules/@testing-library/dom/dist/query-helpers.js:87:17 at ../../node_modules/@testing-library/dom/dist/query-helpers.js:62:17 at getByText (../../node_modules/@testing-library/dom/dist/query-helpers.js:106:19) at Object.<anonymous> (src/LabelValueTable/__test__/index.spec.tsx:20:23) Problem description:
This error message is very confusing and not helpful. This seems like a common mistake, so a more helpful error message would save everyone a lot of time.
Suggested solution:
Improve the error message to be clear.